In 2011, I made up a rubric for assessing the output of musical artists. I called it The Five-Albums Test. Well, I didn’t exactly “make it up.” I took something that music fans were already doing ...

9:09 a.m. Oct. 9, 2024: An earlier version of this article referred incorrectly to Chris Baio as Vampire Weekend’s drummer. The band’s drummer is Chris Tomson. The members of Vampire Weekend are very ...

Vampire Weekend announced their anticipated new album, Only God Was Above Us, marking the band’s first new record in five years. Recorded around the globe in cities from Tokyo to London, they were ...

After teasing it earlier this week, Vampire Weekend have officially announced that their fifth studio album is indeed titled Only God Was Above Us, and it will be out April 5 via Columbia Records. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ezra Koenig of the band Vampire Weekend performs in concert during their "Father of the Bride Tour." The Grammy favorites recently ...

When discussing indie bands of the 2000s, several big names often pop up. Many are quick to throw out Arcade Fire, MGMT, The Strokes and eventually the name Vampire Weekend as well. While maybe not ...

Earlier this year, Vampire Weekend released a vinyl-only live album, Frog on the Bass Drum Vol. 01, featuring songs they played on tour in Indianapolis in June 2019. Included with the LP was a ...

It's been nearly five years since Vampire Weekend released Father of the Bride, the blog era-defining rock band's fourth studio album. Work on the follow-up has been ongoing since at least 2021, and ...

After spending a week teasing a new album on their social media platforms, Vampire Weekend has revealed all the details. Only God Was Above Us will be released April 5 through Columbia and is the ...

A major problem with early success is getting past it — case in point, the cheerful bop of Vampire Weekend’s first two albums and their image as peppy college boys who’d studied Paul Simon’s ...

Vampire Weekend's Chris Tomson, from left, Ezra Koenig and Chris Baio in Los Angeles. (Jennifer McCord / For The Times) For the record:9:09 a.m. Oct. 9, 2024: An earlier version of this article ...

The members of Vampire Weekend are very good at this. Gathered on a recent afternoon to talk about the band’s fifth album, “Only God Was Above Us,” frontman Ezra Koenig, bassist Chris Baio and drummer ...