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Vampire Weekend’s headlining set at this weekend’s Just Like Heaven festival included a five-song “salute to indie” medley featuring covers of Tame Impala, Phoenix, TV on the Radio, Beach House, and Grizzly Bear.

As they often do these days, the band carved out part of the climactic stretch of their set for some well-chosen covers. Since the festival is itself is a dedication to indie rock circa 2000 to, say, 2015, Vampire Weekend decided to dust off a few renditions of songs by their peers.

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They kicked off the covers section with a rendition of Phoenix’s “Lisztomania,” a fitting choice, as frontman Ezra Koenig guested with Phoenix at last year’s Just Like Heaven to perform their collaborative song “Tonight” as well as the fellow indie staple, “1901.”

Before playing the next song, Koenig mentioned to the crowd that, “A friend of mine said that...

Vampire Weekend headlined Pasadena festival Just Like Heaven last night, and along with delivering their own songs, they dedicated a portion of their set to give a “salute to indie.”

The band have recently been taking crowd requests for snippets of covers. This time, they handpicked the groups and songs they decided to perform brief covers of during their set. They started with Phoenix, who played the fest last year, and delivered their song “Lisztomania.”

“Now a friend of mine said that Tame Impala’s not an indie band. He said they were psychedelic rock,...

It’s been almost a week since Kendrick Lamar’s masterful Super Bowl halftime show, and many are still singing its praises, like Trey Anastasio, who raved about the performance in a new interview this week.

“When I saw Kendrick the other night, I was losing my mind,” Anastasio told GQ. “I thought, ‘This is the deepest thing I’ve ever seen at a Super Bowl.’”

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The comment came in the context of Anastasio describing his own band, Phish, as “not a very surface band,” which sometimes calls for listeners to dig into the material a little bit before they start to understand the magic. Caveating that he makes “this comparison without even a drop of quality comparison,” Anastasio likened it to Kendrick’s performance.

“I watched it three times, and I still couldn’t pick up on all the messages he was conveying,” he said.

Miles and Keleigh Teller stepped out on Friday night (January 31) to attend the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year Honoring The Grateful Dead ahead of the 2025 Grammys.

The couple were just two of many stars on the red carpet at the event which took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles. It also marked their first red carpet event since they lost their home in the horrible fires that devastated Los Angeles in January.

For the occasion, Miles opted for a classic black tuxedo. Keleigh wore a a strapless green gown.

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The guestlist also included the likes of John Mayer, Maren Morris, Andy Cohen, Woody Harrelson and of course Grateful Dead members Mickey Hart and Bob Weir.

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Charli Xcx ‘s keeping her Brat Summer party going deep into the fall.

The dance pop artist was the big winner at the 5th Annual Gold Derby Music Awards. Charli claimed Artist of the Year as well as Album of the Year for her critically hailed “Brat.” She also claimed the inaugural award for Best Dance/Edm Artist. But voters spread the wealth across our 27 categories.

More than 1,700 registered Gold Derby users weighed in, honoring the best music released from Sept. 16, 2023 through Aug. 30, 2024 — the same as the Grammy eligibility period. Aside from Charli Xcx’s big wins, Billie Eilish and Finneas scored the Song of the Year (“Birds of a Feather”), Sabrina Carpenter laid claim to Record of the Year (“Espresso”), and Chappell Roan was dubbed Best New Artist. This is widest-ranging winners list in GDMAs history, which up until now has been dominated by Taylor Swift.

Swift swept last year,...

Head over to Gold Derby’s Twitter/X feed on Friday, Dec. 13, at 9 a.m. Pt/12 p.m Et for the announcement of the 5th Annual Gold Derby Music Awards winners. More than 1,700 registered Gold Derby users cast votes across 27 categories to decide who really had the best music achievements during the eligibility period of Sept. 16, 2023 through Aug. 30, 2024 — the same time frame as the Grammys. Will your favorite artist win? And with Grammy voting now underway, will the Recording Academy follow our lead? If you need a refresher on our Gdma nominees, scroll down for the complete list.

Charli Xcx leads with 11 nominations, including Artist, Album (“Brat“), Record (“360”), and Song of the Year (“360”). Following with nine nominations each are Ariana Grande, Beyoncé, and Billie Eilish. Like Charli, each of those artists is nominated across the top four categories of Artist, Album, Record, and Song of the Year. But only Chappell Roan...

