When a band takes on the idea of covering a song by Bruce Springsteen, they also have to deal with the legions of the Boss's fans nitpicking at every single note, vocal inflection and type of jeans they wore while playing the song. With this case, we bring you indie-rock darlings Vampire Weekend (Vampy Weeks to the insiders) presenting their version of "I'm Going Down."
The little vampire tweens that haunt America will soon be heading to theaters to catch the newest film in the Twilight series called Eclipse. Meanwhile, we'll be heading to the record store to pick up the soundtrack from the movie. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse OST comes out on June 8th but it's currently streaming over at our good friends' website Some… Read More
Amidst all the craziness that Arcade Fire supplied on the blogosphere over the past two days, America's indie-rock darlings Vampire Weekend decided to add to that fun by giving us a new song and a new music video on the same day. First up we have a new video from the band for their song "Holiday". Now we've all heard the gripes people may have about VW. They're too preppy. They're just a bunch of spoiled rich kids. They probably knew somebody so they… Read More
Get ready to have your live indie-rock fix taken care of this fall. NY's own Vampire Weekend are hitting the road starting August 28th and are bringing their friends Beach House and Dum Dum Girls along with them for a series of shows that will go through the month of September (via CoS). The first show will take place in Vancouver on August 28th… Read More
The soundtrack that all indie-rock kids will own this year is revealing its tracklisting one half-hour at a time. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse OST is expected to make another major splash in the music world by putting together today's current buzz bands with major players in the indie and alt-rock scenes. So far, bands including Muse (which we already told you about),… Read More
Vampire Weekend pretty much kicked off 2010's year in music with their sophomore LP Contra but it seems as if these boys have more music to give. Consequence Of Sound reports that the Columbia University musicians are planning on releasing new material later on this year. Frontman Ezra Koenig spoke to BBC… Read More
Let me start off by saying that if you don't have tickets for the Glastonbury festival this year, you're shit out of luck because they're sold out. But if you do have tickets, then enjoy reading the following words. The lineup for Glastonbury was announced recently it is going to be a monster of a festival this year. First off the headliners include acts like U2, Muse, Stevie Wonder and Jack Johnson. Plus you've got other huge acts like Vampire Weekend,… Read More
