There are 110 results

• 

  Who Charted? Alice in Chains Reigns Once Again While Macklemania Persists

  June 5, 2013 – First! Those meddling 'droids and their blasted synthesizers aren't letting anybody get away with anything. Daft Punk's Random Access Memories tops the Billboard 200 albums chart for the second week in a row, selling and additional 93,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan, and bringing their total U.S. sales for the new album up to 432,000. …
  Read on

• 

  Vampire Weekend Survive Last Supper With Santigold and Sky Ferreira in 'Diane Young' Video

  June 3, 2013 – The title character of "Diane Young," who sets fire to a Saab, is responsible for the "craziest thing anybody does" on Vampire Weekend's Essential new album, Modern Vampires of the City, SPIN's Mike Powell wrote. With a directing credit for Primo Kahn, whose name yields little else in online searches, the "Diane Young" video isn't that crazy, but it's packed with amusing hijinks. …
  Read on

• 

  Who Charted? Daft Punk and the National Leave Jared Leto in the Dust

  May 29, 2013 – First! The robots have won. Due to both the militarily mighty marketing campaign surrounding Random Access Memories and the glistening brilliance of that very same album, Daft Punk have conquered the Billboard 200. According to Nielsen SoundScan they sold 339,000 copies of their first full-length in eight years — that's nearly three times the number that 2005's Human After All has sold in total in the United States. …
  Read on

• 

  Vampire Weekend, Kendrick Lamar, and Passion Pit Top Boston Calling's Fall 2013 Lineup

  May 28, 2013 – Boston Calling Music Festival just held its inaugural event this past weekend (May 25 to 26), but organizers have already detailed plans for a second installment of the two-day showcase. …
  Read on

• 

  The 40 Best Albums of 2013 So Far

  May 28, 2013 – As 2013 cruises towards its summery midpoint, once again we've decided to compile an eclectic soundtrack to help you stave off swimmer's ear — moombahton, footwork, the sunniest black metal record of the year, at least three country divas, an Atlanta rapper whose diamonds wink and say "Pikachu" [sic], and definitive proof that 39 other albums have existed this year besides the new one from Daft Punk. …
  Read on

• 

  Who Charted? Vampire Weekend Win Big, Daft Punk Get Lucky at Last

  May 22, 2013 – First! Cue the streamers, it's Vampire Weekend! The prep-pop champs scored their biggest sale day to date with their new SPIN Essential Modern Vampires of the City, moving 134,000 units according to Nielsen SoundScan and, duh, scoring the No. 1 slot on the Billboard 200. By comparison, 2010's Contra also bowed at No. 1 but sold 10K fewer copies — reason enough to pop a chilled can of Aranciata and celebrate. …
  Read on

• 

  No Trivia's Rap Songs of the Week: Vampire Weekend Prove Their Rap-Nerd Bonafides

  May 16, 2013 – Eve, feat. …
  Read on

• 

  The Vampire Weekipedia: A Glossary of Terms

  May 15, 2013 – Over the past six years, the Vampire Weekend songbook has been defined by its pinballing pop arrangements as well as by the band's wide-ranging and oblique lyrical references — whether he's making mention of Lil Jon or medieval Latin hymns, frontman Ezra Koenig has revealed himself to be a cultural omnivore possessed of an insatiable appetite. …
  Read on

• 

  Vampire Weekend Crack Decent Jokes During Reddit Ask Me Anything

  May 14, 2013 – Vampire Weekend's masterful third album, the Essential Modern Vampires of the City, is officially out today (May 14). To promote their latest full-length, the New York rockers, fresh off appearances on Saturday Night Live and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, took part in an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Reddit today. …
  Read on

• 

  Watch Vampire Weekend Breeze Through 'Ya Hey' and 'Everlasting Arms' on 'Fallon'

  May 14, 2013 – Vampire Weekend released Essential album Modern Vampires of the City this week. Its refined optimism in some ways still couldn't be a starker contrast to indie-circuit near-contemporaries Deerhunter's rude "poor boy from a poor family" racket; it's instructive, though, that the Atlanta band's Bradford Cox approvingly compared Vampire Weekend to the B-52s or the Talking Heads in a recent press conference. …
  Read on