More than 1,300 music fans voted for their favorite achievements across 27 categories at the 5th Annual Gold Derby Music Awards, and Charli Xcx has dominated the list with 11 nominations, including Artist, Album (“Brat”), Record (“360”), and Song of the Year (“360”). Scroll down for the complete list of Gdma nominations in all categories, and vote for the winners right now here in our predictions center. Voting will remain open until the end of the day on Friday, December 6, so you’ve got a full month to make your voice heard.

Charli’s haul also included two bids for Best Music Video and two bids for Best Collaboration. Normally, artists are only allowed one nomination per category, but an exception is made when the artist credits are different. In Best Music Video she’s nominated solo for “360” as well as with Billie Eilish for “Guess.” And in Best Collaboration she’s nominated for “Guess” and “Girl,...

Vampire Weekend stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday night to perform “Connect,” a song from their 2024 album Only God Was Above Us.

Decked out with heaps of yellow caution tape and construction vests that read “Vw Tunnel Crew,” Vampire Weekend went all out for their Fallon slot. In addition to core members Ezra Koenig, Chris Baio, and Chris Tomson, the trio brought along a small choir, a string section, an extra percussionist, a piano player, and an additional synth player/instrumentalist for the performance. Koenig got in on the instrumental action too, laying down a whizzing vibraphone line alongside the band’s pianist during the song’s bridge. Watch Vampire Weekend perform “Connect” below.

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The performance arrived in the midst of Vampire Weekend’s fall tour, which stopped in New York City over the weekend. Across their two shows at Madison...

Billy Joel’s Madison Square Garden residency might be over, but Vampire Weekend ensured that the Piano Man’s music would remain in the arena with an elaborate rendition of “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant” at their own Msg show Saturday.

Ezra Koenig and company’s faithful rendition of Joel’s multi-suite The Stranger classic included a couple onstage sitting at a table, drinking wine and enjoying an Italian dinner:

Vampire Weekend’s encores during their current tour has featured the band performing snippets of crowd request covers, which on...

Phoenix have teamed up with DJ-producer Kavinsky and Belgian singer Angèle for a new rendition of “Nightcall,” which was recently reimagined by the French band live during the 2024 Paris Olympics Closing Ceremony.

The track was originally written by Daft Punk’s Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Kavinsky for the film Drive, released in 2010. The new version was produced by Phoenix and Kavinsky, and features vocals from Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars and Angèle. During the Olympics Closing Ceremony broadcast the broke a record for the most Shazams in a single day ever,...

The Paris Olympics closing ceremony was full of surprises Sunday and featured performances by Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg, H.E.R and Phoenix.

Phoenix, originally from France but now based in the U.S., kicked off the show with their 2009 hit “Lisztomania,” as athletes danced and sang along to the indie classic. Their set featured surprise appearances from French synthwave artist Kavinsky and Belgian singer Angèle for a rendition of “Nightcall,” known from the Drive soundtrack (the original version featured Css singer Lovefoxxx instead of Angèle).

Rapper VannDa joined in for “Funky Squaredance” and fellow French indie icons Air performed their song “Playground Love” with Phoenix. Another surprise was Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig, who performed “Tonight,” his collaborative track with the band. The set ended on a sweet note with frontman Thomas Mars jumping off the stage to mingle with the Olympians in the crowd.

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Los Angeles artists Billie Eilish, Snoop Dogg, and Red Hot Chili Peppers performed at the 2024 Olympics closing ceremony, as part of the handover of the Olympic flag from Paris to Los Angeles.

The segment was introduced in true Hollywood fashion, with Tom Cruise getting the Olympic flag at the stadium in Paris, flying it to Los Angeles, and parachuting down to the Hollywood sign with it. From there, the broadcast cut to the artists performing on the picturesque Venice beach, beginning with Red Hot Chili Peppers, who played their 2002 song “Can’t Stop” and a 2022 cut, “Eddie.”

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Up next was Eilish, who delivered a vibey rendition of her song “Birds Of A Feather,” from her recently-released album Hit Me Hard And Soft. Then, Snoop closed out the segment in true West Coast style, performing “Drop It Like It’s Hot” and “The Next Episode,” with...

