We caught up with Vampire Weekend at Radio 1's Big Weekend.Vampire Weekend liveThe album’s finally out – how is it to be back? “I feel like we’ve successfully launched the album and now I can relax. Like that part’s really annoying, ’cause you’ve gotta slowly unveil this thing and the...

Earlier this month, Vampire Weekend returned from a six-year silence with the generally excellent new album Father Of The Bride. And they're also getting back into making music videos, many of which feature famous friends and well-wishers. Their "Harmony Hall" video had appearances from Jonah Hill and Dev Hynes, while their Hill-directed "Sunflo...

Vampire Weekend lands its third #1 album on the Billboard 200, as Father Of The Bride opens with 138,000 equivalent album units (119,000 in traditional album sales), according to Nielsen Music. Meanwhile, the band becomes the only act with as many as three Billboard 200 #1s without notching an entry on the Billboard Hot 100…

When was the last time you heard a late-night TV crowd cheer an instrumental intro? It's the type of thing that just doesn't happen, but it happened last night. Vampire Weekend were the musical guests on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and they came to play "Sunflower," one of the songs from the new album Father Of…

Vampire Weekend are good at their jobs. Last weekend, the band came back from a six-year absence with the lush, expansive new album Father Of The Bride, one of those rare albums that's fun to listen to and fun to argue about. And now that their machinery has rumbled back to live, Vampire Weekend are…