Almost two decades ago, the formation of indie-rock band Vampire Weekend made possible its impressive and ever-growing collection of hit songs. The band’s members lean into their Ivy League ...

On Saturday evening, Vampire Weekend will bounce onto the Madison Square Garden stage in front of some 19,000 fans. On Thursday afternoon, the band is standing in a parking lot in Chinatown, warily ...

From the first seconds of Vampire Weekend’s new album, “Only God Was Above Us,” it’s clear that something has changed. “Ice Cream Piano” starts with hiss, buzz, feedback and a hovering, distorted ...

Happy Birthday to Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, who turned the big 4-0 on April 8, 2024. Koenig co-founded the band in 2006 while he and the group’s three other original members were attending ...

Call it a three-day Vampire Weekend. After a sprawling nationwide trek in 2024, Ezra Koenig and co. are coming back for a second leg of their ‘Only God Was Above Us Tour’ this year. From May through ...

Modern indie-rock stalwarts Vampire Weekend recently announced a new tour in support of their upcoming Only God Was Above Us album, giving fans something to look forward to for the first time in over ...

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On its fifth album, suffused with thoughts of 20th-century New York City, indie-rock’s pop maximalists get noisier — but it’s a journey out of negativity into “something a little deeper.” From left: ...