In 2011, I made up a rubric for assessing the output of musical artists. I called it The Five-Albums Test. Well, I didn’t exactly “make it up.” I took something that music fans were already doing ...

9:09 a.m. Oct. 9, 2024: An earlier version of this article referred incorrectly to Chris Baio as Vampire Weekend’s drummer. The band’s drummer is Chris Tomson. The members of Vampire Weekend are very ...

The new Vampire Weekend album is both a comeback and a repudiation. The band’s first album in six years, Father of the Bride jumbles tropes and references with characteristic density. In today’s ...

With Labor Day weekend being one week away in the United States, this weekend is the perfect time to stream some newly released albums while preparing for a holiday cookout, organizing a Labor Day ...

There's a new Vampire Weekend album on the way. We've known that for a while. Earlier this year, the band started releasing a series of vinyl-only live albums, and those records have been coming with ...

After teasing it earlier this week, Vampire Weekend have officially announced that their fifth studio album is indeed titled Only God Was Above Us, and it will be out April 5 via Columbia Records. The ...

Vampire Weekend announced their anticipated new album, Only God Was Above Us, marking the band’s first new record in five years. Recorded around the globe in cities from Tokyo to London, they were ...

As is the case with every Vampire Weekend record, frontman and songwriter Ezra Koenig’s Ivy-league-bred propensities take the forefront in their latest release Only God Was Above Us. Their fifth ...

Earlier this year, Vampire Weekend released a vinyl-only live album, Frog on the Bass Drum Vol. 01, featuring songs they played on tour in Indianapolis in June 2019. Included with the LP was a ...

The members of Vampire Weekend are very good at this. Gathered on a recent afternoon to talk about the band’s fifth album, “Only God Was Above Us,” frontman Ezra Koenig, bassist Chris Baio and drummer ...