Billie Eilish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snoop Dogg, and H.E.R. were among the performers for the energetic Olympics closing ceremony in Paris on Sunday.

The Los Angeles-based artists were chosen to help usher in the handover to LA28, when the summer Olympics head to L.A. from June 14 to July 30, 2028. The performances were a blend of pretaped deliveries alongside live sets.

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Kicking things off, H.E.R. performed the “The Star-Spangled Banner” live from Paris.

Tom Cruise went on a mission to close out the Paris Olympics with a bang.

After Paris handed off the Olympics flag to Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass, Mission: Impossible front man Cruise jumped from the top of the Stad de France to join the celebration. Once on the ground, he greeted Team USA gymnast Simone Biles and grabbed the flag, before mounting it on the back of a motorcycle and exiting the stadium.

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It wasn’t that hard to believe, but last week’s report that Tom Cruise would be performing a stunt to close out this year’s Olympic Games was confirmed today when the thrill-seeker and cinematic legend rappelled into Stad de France to retrieve the Olympic Flag. The sequence began with Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, accompanied by Team USA gold medalist Simone Biles, accepting the flag in a hand off from the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo.

Following Bass’ receiving of the flag, H.E.R. performed a jazzy, rock and roll-inspired version of the Star-Spangled Banner. As she continued to play, the broadcast cut to a shot of Cruise at the top of Stad de France, then followed as he rappelled down into the stadium amongst the crowd. Wading through, he arrived on stage where Mayor Bass and Biles passed the flag off. Cruise then took off out of the stadium on a motorcycle,...

Phoenix is taking over the 2024 Paris Olympics!

The iconic French band, made up of brothers Laurent Brancowitz and Christian Mazzalai along with Thomas Mars and Deck D’Arcy – took center stage at the Closing Ceremony on Sunday (August 11) in Paris, France.

For their performance, Phoenix delivered a set of hits, fan favorites, collaborations, and covers with special guests.

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“We are infinitely happy to have had the chance to celebrate with all the athletes and the entire world at the Closing of the Olympic Games in our beloved city of Paris. It was a wonderful moment to have been invited to take the stage with our friends from France and around the world, honoring the French spirit and remaining true to our motto: Liberté, Égalité, Phoenix! We are thrilled to both pass the baton to the Paralympics athletes and to Los Angeles for the forthcoming 2028 games,...

Phoenix performed a rousing “Lisztomania” to kickoff their set during the Olympics closing ceremony in Paris on Sunday.

The French band from Versailles appeared in the middle of the Stade de France, surrounded by the athletes and included the song “If I Ever Feel Better” and “Funky Squaredance” featuring VannDa. The performance featured several special guests, including fellow French legends Air, who joined Phoenix to deliver “Playground Love” together. There was also an appearance by DJ-producer Kavinsky, who performed “Nightcall” with singer Angèle. Ezra Koenig from Vampire Weekend also joined Phoenix for their collab “Tonight.

The 2024 Paris Olympics have come to an end, with the closing ceremony going down Sunday at Stade de France. To help say “Au revoir” in true French style, local artists — including Phoenix, Air, and more — performed.

Phoenix performed their hit “Lisztomania” to usher in the party portion of the ceremony. Set up on a small stage in the center of the stadium, and surrounded by a crowd of Olympic athletes, the band delivered an upbeat rendition of the 2009 classic, to a warm response from the crowd. Then, they helped the DJ Kavinsky and vocalist Angèle perform “Nightcall,” before diving into their 2000 track “If I Ever Feel Better.”

From there, they welcomed a number of guests, including Air — who performed their 2000 song “Playground Love” — and Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, who sang “Tonight” with the group. Then, Phoenix closed their portion of the ceremony with another hit: “1901.” Watch videos of the performances below.

French band Phoenix rocked the Paris Olympics Closing Ceremony, with fellow French act Air appearing to duet with them as they closed out the Games on Sunday night as part of the sci-fi-themed ceremony. Phoenix kicked off their set with “Lisztomania” to an enthusiastic response from athletes from around the world, who were seen dancing jubilantly to the music.

DJ Kavinsky and Belgian singer Angèle joined the band for “Nightcall,” which was followed up by “If I Ever Feel Better” and a duet with Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend.

