Subject: Vampire Weekend

• Future Shock: Tom Waits, Tina Turner, Coldplay, and more

  May 9, 2008

• Vampire Weekend Plays 'Take Your Kids To A Concert Night'

  September 25, 2008

• Vampire Weekend

  November 29, 2007

• Flier of the Week: sBACH

  By Martin Cizmar I bring you this week's Flier of the Week not because I love the Towelie-esque flier - though it is pretty cool - but because I don't want to be the only person who shows up to see videogame rockers sBACH at Modified this Saturday. I advanced this concert in the paper this week (read here) so I won't recap it in full, but sBACH is a really interesting band... And a really interesting band with a built-audience of maybe four 8-bit gamers like me. So, I'm not even totally sure

  November 13, 2008

• sBACH Geeks Out at Modified Arts on Nov. 15

  If you’re not attuned to such things, you might be surprised to know how big a niche there is for bands interested in playing covers of classic Nintendo game soundtracks in today’s geek-friendly world. At comic, gaming, and computing conventions bands like The Advantage and Phoenix’s own Minibosses can draw pretty well covering classic Castlevania songs. As any bar band will tell you though, doing originals is always harder, which is why sBACH played to a crowd of about 30 Saturday night at Modified Arts.

  November 16, 2008

• The Best Album of 2008? Sorry 'Science,' I Go With Girl Talk

  Can an album comprised solely of samples really be an artistic achievement? Honestly, I'm a little bit torn about naming Girl Talk's Feed The Animals the best album of the year. After all, it is a record made up entirely of mashups, so, strictly speaking, there's not a note of new music in this banging 53-minutes club opus. But there is pretty much everything that's great about popular music, all tossed together into something joyously familiar yet excitingly new.So, while pretty much no one w

  December 22, 2008

• Fleet Foxes To Grace SNL's Music Stage

  As reported on this past Friday, Fleet Foxes have been named the musical guest for this Saturday's episode of Saturday Night Live with host Rosario Dawson. Lorne Michaels booked the band to perform a week after sugary-sweet teen pop-star Taylor Swift graced the stage, ushering in the second time Fleet Foxes have been mentioned in the same breath with Ms. Swift in the past month. Saturday Night Live has always focused on bringing the newest, most relevant music to the masses, so their decision to

  January 11, 2009

• Long Live Logos Charm at Chyro Arts

  Sometimes you just need to see a little live music on a Friday night, and without much on the concert schedule this weekend (The Music of Led Zeppelin - A Rock Symphony! Smashmouth!) I found myself at Chyro Arts in Scottsdale to see San Diego's Long Live Logos. Turns out, they played a delighful set at the art space/dry concert venue for a chilled out crowd that made itself cozy on the room's couches while the band shared their brand of slick, mellow, piano-pop.

  January 17, 2009

• Sony Ruins eMusic's Indie Credibility, Raises Rates

  eMusic adds Sony and pisses off its indie rock-savvy clienteleThese troubling financial times call for belt-tightening across American society. We all know what's going on with the auto industry, and the record industry is not safe from this recession. As announced Monday, online music retailer eMusic -- one of the largest on the web -- made a deal with Sony Music Entertainment to feature Sony Music tracks through their service. eMusic, a New York-based company, has some 400,000 subscribers, gen

  June 3, 2009

• Vampire Weekend

  September 18, 2008

• Fixed-gear fanaticism rolls into the PHX

  July 24, 2008

• Sound Tracks

  It's got a good bite

  July 12, 2007

• Wilco Is Dave Matthews Band – And That’s Okay

  May 14, 2009

• Other People's Blogs: Jay-Z Splits From Def Jam, Green Day vs. Wal-Mart, Vampire Weeked DJs Prom

  Rolling Stone: Jay-Z Buys Out Def Jam Contract, "Blueprint 3″ Heads to Roc NationElectric Mustache: Photos: Miniature Tigers at The Phix 5/15/2009Rolling Stone: Allen and Lambert iTunes Hits May Be a Predictor of Future SuccessIdolator: Green Day Knows Its Enemy, And Its Name Is Wal-MartNME: Vampire Weekend to DJ 'prom' in New York tonight

  May 21, 2009

• New Vampire Weekend, Crystal Antlers at Ruby Room, Blur Reunion Video, Touch and Go Book

  Electric Mustache: Photos: Crystal Antlers at The Ryhthm Room 6/8/2009 Spin: Vampire Weekend's New Record: "Higher, Lower, Faster! Spin: Blur post rehearsal footage online - video Rolling Stone: U2's Bono and the Edge Talk "Spider-Man" Musical Pitchfork: The Smashing Pumpkins Hire a 19-Year-Old Drummer? So Much Silence: Mos Def performs Quiet Dog on Letterman Rolling Stone: Bret Michaels' Reps Criticize Tony Awards, Host Neil Patrick Harris Idolator: What Was Your Last Visit To A Big-Box Re

