Almost two decades ago, the formation of indie-rock band Vampire Weekend made possible its impressive and ever-growing collection of hit songs. The band’s members lean into their Ivy League ...

I was first introduced to the band Vampire Weekend through the song “Step,” off the band’s third album, in which the band’s frontman Ezra Koenig’s airy voice effortlessly riffs on a modern love story ...

From the first seconds of Vampire Weekend’s new album, “Only God Was Above Us,” it’s clear that something has changed. “Ice Cream Piano” starts with hiss, buzz, feedback and a hovering, distorted ...

Happy Birthday to Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, who turned the big 4-0 on April 8, 2024. Koenig co-founded the band in 2006 while he and the group’s three other original members were attending ...

Tony Monaco builds piano cases. If you don’t know what a piano case is, it’s a wooden structure that houses an electric keyboard to make it look like a real piano. It’s a tribute to a piano, if you ...

On its fifth album, suffused with thoughts of 20th-century New York City, indie-rock’s pop maximalists get noisier — but it’s a journey out of negativity into “something a little deeper.” From left: ...