April 2012
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Anonymous asked: In an post-Contra interview from a while back, Ezra says that he hasn't been to Cape Cod since he was 14, and that the rest of the band has never been there. With their previous Cape Cod references, and with Ezra's recent visit to Martha's Vineyard, I wonder what kind of influence that will have on LP3? Just an interesting thought...
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Anonymous asked: How do you know that they're working in Martha's Vineyard? And when do you think LP3 will be released?
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Anonymous asked: Rostam and Ezra are on Martha's Vineyard?!!?!
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Q & A with Rostam on Sound of My Voice
Interviewer: Rostam, how much of the film's score is original?
Rostam Batmanglij: All of the music in the film was written by me, save for one song sung in the actual film by a cast member and the Hot Chip song, which appears at the end.
Interviewer: How and why did you that song to end the film?
Rostam Batmanglij: I didn't choose that song-Zal did. He had taken a trip up to San Francisco and listened to that song on repeat. It was a personal choice of his and I always love it when directors choose songs for their films themselves so I was really happy for it to be there. Films should involve a director's idiosyncrasies as much as possible I think. Zal is certainly one of those directors.
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Anonymous asked: When did ezra recently chat with rolling stone? Was it a conversation that was published?
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Baio on his future plans
(Baio) says he plans to continue releasing additional solo tunes; he says he already has “a bunch of songs” completed and several others he’s currently working on. “It’s definitely something I plan on pursuing in the foreseeable future,” he adds.
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Ezra Koenig on Vampire Weekend's LP3
The band has amassed plenty of material, but as frontman Ezra Koenig echoed in a recent chat with Rolling Stone, they aren’t working with any deadline in mind. “We do have a ton of stuff,” said Koenig. “It would be cool if it was [released] this year. I always want to release music as soon as possible, but more and more I’m realizing it’s something you almost...
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Vampire Weekend Hatching 'A Ton' of Material for...
Vampire Weekend’s headlining gig at the Pitchfork Music Festival in July will mark the band’s first live performance in nearly a year, but the Brooklyn-based indie rockers have been keeping busy. As bassist Chris Baio tells Rolling Stone, they’ve been hard at work on the follow-up to their 2010 LP, Contra. “We’ve started many songs,” Baio says. “Obviously...
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rachaelpie asked: To the other anon, Rostam likes Paul Simon's Rhythm of the Saints better. I only know this because it's my favorite Paul Simon album, too :)
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Anonymous asked: There is an interview where the interviewer asks them about Graceland by Paul Simon and they give their obligatory answer but then Rostam says that he likes a diff PS album better, do you remember which one or do you recall which interview that was at all? thx
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davidwright5 asked: So, Baio has some scheduled tour dates for his DJ sets coming up pretty soon. Do you think this means that they're done recording LP3? VW is supposed to release the album this summer, and a single in the spring (which could be any day now). I'm thinking that if Baio has time to tour a little bit in the midst of an album release, then they must been done recording it or pretty darn close...
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the-c3llardoor asked: any chance you wanna give me the downlow on what we know about the new album? i've been searching like crazy. i figure you're a good person to ask what's floating around. do we have any hints, hunches, anything? :(
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Anonymous asked: do you think lp3 will be released before or after the pitchfork festival?
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Anonymous asked: hi! i love your blog. i was wondering if you could help me find this picture: hipsterrunoffcom/topic/vampire-weekend. thanks for the help!
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“Ezra and I got really high, and I played the Fleetwood Mac version for him. He...”
– Rostam sharing one of those hazy nights he had with Ezra back at Columbia and bonding with him over Fleetwood Mac’s Everywhere
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Anonymous asked: you're feelin' alright. You know my girl eats her pizza with a diet sprite.
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Ezra is a fan of Blur
Interviewer: Are you a fan of Blur?
Ezra: Yeah, I have never seen them before though.
Interviewer: What's your favorite song?
Ezra: My favorite song has always been "Coffee & TV". That song has always had a special attachment to me.
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