In fall 2012, months before they announced their staggering third album Modern Vampires In The City, Vampire Weekend appeared on one of Jimmy Kimmel Live’s special Brooklyn shows and debuted the eventual album highlight “Unbelievers.” Last night, we got an encore performance of sorts — VW coming through Ki...

The upcoming Sweetheart 2014 compilation brings together top alternative musicians covering their favorite love songs. We’ve already heard the album’s first three tracks: Jim James doing Bob Marley’s “Turn Your Lights Down Low,” Vampire Weekend’s version of Andrea Bocelli’s &a...

Band record unlikely cover version for Starbucks Valentine's Day compilation    

Starbucks’ Sweetheart 2014 compilation, the coffee chain’s latest Valentine’s Day-themed collection of contemporary artists covering older love songs, looms imminent, and we’ve already posted Beck’s version of John Lennon’s “Love” and Jim James’s take on Bo...

Despot and Da Racist's Heems also appear on 'wintertime' version of band's song