Tagged: Vampire Weekend
Stream: Rostam, “Don’t Let It Get To You”
Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij just dropped a seismic event of a song at the end of a Tuesday. “Don’t Let it Get To You” popped up on his Tumblr this afternoon, a month after another … read more »
Rostam, “Wood” MP3
The latest from Vampire Weekend/Discovery‘s Rostam Batmanglij sounds very Vampire Weekendy, if only his band’s love of west African pop had been transplanted northeast toward Asia. It’s the most positive transition, a definite open-the-blinds type … read more »
Stream: Baio’s (Vampire Weekend) Field Day & Underage Mix
Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio is setting out this summer for a few festival DJ gigs, with August sets at Australia’s tenth Field Day and London’s Underage, and he’s released a great, disco-centric promo mix … read more »
The Tripwire: 2011, Everything is the New Everything
J. Edward Keyes, Editor-in-Chief for eMusic, told WNYC: “In 2011, expect the line between independent music and big-name, arena-filling acts to become increasingly blurred.” That sounds about right. (Top Three Places We Saw Phoenix With … read more »
Tent Posts: Austin City Limits, Day 1
Austin City Limits, held in downtown Austin’s Zilker Park, has been tainted for years by biblical plagues: choking dust, manure mudslides and perennially lame line-ups. The musical offerings in recent years were so mediocre that … read more »
Video: Duck Sauce (A-Trak & Armand Van Helden), “Barbra Streisand”
Apparently lacking the ability to get the song’s actual namesake in the clip for their latest disco partystarter, the Duck Sauce boys settled for a decently annoying SNL-style Streisand stand-in and a cameo selection of … read more »
This Week in The FADER: September 19 Edition
Kanye‘s new track is some kind of ’70s groove festival, needs El DeBarge: Kanye West f. Mos Def, Swizz Beats, Raekwon & Charlie Wilson, “Lord Lord Lord” Montreal producer/DJ CFCF proved faster isn’t necessarily better: … read more »
Live, in Drawings: Vampire Weekend at Radio City Music Hall
Vampire Weekend performed at Radio City Music Hall in New York City last night. Here, Ho-Mui Wong’s depiction of the events. Radio City Music Hall facade; a distinguished man.
Chromeo and Vampire Weekend and a Saxophone Team Up
Your mileage with Chromeo pretty much depends on your tolerance for sax solos and when you were born (although a whole bunch of super psyched 14-year-olds at Coachella a couple years ago might have something … read more »
Vampy Weeks Covered The Boss
Starting this week, The Tripwire is going to be gathering its personal belongings and moving to a new, much more plush web address: TheFader.com. Kinda awesome, right? The TW content and commentary you’ve come to … read more »
