Vampire Weekend Draw Inspiration From Kate Hudson For New Album
Frontman Ezra Koenig says watching 'Love Guru,' 'Bride Wars' is helping band 'think about the art' they want to make.
Frontman Ezra Koenig says watching 'Love Guru,' 'Bride Wars' is helping band 'think about the art' they want to make.
Former model and photographer go back and forth in new Vanity Fair over album art.
Occasional 'frustration' of fusing their varied musical styles makes it 'a good summer song,' says VW's Rostam Batmanglij.
Frontman Ezra Koenig calls album-cover suit 'a little frustrating.'
Ann Kirsten Kennis claims her signature was forged on the photo release.
Vampire Weekend, Janelle Monáe and more have provided the soundtrack for the first six months of the year, in Bigger Than the Sound.
Low-budget clip for Contra single shows band dressed in powdered wigs and stockings and ordering burgers.
'I basically changed into a tennis outfit, and I got down,' he tells MTV News of 'Giving Up the Gun' cameo.
Previously announced artists include Vampire Weekend, Muse, Beck and the Dead Weather.
Metric, Florence and the Machines, Black Keys, the Bravery also announced in slowly revealed lineup.
My Morning Jacket, Wale, Kid Cudi, the National also join three-day festival in Washington May 29-31.
Contra marks highest indie-rock debut since 2007, and first #1 for label XL.
'You let your emotions get too tied into 15-year-old people's LiveJournals, and clearly that's not a good thing,' Ezra Koenig says.
'There's just something infinitely fascinating about a nice portrait of somebody,' Ezra Koenig says.
Performance features songs from their debut and from Contra, due Tuesday.
Band's new LP is a musical melting pot, to fans' delight (and bookish critics' derision), in Bigger Than the Sound.
Ezra Koenig and company give you their view of their new album.
Just-premiered clip matches the song's loosey-goosey feel.
Video game -- not 1980s-era Nicaraguan separatists -- inspired new album's name.
Rapper Nicki Minaj, Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig also weigh in.
MTV News gets a sneak listen of 'White Sky' and 'Taxi Cab,' from the band's upcoming sophomore LP.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ting Tings, Vampire Weekend also on bill at New Jersey festival.
We give you a peek at what's due to go down at this year's SXSW in Austin, Texas.
Members of Death Cab For Cutie and Cobra Starship also participate in round two of our artists' year-end wrap-up.