Vampire Weekend - Holiday

Here is Vampire Weekend's music video for their song 'Holiday'. It's a great video with super vintage feel. Goin all the way back to colonial times for this one!

Vampire Weekend - New Music - More Music Videos

Vampire Weekend Fall Tour w/ Beach House & Dum Dum Girls

My dreams have come true. Two of the best performances of live music I have seen this year, have been by Dum Dum Girls and Beach House. Guess who is one of the bands I have been dieing to see, but have yet to make it to a show...Vampire Weekend. And now, all 3 of them are playing the same fucking show! Wow, this is going to be a hard ticket to come by... but this is a must see show. All 3 acts are just on the tops of my favorites list. They will be making their way to Boston with a stop at the Bank of America Pav, as well as a 3 night stand at Radio City in New York. Here are all the rest of the dates:

08-28 Vancouver, British Columbia - Malkin Bowl *^
08-29 Redmond, WA - Marymoor Amphitheater *^
08-31 Troutdale, OR - Edgefield Amphitheater *^
09-03 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheater *^
09-05 Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom *^
09-07 Toronto, Ontario - Molson Canadian Amphitheater *^
09-08 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis Theater ^
09-11 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion *^
09-12 Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion *^
09-15 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall *^
09-16 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall *^
09-17 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall *^
09-26 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl *%
* with Beach House
^ with Dum Dum Girls
% with the Very Best

Watch Vampire Weekend Play SNL

Here it is folks, Vampire Weekend returned to SNL to perform two tracks off their new album 'Contra'. They played 'Cousins' and 'Giving Up The Gun'.

Vampire Weekend/Galifianakis SNL

On March 6, Vampire Weekend will make their second appearance on Saturday Night Live. The host is Zach Galifianakis, who's making his "SNL" debut. Mark your calenders folks, this is going to be the best SNL for a long long time.

New Vampire Weekend Video

Vampire Weekend is back with a new video! The song is 'Giving Up The Gun' and it's hilarious!! Featuring a Jonas Bro, THE RZA, LiL John, and Jake Gyllenhaal. It's a weird tennis dream. The band is performing during different tennis matches in which a girl (same used for Cape Cod Kwas Kwas) is playing against random opponents. Yet another cheap, and awesome video from the boys...enjoy!

Vampire Weekend - Blogotheque

La Blogotheque is an amazing French website that records artists in a very fast, one take, demoish type feel right in the heart of Paris. In 2008 Vampire Weekend stopped in for a session that you can watch Here. They headed back to France in 2010 for another session with La Blogotheque. They breeze through songs off their new album like 'Cousins', 'California English', and 'Horchata'. They also played a few songs off the old album. Usually tracks are broken down into different videos and shot in seperate locations. This time they kept the cameras rolling. Here is a special twenty minute set with Vampire Weekend playing for a very friendly crowd. Enjoy! :)

Vampire Weekend - 'Contra' Review

Vampire Weekend is a kick ass band. They cause controversy like The Beatles did in 1964. There are so many haters! I just don't get it. They are too good to hate, and I think that's why people hate them. It's just coool, kind of like hating DMB(I'm callin you out raycheeface). The band is everywhere. Every blog, every TV show, every SNL ep, commercial, you name it, and it all comes down to today. Contra was leaked by the band a week ago (of course you know this because you are a loyal reader) but officially hit stores today. Soooooooooooo here is my review.

Sophomore albums are tough. Your band releases a kickass self-titled and everyone loves it. 11 tracks of instantly accessible indie-pop music and after the first guitar riff I just knew I would love the entire album. Now, coming up on two years later, they have to go back into the studio and try to recreate that initial energy. But at the same time you don't want to make the exact same record. They sport some of the same sounds this record (tribal percussion, playful synths, and the subtle voice of Ezra Koenig) but certainly do change things up for their second album.

The opening track 'Horchata' could easily be on the self-titled. It's a whirlwind of a song with absurd rhyming and no guitar. The lead single 'Cousins' is easily the most punk song they have ever done, and its badass. The chorus for single 'White Sky' doesn't even have lyrics! Then there's my favorite track 'Diplomats Son'. It features an M.I.A. sample and is currently very stuck in my head. 'California English' features the weirdest auto-tune I think I've ever heard, and 'Taxi Cab', 'Run', 'Giving Up The Gun' are also worthy of making this record.

To me it sounds more like side project Discovery then the self titled honestly. It shows a band that knows what it's doing. Vampire Weekend took risks on this album yet stuck to a formula that made them popular. It may not be instantly as catchy as their first album, but 'Contra' shows a maturing band that doesn't seem to be fading from the spotlight anytime soon. I give 'Contra' 8/10

Key Tracks: if you click on the little arrow in the box, freeee download

Vampire Weekend - Diplomat's Son by berman1125

Vampire Weekend - Horchata by berman1125

Vampire Unplugged

MTV got a hold of America's band Vampire Weekend and brought them to NYC for a taping of MTV Unplugged (weird...I didn't know MTV still did music.) To my surprise their music translates to the acoustic stage very naturally. They seem like the kind of band that needs that electric sound to compete. But a few candles, oriental rugs, and Ezra's voice is perfect setting for this band.

Their album 'Contra' is due out on Tuesday.

Check out their MTV Unplugged Set------>HERE

Vampire Monday

It's here! It's here! It's here!!!!!!!! Ladies and gentlemen 'Contra' has leaked on the internet. Who leaked this album a week or so before the album is due? Well Vampire Weekend leaked it of course! because they are awesome.

Late Sunday night(early monday out east) Vampire Weekends Myspace account was updated with the entire 'Contra' album. You can listen to the album streaming on their website, and I'm sure that there will be plenty of links showing up for downloads. You can buy 'Contra' in stores Jan 12. Be sure to check back with OA for a full review of 'Contra' shortly


Vampire Weekend - Contra Myspace Stream------>Here
DL HERE