“They’re unbelievable, great band, always bringing the energy,” host Jimmy Fallon said as he commentated during the band’s performance.

The band was joined by French duo Air for “Playground Love,” a song featured in filmmaker Sofia Coppola’s dreamy 1999 drama “The Virgin Suicides” — Air scored the film. Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars has been married to Coppola since 2011. He and...

The Paris 2024 Olympics concludes today with the Closing Ceremony, marking the end of two weeks of competition among the world’s top athletes striving for gold.

Though much of the ceremony’s entertainment was kept under wraps, the event kicked off with a performance by Zaho de Sagazan, with French music icons Air, Phoenix, Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend, and Kavinsky performing throughout the ceremony.

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The Olympic flag was passed from Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo to City of LA Mayor Karen Bass and representing the United States, the most decorated U.S. female gymnast of all time Simone Biles. H.E.R. performed the U.S. National Anthem followed by Tom Cruise performing a daring stunt, diving into the Stade de France and parading the Olympic flag through the streets of Paris on a motorbike. The flag was then delivered to Los Angeles, where it...

Rashida Jones revisited her mid ’90s beef with Tupac Shakur in a new interview with The New Yorker, explaining how her point of view has changed over time.

The actress and filmmaker reflected on her quarrel with the rapper, which happened when Jones was a teenager. It all began when Shakur made disparaging comments about her father, legendary producer Quincy Jones, in an interview with The Source in 1993 when Rashida Jones was 17. “All he does is stick his dick in white bitches and make fucked up kids,” Shakur notably said.

Jones then responded, writing a fiery open letter to Shakur: “Because I am the youngest of Quincy Jones’ six daughters, I cannot view this article or this man without bias,” the letter reads, “But I do think that anyone who reads this article would be shocked by his ignorance and lack of respect for his people.” She continued by alleging...

Vampire Weekend performed “Dangerous Night,” written for I Think You Should Leave, last night at the Hollywood Bowl, inviting star Tim Robinson to join them onstage. The song was penned by frontman Ezra Koenig for the second season of the Netflix series, which aired in 2021.

Koenig played a few minutes of the song during the band’s headlining performance at the Bowl before telling the audience, in reference’s to the track’s intro, “Now, you know this song is about a guy. This guy used to be a real piece of shit.

Vampire Weekend appeared as the musical guest on this weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live.

The trio delivered polished renditions of “Gen X Cops” and “Capricorn,” two songs from their latest album, Only God Was Above Us. Seated center-stage with a piano, vocalist Ezra Koenig carried the rising and falling melody of “Gen X Cops,” performing the lyrics with a look of urgency in his eyes.

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For the second song, “Capricorn,” Koenig donned a parlor guitar, and a small string section providing the driving engine on the verses. On the choruses, a growling guitar line entered, coloring the arrangement with its distorted wail. Watch both performances below.

Vampire Weekend are currently on the road in support of Only God Was Above Us, which arrived this past April. Up next, they’ll perform at Primavera Sound Barcelona, followed by shows across the US. Check out...

Fresh off of the release of their new album Only God Was Above Us, Vampire Weekend made a surprise appearance at a Goose show on Wednesday night. To start their second set at the Port Chester, New York, venue The Capitol Theatre, the jam band brought out the indie vets to rip through “Gen-X Cops” and a 30-minute (!) version of “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa.” Stream the entire set below.

“We’re gonna have some special guests come up here,” Goose member Peter Anspach said as the band entered the second hour of their monstrous four-hour-long set. Once Ezra Koenig, Chris Baio, and Chris Thomson took the stage, the two bands launched into a jammy, though relatively faithful rendition of the Only God Was Above Us cut “Gen-x Cops.” Vampire Weekend fan-favorite “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” followed, morphing into a half-hour-long jam of grooves and solos.

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Vampire Weekend stopped by The Daily Show to perform their recent song, “Mary Boone,” and to chat with host Michael Kosta. During the artsy performance, frontman Ezra Koenig sat on a stool in front of the other musicians, who were accompanied by a choir as footage of New York City played behind them.

“Mary Boone” comes off the rock band’s new LP, Only God Was Above Us, which is out now. During the interview, the musicians discussed the album, as well as their newly-launched podcast Vampire Campfire, which finds...

