RiO!B episode – January 12, 2011
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011Watch: The Black Keys vs. Vampire Weekend on The Colbert Report
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011An indie-rock battle of epic proportions took place on The Colbert Report between The Black Keys and Vampire Weekend which led to one of the funniest things I've seen this year.
Stephen Colbert invited both Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney of the Black Keys and Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig onto the show to help him… Read More
Grammy nominations revealed
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010
Well here we are again. The time when the old, white men of the recording industry decide to bestow their blessings on artists who they feel should get a Grammy award while the rest of us pull out our hair because the real talents didn't get any recognition.
We should first be proud, however, that Arcade Fire are up for Album of the Year with The Suburbs and Florence + The Machine and Mumford & Sons are up for Best New Artist. It's talent that definitely… Read More
Muse, Phoenix, Vampire Weekend nominated for the American Music Awards
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
A lot of award shows are shit...ok, I take that back. ALL award shows are shit. Yet, we watch a few of them so that we have something to complain about the next day. Whether it's our favorite band getting passed over, a movie we think should win doesn't win or somebody gets real drunk and runs on stage to make an ass of themselves, we'll find something to discuss. But the American Music Awards are a complete waste of an award show. They're almost as bad as the People's Choice awards. Yet I'm inclined to write about it because some good bands (not many) have been nominated for this year's AMAs. But whoever wins, it'll still be nothing to brag… Read More
Watch: Vampire Weekend cover Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m Goin’ Down”
Monday, August 30th, 2010
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."
Eclipse soundtrack streams online
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
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
Vampire Weekend release new song, music video
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
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
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
RiO!B episode – May 27, 2010
Thursday, May 27th, 2010Vampire Weekend touring North America this fall
Monday, May 17th, 2010
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
