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Vampire Weekend’s Chris Baio makes a solo debut with “Tanto” feat. Matias Aguayo from the Sunburn EP, due May 21 on Greco-Roman. ‘We make colourful music because we dance in the dark.’

Rostam Batmanglij’s intricately recorded Vampy Weeks/Discovery like “Wood” and hi res cover artwork link hints at the possibility of this being a bigger project than just a free tumblr mp3. That’s definitely something I’m interested in. Download “Wood”. below. (Fader) ROSTAM – Wood by ROSTAM

The only way to get this year’s playlist up later than I did last year was to do it on NYE. Luckily, I kept a running list through-out 2010 that ended up with about 100 songs on it (too many!), and had to ax a lot of favorites. So, if the below 60 song playlist [...]

After 4 years of doing year end Top 10 Album lists, I’ve finally realized how insufficient it is in accurately showcasing my favorites from the year. it’s been a pleasure not having to slim my list down to only 10 records, because that is dumb. 21 seemed like a nice round number that complimented the [...]

I’m just now having my Raisin Bran Crunch or whatever (I don’t drink coffee), but Chromeo’s new track, “I Could Be Wrong” with Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig (digital bonus track on Chromoe’s Business Casual, out today) is serving as a much better pick-me-up. (P4K) Listen: “I Could Be Wrong” by Chromeo feat. Ezra Koenig

Vampire Weekend bring their Contra favorite (and latest single) to Craig Ferguson last night. Also sweaters. Layers of them.

I am getting ready to get my 4th of July weekend started (as soon as the Uruguay-Ghana game is over…and as soon as the games tomorrow are over). So, I thought this playlist of recent (semi-recent) sunshine/beach/summer/4th of July themed (semi-themed) jams would be an appropriate send-off post, as I plan to profusely neglect my [...]

Converse is doing that whole Santigold, Pharrell, Julian Casablancas thing again (’3 Artists, 1 Song’ as they are now calling it). This time around they’ve recruited Kid Cudi, Bethany Cosentino (Best Coast), and Rostam Batmanglij (Vampire Weekend), and are offering up mini-documentaries about each artist’s inspiration, experiences, etc. Above, they follow Cudi back to Cleveland [...]

Listen, I’m no happier about these Twilight OST’s than you are, but let’s take our new, exclusive music from Florence and the Machine, Sia, The Black Keys, Bat For Lashes, UNKLE, Metric, and Cee-Lo, and try not to ask too many questions. Also, the first ever CD quality version of Vampire Weekend’s “Jonathan Low” is [...]

I debated whether or not I was going to post up Vampire Weekend’s Twilight: Eclipse soundtrack contribution, “Jonathan Low,” on account of the fact that the only way to hear it was via a very low quality BBC 1 radio rip. But, then I realized that it was new Vampire Weekend and it was excellent. [...]