Vampire Weekend is taking over SiriusXMU (ch. 35) with Vampire Weekend Radio – and the Grammy Award-winning band performed a rendition of the Grateful Dead’s “Peggy-o” during a special “SiriusXMU Sessions.” They were joined by Amber Coffman on backing vocals and Ray Suen on violin. Watch them perform “Peggy-o” on the SiriusXM app here and listen to their full “SiriusXMU Sessions” on the SiriusXM app here with a subscription or free three-month trial.

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“SiriusXMU Sessions” is a chance to hear stripped-down performances and conversations with groundbreaking indie bands. During Vampire Weekend’s return to the show, they also performed “Capricorn” and “Classical” from their new album, “Only God Was Above Us,” as well as “This Life” from 2019’s “Father of the Bride.”

Vampire Weekend Radio is taking over SiriusXMU through April 8 and will be available on the SiriusXM app through May 7.

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Vampire Weekend’s recordings have frequently been characterized by a kind of tidiness, a clean fusion of Ezra Koenig’s pop songwriting smarts and the group’s instrumental economy. The band’s new album Only God Was Above Us offers something different, pivoting away from the brighter, jammier aspects of 2019’s Father of the Bride with a decided bent toward experimentation and surprising, often harsh, new textures. The results showcase a band that, nearly two decades in, is willing to issue a challenge to its fans and produce a soundtrack...

While Vampire Weekend’s prep-school narratives have toyed with subcultural statements and big ideas about youth and love, singer and chief songwriter Ezra Koenig never seems to be revealing much about himself. That admittedly could make the sweeping emotions that the group’s songs tried to invoke feel trapped behind glass, even on a work of pop craftsmanship as stunning as 2013’s Modern Vampires of the City.

Vampire Weekend’s first album in five years and their first with (most of) their original lineup in more than a decade, Only God Was Above Us doesn’t tell us a whole lot more about the interior lives of Koenig, bassist Chris Baio, or drummer Chris Tomson. What it lacks in confessionals, though, it makes up for with a sharp conceit: a Cold War allegory about romance, contrasting references to conflict in Eastern Europe and Russia with domestic issues and memories.

In mounting this framework,...

Vampire Weekend are back with “Mary Boone,” the latest single from their forthcoming album Only God Was Above Us.

“Mary Boone” features angelic choirs and lush orchestrations, a drum loop sampled from Soul II Soul’s “Back to Life (However Do You Want Me),” and kaleidoscopic synths that drop in at each wordless chorus. The song’s title refers to the art dealer and collector who became well-known in the New York City art scene during the 1980s.

Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig narrates a scene in which a new inhabitant of the city seeks work under Mary Boone, and later expands the subject to include themes of love lost and change. The song’s official visualizer features the rapper Despot as he drives from New Jersey to New York City through the Lincoln Tunnel. Watch the visual below.

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Vampire Weekend have played around with a slightly “punky,” slightly “jammy”side project in their free time, band members Ezra Koenig, Chris Tomson, and Chris Baio told the New York Times.

According to Tomson, the extra-curriculars began as a way to blow off steam during the pandemic. “The world had stopped working and a lot of what we normally do was just not being done,” Tomson recalled. “There was something about just playing with no expectation — to just play with my two very close friends without an agenda.”

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Baio added, “It’s very rare for people in a band of our size to be alone together. No engineer, no tour manager, nothing like that. It felt like being at the outset of the band again. And we did that for three years and change, whenever we were all in town.”

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Vampire Weekend make sense of how historical examples of cruelty have become “classical” with time on an upbeat new song, “Classical.” The song comes off their upcoming album Only God Was Above Us, due out April 5.

Between frontman Ezra Koenig’s catchy, squeaky guitar melody and Henry Solomon’s wild saxophone solo, Koenig sings about war, peace, and abandoned ruins of temples, describing history as “a bleak sunrise.” The music sort of falls apart at the end, on purpose.

The video, directed by Nick Harwood, leans on the past by...

Vampire Weekend have returned with “Classical,” the latest slice of their forthcoming album Only God Was Above Us.

