This is a fan blog dedicated to Vampire Weekend, an American indie rock band from New York City. Vampire Weekend is Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Tomson and Chris Baio. They formed Vampire Weekend in 2006 while attending Columbia University. In 2007 the band signed to XL Recordings. Their self-titled debut album was released on January 29th, 2008. “Contra”, the band’s second album, was released on January 12th, 2010. Their third album “Modern Vampires of the City” was released on May 14, 2013. MVOTC Reviews | MVOTC Timeline  Suburban Punks | DISCLAIMER | TAGS | Follow us on Twitter! Follow us on Instagram! My name is Marice and you can email me at teamvampireweekend[at]gmail.com SEND A MESSAGE | SUBMIT LINKS | Official Site | Myspace | Facebook | | Shop | Twitter | Ezra’s Twitter | CT’s Twitter Rostam’s Twitter | Baio’s Twitter Rostam’s Tumblr | Baio DJ’s FB page PURCHASE MODERN VAMPIRES OF THE CITY XL Webstore | iTunes Tumblr (3.0; @teamvampireweekend)http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f8328f439106b549f2b5d0f409f5fc39/tumblr_mn89qgh2s51r3zexno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><em>Vampire Weekend’s Modern Vampires Of The City has entered the U.S. album chart at #1, selling nearly 135,000 copies since its May 14 release on XL Recordings.</em></p> <p><em>This is the second time Vampire Weekend has achieved such an historic feat: Its sophomore album Contra also debuted at #1 in 2010, <strong>making this the first time an independent rock band has entered at #1 with two consecutive releases.</strong></em></p> <p><em>Modern Vampires Of The City also shatters the previous record for first week vinyl sales, moving nearly 10,000 units on vinyl alone and debuting at #1 on the Soundscan Vinyl Charts. Additionally, the band charted #1 at Indie, Alternative, Digital and of course the top 200.</em></p> </blockquote>http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51114767898http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51114767898Wed, 22 May 2013 21:35:03 -0400SO PROUDvampire weekendmodern vampires of the cityalbum charts<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fSfADR-VzB4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><strong>Pitchfork’s Over / Under with Vampire Weekend </strong></p> </blockquote>http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51113225214http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51113225214Wed, 22 May 2013 21:15:43 -0400videopitchfork<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/376fc21af84cd71e0d95a2a4d1005c81/tumblr_mn6yq0VJoX1r3zexno3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dc2aaa2128b5f6ab1b3d8e8a820b60b3/tumblr_mn6yq0VJoX1r3zexno1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d8d3704cb173149e306811cf0f03f335/tumblr_mn6yq0VJoX1r3zexno4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p>Ezra Koenig <span>at Red Butte Garden in Salt Lake City</span><span> (Photos by </span><span>Leah Hogsten for The Salt Lake Tribune)</span></p> </blockquote>http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51058596185http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51058596185Wed, 22 May 2013 04:39:36 -0400ezra koenigred butte garden utah 2013<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e3cf3552cd2524b8e8d1edeff3cb79ed/tumblr_mn6ymnSTFl1r3zexno1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6623c8258226decac1ea7b57b1244e02/tumblr_mn6ymnSTFl1r3zexno2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p>Chris Tomson <span>at Red Butte Garden in Salt Lake City</span><span> (Photos by </span><span>Leah Hogsten for The Salt Lake Tribune)</span></p> </blockquote>http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51058543713http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51058543713Wed, 22 May 2013 04:37:35 -0400chris tomsonred butte garden utah 2013<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/52f0e1fb385b4e265b15d2f225e70f88/tumblr_mn6yjfLnQm1r3zexno1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dd101a6d3028e9b1eafd76b341f003da/tumblr_mn6yjfLnQm1r3zexno2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p>Chris Baio <span>at Red Butte Garden in Salt Lake City</span><span> (Photos by </span><span>Leah Hogsten for The Salt Lake Tribune)</span></p> </blockquote>http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51058493213http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51058493213Wed, 22 May 2013 04:35:39 -0400chris baiored butte garden utah 2013<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7bbea402ac71cfb1845e345d70b59aa6/tumblr_mn6yf3asEh1r3zexno1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b8757c3140b870d84029247f4fbfce38/tumblr_mn6yf3asEh1r3zexno2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p>Rostam Batmanglij <span>at Red Butte Garden in Salt Lake City</span><span> (Photos by </span><span>Leah Hogsten for The Salt Lake Tribune)</span></p> </blockquote>http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51058424725http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51058424725Wed, 22 May 2013 04:33:03 -0400rostam batmanglijred butte garden utah 2013<iframe