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Headline says it. Yesterday you saw photo and blurb that introduced this far-flung pop cultural consortium, today it materializes. What does it say about this band that somehow, despite being news to me when the internet grabbed a hold of it, this lineup of Friends Of Vampire Weekend not only didn't surprise but seemed entirely logical to me? Like of course RZA, a JoBro, Lil Jon, and Donnie Darko are gonna get down with Contra. Because at this point who isn't? Can't stay mad at an album that drops and repeats so effortlessly, save those critics with overly prickly sensitivities for the embedded semiotics of race and class issues in pop music. Anyway this video is super fun: You may recognize the main lady here from the "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" video (her name IRL is Jenny, because of course her name in IRL is Jenny), you'll definitely recognize most of the rest of the faces from their being famous. Tennis is the game, RZA's the line judge, Gyllenhaal is funny, this is all sort of great. Here's what Ezra had to say about pulling it together.Continue reading Vampire Weekend - "Giving Up The Gun" Video (Feat. RZA, Jake Gyllenhaal, Lil Jon & Joe Jonas)...
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Having successfully beaten cancer, blink-182’s Mark Hoppus is back to hosting his Apple Music Hits radio show After School Radio. His final guest of 2021 is fellow Apple radio host Ezra Koenig, who weighed in on a few subjects, most interestingly the status of the next Vampire Weekend album.
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The Los Angeles musician Sam Gendel is an in-demand jazz saxophonist who has played with people like Vampire Weekend, Perfume Genius, and Moses Sumney. (He recently assisted on Sumney's cover of T-Pain's "Can't Believe It" from our very own Save Stereogum: An '00s Covers Comp.) But there's no saxophone on Gendel's new solo album DRM.
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Last week brought the surprising news that Switchfoot, the mid-aughts Christian rock crossover success story, were releasing a new covers EP recorded under quarantine featuring material from a fascinating selection of artists: Frank Ocean, Vampire Weekend, the Chainsmokers, the Verve, Harry Styles, and Jon Bellion. Upon announcing the EP, they s...
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Switchfoot! You remember those guys! Back in the '00s, they crossed over from Christian rock stardom to mainstream Grey's Anatomy-fueled celebrity with hits like "Meant To Live" and "Dare You To Move." Although not quite as visible these days, they're still around, and they're about to cover a fascinating assortment of artists on a new…
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