Showing All "Vampire Weekend" Posts
Jul 22nd 10 Comments
Converse STEPPED IT UP (punstyles) with this year's installment of their commercial/song experiment, bringing a live show component to the campaign. I'm still not entirely clear on how people got in… Read Story »
Jul 19th 13 Comments
Ha, scandal. Sure. I ain't saying Kirsten Kennis is a gold digger, but let's all agree that musicians are not responsible for the authenticity of release forms related to their album art. (Except Owl… Read Story »
Jul 15th 31 Comments
Kirsten, the Polo-sporting mystery blonde who stars on the cover of chart topper Contra (and the cryptic banner ads that preceded it) has been revealed. Her surname is Kennis, and the photo was taken… Read Story »
Jul 14th 6 Comments
When we posted "All Summer," the Converse-funded collaboration between Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino, Kid Cudi, and Rostam Batmanglij, it was accompanied by a photo of the trio mugging with… Read Story »
Jul 8th 28 Comments
Converse just released the next in its series of unlikely collaborations -- last summer it was Santigold, Julian Casablancas and Pharrell doing "My Drive Thru." This year, it's an explicit summer… Read Story »
Jun 30th 2 Comments
XL released a DJ-targeted 12" of Vampire Weekend single "Giving Up The Gun" in early June, and you can hear a bit of the track's b-side mix (the a-side is an extended version of the single) below.… Read Story »
Jun 4th 2 Comments
Vampire Weekend made to The Colbert Report last night, sharing a stage for the second time this week with Colbert (both were at O'Brien's Radio City Music Hall show earlier this week). As with the… Read Story »
Jun 2nd 8 Comments
You heard Vampire Weekend's "Jonathan Low" (one of VW's top three songs about vampires) and before that Muse's “Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)” (inescapable at vampire proms this… Read Story »
Jun 2nd Comment
The last time Scott and I went to Radio City Music Hall, we saw Peter Gabriel harness a spotlight with a mirrored power glove and bathe the crowd in its reflected light beam, backed by an orchestra,… Read Story »
Jun 1st 8 Comments
As mentioned, Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij went and remixed Jack Johnson's To The Sea opener "You And Your Heart" using his Boys Like Us handle. The results? The mellowest electronics ever.… Read Story »