Built from a rustling acoustic guitar line and a cymbal-heavy drum beat from Chris Tomson, “Classical” is more vibrant and restless than Vampire Weekend’s prior singles. “Untrue, unkind, and unnatural/ How the cruel, with time, becomes classical,” Ezra Koenig sings in the pre-chorus, eventually landing on an anthemic, harmony-laden refrain where he asks “Which classical remains?” The song also features a daring, slightly dissonant bridge with a haywire sax solo courtesy of Henry Solomon.

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The song also arrives with a music video directed by longtime collaborator Nick Harwood and featuring the band, Ray Suen, drum tech Josh Goldsmith, and A-list producer Ariel Rechtshaid. Throughout the green screen-heavy video, Vampire Weekend performs “Classical” amidst clips of classical European architecture — columns, gothic churches, statues, 800 year-old paintings, and even Stonehenge.

Vampire Weekend are teasing their new album, Only God Was Above Us, with a 30-second clip of a noisy yet upbeat guitar cacophony skating over some funky bass and drums. The clip for the album, due out April 5, shows a man jumping through an old New York City subway car sideways, a French horn, a recording studio, the World Trade Center, and sheet music with the word “Hope,” among other images. “Hope” is the title of the final track on the album, and its lyrics contain the words, “I hope...

Vampire Weekend are officially back with the announcement of their new album, Only God Was Above Us, out April 5th via Columbia Records.

Marking Vampire Weekend’s first full-length in five years, Only God Was Above Us clocks in at 10 tracks. Inspired by 20th-century New York City, the album was recorded in Manhattan, Los Angeles, London, and Tokyo, with vocalist/guitarist Ezra Koenig sharing production duties with longtime collaborator Ariel Rechtshaid. It was mixed by Dave Fridmann and mastered by Emily Lazar.

Koenig penned the majority of the lyrics to Only God Was Above Us in 2019-2020, and spent the next five years with bandmates Chris Baio and Chris Tomson fleshing out the lyrical and melodic structures. The album is described in a press release as “direct yet complex, showing the band at once at its grittiest, and also at its most beautiful and melodic.”

The album’s title comes from the cover artwork,...

Phoenix are keeping their collaboration kick going with a remix of their Alpha Zulu cut “All Eyes on Me” that features unlikely guest Pusha T. Check out the track below.

In addition to Pusha’s verses, the “All Eyes on Me” remix features vocals from Benee and production from Chad Hugo. The band shared their emphatic (and very French) gratitude in a press release: “A huge thank you to le Roi Pusha-t — most played artist in our backstage; to Chad Hugo, who always showed up when we were playing in Virginia, it’s about time we worked together! And to Benee, who worked at light speed to make this happen and added some magic. Merci!!!”

As random of a team-up as it may seem, it is fun to hear Pusha spit over Phoenix’s disco-punk instrumental, before Benne closes out the song with a mellow final verse. The track comes...

Sofia Coppola took a seat at New York’s Bookmarc on Sunday to sign copies of her first book, Sofia Coppola Archive: 1999-2023. The event inspired hundreds to hit the sidewalk and queue up for hours in a line that snaked through the West Village streets while fans waited for their chance to meet the filmmaker and snag an autograph. “It was so nice to meet so many young kids that were all dressed up and excited,” Coppola told The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday night, moments after she arrived to a different kind of scene at L.A.’s Chateau Marmont.

There were plenty of youthful attendees, albeit more famous, a frenzy for Archive and everyone was fashionably suited courtesy of Chanel, which hosted the event to celebrate Coppola’s new tome and toast their longtime ambassador, collaborator and friend. But the only line that formed was the one...

Bruce Hornsby has launched a new leg of US tour dates that run through the middle of November. What’s more, he’s marking the 25th anniversary of his double album, Spirit Trail, with a new deluxe reissue that’s set for release on October 27th.

Horny’s tour with The Noisemakers launched this past week, with dates scheduled through the end of the month. Then in October, he’ll embark on a solo tour. Tickets to all of his upcoming concerts are available here.

The 25th anniversary edition of Spirit Trail includes four previously unreleased songs and over 70 minutes of unheard live performances. It’ll be available as a 3xCD or 3xLP box set through Zappo Productions/Thirty Tigers (pre-order here). As a preview, fans can stream the outtake “Living in the Sunshine” below.

Last year, Hornsby released his latest album ‘Flicted, featuring collaborations with Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig...

