This essay is running as part of the 2019 Uproxx Music Critics Poll. Explore the results here. Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig often seems like a man who’s never had an unreasonable thought or feeling ...

The band's longest album to date is so polished you may not initially take in all the emotion roiling beneath its surface. Father of the Bride introduces new themes and a new ambition. This is FRESH ...

Last fall, Ezra Koenig experienced a brief moment of panic regarding Post Malone’s hit single “Sunflower.” “We have a song on this record called ‘Sunflower,'” the Vampire Weekend frontman, 34, recalls ...

In the six years between 2013’s Modern Vampires of the City and their new LP Father of the Bride, one of the best ways for Vampire Weekend fans to get their fix was to listen to frontman Ezra Koenig’s ...

It’s been six long years since they last gifted their fans with a new full-length, but Vampire Weekend is back, and their legion of listeners are obviously thrilled to have them, as the alternative ...

To celebrate the release of their new Father Of The Bride album, Vampire Weekend played a trio of New York shows, which culminated in a performance at Webster Hall in New York City. The band played ...

New Year’s Wants, with a Nod to William Blake Audio By Carbonatix To answer the question: What is the best pop album of 2019? It’s easily Father of the Bride by the impetuously named Vampire Weekend.

On the band's first album in six years, Ezra Koenig delivers 18 tracks of often brilliant ideas with little concern for how palatable listeners might find them. Is this the rise of the Grateful Undead ...