"I like to believe he’s less of a sociopath than a lot of people who want to be president"Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend / Bernie SandersEzra Koenig has revealed that his band plans to support Bernie Sanders in the 2020 US presidential race. The Vampire Weekend frontman, who releases ‘Father Of The Bride’ with his band on M...

The band's fourth record "is done" Where:End Of The Road, WiltshireWhat we said: "The beloved band’s first show in the UK since 2014 was a colourful greatest hits set, stuffed with the likes of ‘A-Punk’, ‘Oxford Comma’ and ‘Walcott’, their cover of Peter Gabriel’s ‘Solsbury Hill’ an indication of its jubilant nature."The rele...

Vampire Weekend are currently warming up for their summer tour, playing some intimate shows around England. A few days ago, they played their new Father Of The Bride single "Big Blue" live for the first time. Yesterday, the band debuted a new cover of Paul Simon's One-Trick Pony cut "Late In The Evening" at a…

"That song is too short..."Vampire Weekend at EartH in Hackney Vampire Weekend completed their third London gig of the week this morning at the Islington Assembly Hall, playing ‘A-Punk’ three times in a row. After the first performance of the song, frontman Ezra Koenig said: “Hmmmm that song is too short.”...

"Big Blue" has not gotten a ton of attention during Vampire Weekend's Father Of The Bride rollout -- no music video, no live radio performance, no digitally altered Jenny Lewis sample -- but man, what a gorgeous song. It's a gentle ballad that seems to float just above the surface of the Earth, eventually blooming…