Released May 3rd of this year, Vampire Weekend’s latest – Father of the Bride – consists of 18 songs that, in varying degrees, distance the band from their earlier work. Whatever remained of their classic A-punk frentic-energy-pop sound on 2013’s Modern Vampires of the City vanishes completely on 2019’s FOTB. Small wonder, considering the six … More New Music Spotlight: Father of the Bride – Vampire Weekend
Rostam is the performance name of one Rostam Batmanglij, formerly of Vampire Weekend. Though not the band’s frontman, his influence on their music is easily recognized by those who are familiar with the band and have spent even a few minutes with his other musical offerings. Rostam is one of what I call today’s Nomadic … More Artist Spotlight – Rostam
The very first post on Alongside Your 78s featured a band called Vampire Weekend. This is a band that initially I found “kinda fun” but grew to like more and more as I continued to listen. This is a band, I thought, whose career I could follow and document via this blog. At the time of that post, … More Weekend Ramble – Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Modest Mouse is mad at the world. Check that. They love the world – it’s you they’re mad at for living in it. At least that’s the message the I picked up from listening to their latest album, Strangers to Ourselves. Modest Mouse has been around for quite a long time. They formed in 1992 and … More Modest Mouse – Strangers to Ourselves
The first group I’d like to submit for your consideration is Vampire Weekend. I will admit to throwing up a wall with these guys just because of their name. I pictured them wearing long black robes with KISS-like makeup and creepy lyrics. Quite the contrary, Vampire Weekend is high-energy, rhythm-heavy pop music. When I try … More Vampire Weekend
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