Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig gives update on new album

Vampire Weekend poised to swoop into the big time with new beats

LOS ANGELES - Ezra Koenig wanted to be clear about this: The frontman of Vampire Weekend was not comparing his band to the Beatles.

miamiherald.com (2 days ago)

Hear Ezra Koenig Go Reggae for Major Lazer's Lovely 'Jessica'

It was only a matter of time before Vampire Weekend singer Ezra Koenig recorded a genuine reggae track featuring his very own fake patois — we're only glad he was in the highly capable hand (the other one's a blaster) of Major Lazer...

spin.com (2 months and 14 days ago)

Vampire Weekend: 'People tried to pretend we were rich idiots'

Ezra Koenig may not recognise the press' caricature of his band but, three albums in, they all seem at ease with being divisiveSometimes the better an album is, the less you have to say about it." Ezra Koenig, frontman of Vampire Weekend, is sitting in the Guardian canteen with the band's drummer Chris Tomson, dryly talking through the facts of making their third album,...

guardian.co.uk (21 days ago)

Vampire Weekend Explore Electronic Impulses in Two New Tracks

Vampire Weekend have released two new tracks from their long-awaited album Modern Vampires of the City "Diane Young" and "Step" "Diane Young" is a driving rock track with grungy guitars that devolve into electronic deluges over the course of its quick run It finds frontman Ezra Koenig wailing "No one knows...

rollingstone.com (2 months and 7 days ago)

Ezra Koenig wanted to quit Vampire Weekend

msn.com (28 days ago)

Vampire Weekend braces for bright lights with big-idea 'City' album

The band's newest, 'Modern Vampires of the City,' breaks stylistic ground, a huge leap for a one-time college band. The band is holding onto its indie roots while poised to swoop into the mainstream with shows at Coachella and the upcoming Lollapalooza and Glastonbury.Ezra Koenig wanted to be clear about this: The frontman of Vampire Weekend was not comparing his band to the...

chicagotribune.com (3 days ago)

Cory Ashworth: Vampire Weekend Burn Saabs

The return of Vampire Weekend, with their first album in three years, rates really high on my list of excitement. The Brooklyn quartet drop their new album Modern Vampires of the City May 14 and will headline Squamish Valley Music Festival August 9-10 with Queens of the Stone Age. This week, Laurie Logan and I talked with Ezra and Rostam from Vampire Weekend on 102.7 The...

huffingtonpost.com (1 month and 24 days ago)

Vampire Weekend frontman compares N-Dubz to The Beatles

Ezra Koenig says that he thinks Dappy is "self-aware and funny"    

nme.com (1 month and 18 days ago)

Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig: 'People tried to pretend we were rich idiots'

Frontman says media criticism 'was meaningless and hollow'    

nme.com (20 days ago)

Vampire Weekend Post New Song 'Ya Hey'

Vampire Weekend have posted a lyric video for their new song "Ya Hey" which scrolls lyrics across the screen while people spray bottles of champagne behind them "America don't love you / So I could never love you / In spite of everything" frontman Ezra Koenig sings over a building...

rollingstone.com (20 days ago)