Indie rock reigns this week as Vampire Weekend debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart

By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Indie rock band Vampire Weekend on Wednesday grabbed the top spot on the weekly Billboard 200 album chart, besting new albums from country legend George Strait and pop singer Demi Lovato. "Modern Vampires of the City" sold 134,000 copies in its first week, according to figures compiled by ...

A couple of nights ago, Vampire Weekend played a couple of the songs from their great new album Modern Vampires Of The City on SNL. And last night, they stuck around NBC’s New York headquarters long enough to visit Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, using the opportunity to play a couple more album tracks. On [...]

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Modern Vampires Of The City is out 5/14 on XL. Last night in advance of its release, the band returned to Saturday Night Live to perform “Diane Young” and “Unbelievers.” Check it out below. In case you missed it, check out this week’s Premature Evaluation on the album, as well as the comment part...