Last fall, Ezra Koenig experienced a brief moment of panic regarding Post Malone’s hit single “Sunflower.” “We have a song on this record called ‘Sunflower,'” the Vampire Weekend frontman, 34, recalls ...
In the six years between 2013’s Modern Vampires of the City and their new LP Father of the Bride, one of the best ways for Vampire Weekend fans to get their fix was to listen to frontman Ezra Koenig’s ...
The band's longest album to date is so polished you may not initially take in all the emotion roiling beneath its surface. Father of the Bride introduces new themes and a new ambition. This is FRESH ...
It’s been six long years since they last gifted their fans with a new full-length, but Vampire Weekend is back, and their legion of listeners are obviously thrilled to have them, as the alternative ...
The RX is Uproxx Music’s stamp of approval for the best albums, songs, and music stories throughout the year. Inclusion in this category is the highest distinction we can bestow, and signals the most ...
Ever since it was announced in January, Vampire Weekend’s fourth album Father Of The Bride has been the most anticipated indie rock release of 2019. This is due to the band’s pedigree, which includes ...
A Stained Glass Christmas, from Chartres to Baltimore’s Gilded Age Audio By Carbonatix To answer the question: What is the best pop album of 2019? It’s easily Father of the Bride by the impetuously ...
"Things have never been stranger," a chorus of voices calls out near the end of the new Vampire Weekend album. In cascading folk-rock harmonies, their message continues: "Things are gonna stay strange ...
On the band's first album in six years, Ezra Koenig delivers 18 tracks of often brilliant ideas with little concern for how palatable listeners might find them. Is this the rise of the Grateful Undead ...