WONGIE INDIE SONG OF THE WEEK: vampire weekend feat steve lacy - sunflower

vampire weekend feat steve lacy - sunflower
the new vampire weekend single "sunflower" is a catchy jazz scat jam featuring the internet's steve lacy on some crazy guitar picking throughout! produced by the awesome ariel rechtshaid (who also did their previous jam "harmony hall") this just gives me an inkling that the upcoming 'father of the bride' album is going to be a hodgepodge of sounds that i can't wait to get my hands on! love this!!

WONGIE INDIE POP SONG OF THE WEEK: vampire weekend - harmony hall

vampire weekend - harmony hall
after almost 6 years, ezra koenig and his band of merry vampire weekend-ers (sans founding member rotsam batmanglij who coincidentally worked on this song) are baaack!! kicking off with this insta positive acoustic guitar-riffed gem, the track also allows us to gear up for the upcoming 'father of the bride' album! check out the video featuring some nice cameos from blood orange's dev hynes, haim sister danielle and jonah hill taking a bite from ezra's pancake breakfast. Sure why not!

FINALLY: beyonce - hold up

beyonce - hold up
it took them long enough to release this as an official video, but queen bey released it on her bday for the fans and well... if you don't already know this song back to front, then you've been hiding under a rock and in for a treat. co-written by ezra koenig of vampire weekend, the indie references extend to the yeah yeah yeahs in this song too. easily a highlight of the lemonade collection, turn this one up!

OSCARS 2014 LIVE PERFORMANCES: pharrell williams / u2 / karen o & ezra koenig / idina menzel / pink

though the awards itself was ok, it was the wonderful live performances from the original song category that really made this a special night. here are all the performances in full!


pharrell williams - happy (despicable me 2)


u2 - ordinary love (mandela)


karen o & ezra koenig - the moon song (her)


idina menzel - let it go (frozen)


pink - somewhere over the rainbow (the wizard of oz anniversary performance)

WONGIE INDIE HIP HOP SONG OF THE WEEK: vampire weekend feat danny brown, heems & despot - step (remix)

vampire weekend feat danny brown, heems & despot - step (remix)
nothing like getting some hot hipster rappers to wax poetic on your baroque-esque gem of a song for the new year. it's a killer collaboration and just brings a smile to my 2014!

LIVE PERFORMANCE: mumford and sons feat vampire weekend, the vaccines, first aid kit, the staves and guests - help from my friends (live @ glastonbury 2013)

mumford and sons feat vampire weekend, the vaccines, first aid kit, the staves and guests - help from my friends (live @ glastonbury 2013)
bringing up a slew of guests to close out glasto 2013, mumford and sons proved their headlining status to the world over the weekend with this joe cocker version of the beatles classic. impressive.

CATCH UP: vampire weekend - diane young

vampire weekend - diane young
here is the video!

IT'S LYRICAL!: vampire weekend - ya hey / ya hey (live @ amex unstaged)

vampire weekend - ya hey
third track from their highly anticipated album 'modern vampires of the city' which comes out in a week! i can't wait!

wanna see the vampire's perform the song live? check out their steve buscemi directed live performance for amex below:

vampire weekend - ya hey (live @ amex unstaged)

AUDIO PREMIERES!: vampire weekend - step / diane young

vampire weekend - step
there is happiness all around as the vampires offer up two tracks for their fans today! in anticipation for their new album modern vampires of the city the first of the tracks is a lazy monday soundtrack that's just perfect for our snowy east coast weather.

vampire weekend - diane young
the more energetic track of the two, the vampires rock out with crazy drums loops, fuzzy guitars and a penchant for mechanical vocal alterations. it's a loud fun hoot if you ask me!

HOT COVER: vampire weekend - i'm goin down (bruce springsteen cover @ 102.7 The End)

vampire weekend - i'm goin down (bruce springsteen cover @ 102.7 The End)
[how cool is this cover? vampire weekend pay homage to the boss and i love it!]

NEW VAMPIRE WEEKEND!: vampire weekend - holiday

vampire weekend - holiday
[just in time for the holiday weekend!]

LIVE WONGIE: vampire weekend - holiday (live @ kcrw)

vampire weekend - holiday (live @ kcrw)
[the latest single performed back in january for the kcrw morning becomes eclectic show. sweet and simple, just the way we like em!]

LIVE WONGIE: mumford & sons - cousins (vampire weekend cover) / the cave (live @ bbc live lounge)

mumford & sons - cousins (vampire weekend cover)
[this is a really nice fit! apparently ezra keonig approved!]


mumford & sons - the cave
[le sigh... i just want to join the travelling choir of mumford and sons just so i can sing along to their rousing anthems]

NEW VAMPIRE WEEKEND!: vampire weekend - giving up the gun

vampire weekend - giving up the gun
[you know you've crossed over when people like rza, joe jonas, lil jon and jake gyllenhal agree to cameo in your video!]

WONGIE SONG OF THE WEEK: the very best feat ezra koenig - warm heart of africa

the very best feat ezra koenig - warm heart of africa
[this highly catchy song has been around for awhile, but it's finally getting the video release featuring the cutie ezra koenig from a little band called vampire weekend. i loved it last year, i still love it now!]

VAMPIRE WEEKEND REEEMIX: vampire weekend - contra (toy selectah megamix)

vampire weekend - contra (toy selectah megamix)
[the wacky toy selectah goes ahead and remixes highlights (really just horchata and white sky) from vampire weekend's latest album 'contra'. maybe more bands will start doing this to preview their albums in the future...]

LIVE WONGIE: vampire weekend - contra mini concert (live @ juan's basement)

[nothing like the wonderful folks over at pitchfork tv to organize a mini concert by the vampire weekend on the eve of their 'contra' album release in juan's basement! the band sound AMAAAAZING and gives you a teaser of their upcoming tour. i'm in love!!!]


vampire weekend - cousins


vampire weekend - white sky


vampire weekend - horchata


vampire weekend - california english


the band talk about the musical choices on 'contra'

AUDIO LEAK: vampire weekend - white sky

vampire weekend - white sky
[oh this is lovely!!!]

AUDIO BUZZ: kid cudi feat vampire weekend - cudderisback

kid cudi feat vampire weekend - cudderisback
[released as a fan track, cudi freestyles over the vampire weekend track 'otterman' with super hot results.]

THIS IS AWESOME: vampire weekend - cousins (alternate treatments)

vampire weekend - cousins (alternate treatment #1)
[i don't usually profile production houses, but you gotta check out this awesome video treatment by hammer & tongs for the vampire weekend video 'cousins']


vampire weekend - cousins (alternate treatment #3)
[this is their 3rd try]


vampire weekend - cousins (final version)
[and this is what they shot - which if you follow the blog, you know i posted almost 2 weeks ago]