Vampire Weekend have revealed they are adding raga singing into their repertoire on their new album. Better yet, the New York indie rockers also promised the project is “close to done.”

In a newsletter (via Vulture) accompanying the first volume of their new vinyl series, drummer Chris Tomson gave fans the lay of the land, saying lead singer Ezra Koenig “took a raga singing lesson with Terry Riley in rural Japan and wrote what he considers to be 7 of his all-time top 10 best songs.” Whether or not the band is replacing guitars with sitars is currently unknown.

Tomson went on to describe being able to “connect, jawbone, and jam” with his bandmates without any responsibilities and compared it to their formation at Columbia University. “I personally found an immense peace and pleasure from creating with the guys like we had in the Ruggles days,” he wrote. “The vibe was strong.

Vampire Weekend have released a vinyl-only live album called Frog on the Bass Drum Vol. 01, which pulls audio from a June 2019 show in Indianapolis where there was, in fact, a frog pictured on their bass drum.

The setlist from the show featured songs from all four albums of their discography — 2008’s self-titled debut, Contra, Modern Vampires of the City, and Father of the Bride — plus the official release of a 10-minute long cover of Bob Dylan’s Infidels track “Jokerman.” To boot, vocalist Ezra Koenig dropped a quick flow from “Pizza Party,” the debut track from L’Homme Run, the college rap group he formed with Vampire Weekend drummer Chris Tomson.

Frog on the Bass Drum Vol. 01 also comes with the band’s Quarterly Report newsletter. See the artwork and tracklist below.

2,500 copies of the LP were pressed by the vinyl’s manufacturer, Jack White’s Third Man Pressing in Detroit,...

Phoenix have shared their second-ever formal collaboration today, recruiting Clairo for a remix of “After Midnight,” a standout track from the band’s recent album Alpha Zulu.

Though the two artists are longtime fans of each other, it took a few connections before they finally crossed paths: Phoenix met Clairo through Rostam Batmanglij, who produced the indie pop star’s debut album Immunity and whose former Vampire Weekend bandmate Ezra Koenig contributed vocals to the Alpha Zulu single “Tonight” (which we named Song of the Week).

“We’ve loved Claire since day one!” Phoenix share in a press release. “What a treat it is to have her sing with us! We hope you’ll enjoy it as much as we do.” Clairo adds: “I’ve been a massive fan of Phoenix for as long as I can remember, and I’m very grateful that they asked me to sing on this remix.

Phoenix have released a new version of their song “After Midnight” featuring vocals from Clairo. After teasing the remix on social media, the group debuted the track last night, marking their second-ever guest feature.

“We’ve loved Claire since day one,” Phoenix said in a statement. “What a treat it is to have her sing with us! We hope you’ll enjoy it as much as we do.”

Clairo added, “I’ve been a massive fan of Phoenix for as long as I can remember, and I’m very grateful...

Christine McVie, a long-time member of Fleetwood Mac, has died at age 79.

According to a statement from her family, released on Wednesday (30 November), she died of a short illness in hospital.

They added: “We would like everyone to keep Christine in their hearts and remember the life of an incredible human being, and revered musician who was loved universally.”

Fans and fellow musicians, including McVie’s bandmate Stevie Nicks, have paid tribute.

After joining Fleetwood Mac in 1970, McVie went on to write some of the band’s most recognisable and commercially successful songs.

Here are six essential Christine McVie-penned tracks to listen to in tribute.

Come a Little Bit Closer (1974)

Album: Heroes Are Hard to Find

Featured on the group’s ninth studio album, Heroes Are Hard to Find (1974), is McVie’s “Come a Little Bit Closer”.

There’s little information regarding the actual song, but the album itself marked...

“Woo-ha! Singing Ha-lle-lu-jah!” yelps Thomas Mars on the title track of Phoenix’s seventh album, Alpha Zulu. The tensely sprung indie-pop groove was apparently inspired by a bout of airplane turbulence – during which Mars heard the pilot repeating the words “alpha zulu”. And the twitchy-twang of the song brilliantly captures the strange sensation of exhilaration-anxiety you get on a bumpy flight: a stomach-dropper of a bass line, glitchy exhalations from the keyboard, and the sweet thermals of vocal melody. Meanwhile, Mars blurts out surreal and surrendering lines: “Pray to your God/ Cover your lies… There’s a purple cloud in the consommé, ouais!… Why choose your body over time?”