  June 10, 2009

• How Dear and the Headlights Became the Most Important Band in Arizona

  June 25, 2009

• 10 Things Under $10 This Weekend: D.I.Y., Europop, and Danny NSK's Benefit

  The Bollox are scheduled to perform tonight at Club Red in Tempe. Can't find enough scrilla to take you S.O. go see Star Trek for the 16th time? Don't wanna take out a loan just to go see Les Claypool or Peter Murphy live and in concert? Then check out our list of ultra-affordable events happening in and around P-Town this weekend from tonight until Sunday.

  June 12, 2009

• Discovery

  July 9, 2009

• The Voodoo Organist

  August 27, 2009

• Katharine McPhee's New Hair, Kanye Interupts Obama, Details on New Vampire Weekend

  Electric Mustache: Electric Mustache Is Blog of the Week!Idolator: Katharine McPhee: Over Her Brown Hair, Not Over Classic Adult-Contemporary StylingsIdolator: Kanye West: Back To Reality?NME: The Strokes' Julian Casablancas reveals release date for debut solo albumPitchfork: Vampire Weekend Announce Everything About Second AlbumRolling Stone: Taylor Swift Recounts Kanye West VMAs Incident on "The View"So Much Silence: Silversun Pickups: Substitution (video)Spin: DOWNLOAD: Sufjan Stevens' Ode to

  September 15, 2009

• Megan Fox Pic On Cover of Rolling Stone, Dizzee Rascal Gets Shoe, Chairlift Live

  Electric Mustache: Photos and Videos: Chairlift at The Rhythm Room 9/14/2009Idolator: Joe Satriani's Suit Against Coldplay Flies Out Of CourtIdolator: "Abbey Road" Tops The Beatles' ChartNME: Spiritualized to reissue 'Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space' albumNME: Vampire Weekend reveal 'mystery blonde' is cover of second albumPitchfork: Dizzee Rascal Gets His Own SneakerRolling Stone: Pink's High-Flying "Funhouse" Spectacle Debuts in SeattleRolling Stone: Megan Fox, America's Sexiest

  September 16, 2009

• Glenn Beck Lies About Muse, iPhone Only Album, FTC Disclosure and Music Blogs

  NME: First iPhone-only album to be released by Kids On DSP - videoElectric Mustache: mp3: Vampire Weekend - "Horchata"Idolator: If Your Mother Says "Here, I Got You Something Autographed By Ian Curtis," Check It OutIdolator: How Will Music Blogs Deal With The FTC's New Disclosure Guidelines?NME: Glenn Beck admits lying over Muse retraction pleaPitchfork: Jay Reatard's Band QuitsRolling Stone: Usher Opens Up About Divorce With New Song "Papers"So Much Silence: OM: God Is GoodSpin: WATCH: Metalli

  October 6, 2009

• 2010 Early Releases -- Yeasayer, Vampire Weekend -- Shaping Up Quite Well

  These fine young men call themselves Yeasayer and will have their sophomore album ready for February 2010​Is it too early to look ahead to already announced albums with 2010 release dates? No, especially when those releases carry the clout of such bands as Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer and Arcade Fire. Vampire Weekend has already teased listeners with a track from their January 2010 LP Contra, "Horchata," while Yeasayer has announced the tracklist for their February release Odd Blood. Th

  October 26, 2009

• Q & A: Bishop Allen's Justin Rice Talks Punk, Being in Depeche Mode (sort of), and Puzzle Obsessions

  ​ Bishop Allen are a prim pop confectionary who churned out their third proper full-length last March titled "Grrr..." The candy-coated tracks are worth the impending toothaches, placing Bishop Allen, named for the street where the founding members lived, in cahoots with fellow saccharine rockers Vampire Weekend, Dirty Projectors and, Phoenix's own, Miniature Tigers. Stateside will present Bishop Allen at Modified Arts on Wednesday, Nov. 11, along with support from Darwin Deez and Futurekind.

  November 9, 2009

• This Just In: Brooklyn Has Own "Sound," Numerous Bands

  Brooklyn has become a mecca of sorts for indie rock in the past decade, with numerous new bands emerging from its brownstone-lined streets​I was listening to Sirius XMU yesterday while driving with the air conditioning on, since it's a balmy November in the Valley. On came a song by new indie/psych rock band Bear in Heaven, "You Do You." I was enthralled by the song, not being bored as shit 30 seconds into as I am with most indie rock these days. I was instantly curious about this Bear in Heav

  November 10, 2009