The album – like the song – is packed with an impressive amount of energy and ideas for a band celebrating their 25th anniversary. From the rubbery bounce of Ezra Koenig collaboration “Tonight” through the shimmering pulse of “Winter Solstice”, to the moody...

The Nov. 5 episode of “Saturday Night Live” will be hosted by Amy Schumer with Steve Lacy serving as musical guest.

This is Schumer’s third time hosting the NBC late-night comedy sketch show, having previously held the gig in 2015 alongside the Weeknd and in 2018 with Kacey Musgraves. Her own sketch show, “Inside Amy Schumer,” was just revived for its fifth season on Paramount+ after six years on hiatus from its spot on Comedy Central. Episodes are currently dropping weekly on Thursdays. Schumer is also the creator and star of the 2022 Hulu series “Life & Beth,” and in 2020, she debuted the docuseries “Expecting Amy,” which followed her through her life working in comedy while pregnant.

Lacy will be appearing on “SNL” for his first time ever. He is currently touring with “Gemini Rights,” the album he released in July of this year featuring the chart-topping single “Bad Habits.” “Gemini Rights” is...

Phoenix continued to preview their upcoming new album Alpha Zulu Thursday with the video for the LP’s icy latest single, “Winter Solstice.”

Unlike every other track on the French band’s first album since 2017’s Te Amo, “Winter Solstice” is the only song on Alpha Zulu that wasn’t composed by Phoenix together in the studio.

Recorded over separate continents, Phoenix’s Lauren Brancowitz, Christian Mazzalai, and Deck D’Arcy built the loop for the track, which they sent over to singer Thomas Mars to build out. “Winter Solstice” marks...

Phoenix stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live to show off their recent single “Alpha Zulu.” The bouncy, post-disco track comes off Alpha Zulu, Phoenix’s new LP, out Nov. 4 via Loyaute/Glassnote Records.

Alpha Zulu was produced by Phoenix and recorded in Paris’ Musée des Arts Décoratifs. The band dropped title track back in June, and followed with “Tonight,” which features Ezra Koenig. According to a press release, frontman Thomas Mars was inspired to write the track by the phrase “alpha zulu,” which he “heard a pilot repeating over the radio...

A new ten-episode podcast, America’s Dead, will dig into the everlasting, multi-faceted legacy of the Grateful Dead with the help of some of their biggest fans. The show arrives in full today, Sept. 15, via Sonos Radio.

Filmmaker/producer/Deadhead Emmett Malloy spearheaded America’s Dead, and served as host as well. The series will feature interviews about the Dead with a smattering of noted musicians, including Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, Mac DeMarco, Animal Collective, Lila Downs, and Branford Marsalis. One particularly special episode will even feature the Grateful...

Phoenix appeared on The Late Show to perform their latest single “Tonight,” which features Vampire Weekend singer Ezra Koenig on vocals. The French rock group showcased the song on the late-night show stage using the same split screen vibe as the track’s official music video, with segments of Koenig from the video edited in.

“Tonight” comes off Alpha Zulu, Phoenix’s new LP, out Nov. 4 via Loyaute/Glassnote Records. The song marks the first time Phoenix has featured an outside vocalist on a song. The video, directed by Oscar Boyson,...

Sbtrkt returns with the video for his new song “Bodmin Moor,” the British producer’s first new music in nearly six years.

The beatmaker known for collaborations with Sampha, Jessie Ware and Ezra Koenig — as well as the 2011 hit “Wildfire” with Drake and Little Dragon — hinted at impending new music by sharing the prequel for “Bodmin Moor” earlier this week on social media. The single, Sbtrkt’s first since 2016 — arrived in full on Friday.

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Liam Gallagher has dropped a boisterous new single, “C’mon You Know.” Produced by Andrew Wyatt and featuring Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig on saxophone, the song is the title track from Gallagher’s upcoming third solo album, C’mon You Know, out May 27 via Warner Records. The record marks the British singer’s first full-length since 2019’s Why Me? Why Not.

Gallagher dubbed the track “the sound of the summer” on Twitter, teasing an upcoming music video starring actor Rory Kinnear. The song is notably upbeat, with the musician singing,...