src="//www.tumblr.com/video/teamvampireweekend/51057308697/400" id="tumblr_video_iframe_51057308697" class="tumblr_video_iframe" width="400" height="706" style="display:block;background-color:transparent;overflow:hidden;" allowTransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Soundcheck at Red Butte Garden earlier today—-Vampire Weekend playing Hannah Hunt. Unfortunately they didn’t play it during their set (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://yourcollegiategrief.tumblr.com/post/51021261881/fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fucklakskanskskkaks" target="_blank">yourcollegiategrief</a>)</p>http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51057308697http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51057308697Wed, 22 May 2013 03:52:25 -0400videored butte garden utah 2013<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0d136f96dcef9ff8921d80cacbe2ffbc/tumblr_mn6tar3Iuv1r3zexno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><span>Ezra Koenig at Red Butte Garden in Salt Lake City (photo via @kybair)</span></p> </blockquote>http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51055047622http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51055047622Wed, 22 May 2013 02:42:27 -0400ezra koenigred butte garden utah 2013<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/36da0c6126fb0825254c4e193e68ff21/tumblr_mn6pog1tdh1r3zexno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Vampire Weekend MVOTC hoodie (photo via @tekwani)</p> </blockquote>http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51051670701http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51051670701Wed, 22 May 2013 01:24:00 -0400vampire weekendvw: merchred butte garden utah 2013<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ecc9d3d596ece29d7c146d5ae1f1c6dc/tumblr_mn6orloj1S1r3zexno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Vampire Weekend at Red Butte Garden in Salt Lake City (photo via @dejaaentenduu)</p> </blockquote>http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51050668608http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51050668608Wed, 22 May 2013 01:04:00 -0400vampire weekendred butte garden utah 2013<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d419a7b64d5f3750996522eda87290a4/tumblr_mn6nsq09B71r3zexno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Vampire Weekend, Nylon Magazine - Japan (June 2013 issue)</p> </blockquote>http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51049506187http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51049506187Wed, 22 May 2013 00:43:00 -0400vampire weekendvw: photoshootvampire weekend in japanezra koenigchris baiochris tomsonrostam batmanglijnylon japan<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/aa96331b9a4847396acc5c94636e9b0d/tumblr_mn6mv6IbXk1r3zexno2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ccd4220015056b397de6dd2b32745e1f/tumblr_mn6mv6IbXk1r3zexno1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p>Vampire Weekend on the front cover of the Arts & Books section in the May 19th issue of Los Angeles Times (submitted by <a href="http://youre-a-gift.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">youre-a-gift</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p>Article under the cut:</p> <p><!-- more --></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/387af70823721bce83ff601ea08cae17/tumblr_inline_mn6mrnJXE91qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/462d033fbc25b2b913da876a18bea095/tumblr_inline_mn6mrwMoDB1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/63618a4e4c2232dafe5eb910017f7b9a/tumblr_inline_mn6msz4zdC1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/b467653288385af5788d66dc9000993d/tumblr_inline_mn6mtivxym1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/257b9bc6c130aa2ffd3d7b23a75e915b/tumblr_inline_mn6mtw9H4V1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p><img alt="image" src="http://media.tumblr.com/04095aaa00dc94cf882ea02246c271cc/tumblr_inline_mn6mu90QHl1qz4rgp.jpg"/></p>http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51048277741http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51048277741Wed, 22 May 2013 00:23:00 -0400submissionvampire weekendlos angeles timesezra koenigchris baiochris tomsonrostam batmanglij<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/43c0fb34d15fbef990f2f16494fb4c1c/tumblr_mn6gzeBuwL1r3zexno1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>via HITS Daily Double</p> <blockquote> <p>final results are in—-Modern Vampires of the City is at #1 with 134,955 copies sold</p> </blockquote> <p><span>The </span><span>Billboard 200 chart’s top 10 will be revealed on the morning of Wednesday, May 22. </span></p> <p><span>(<em>Second No.1 album, ya hey</em>)</span></p>http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51038824234http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51038824234Tue, 21 May 2013 22:16:26 -0400vampire weekendalbum chartsso proud<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ad832551e4c7b9a34710fabf1d4896c1/tumblr_mn6gd86ev71r3zexno3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7dcb38c386b8a95611a283e141f81aae/tumblr_mn6gd86ev71r3zexno1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6b16c22f98d4841a97345e8d4cd7f9a9/tumblr_mn6gd86ev71r3zexno2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1adfb5bf9549472ced93b73a924ff764/tumblr_mn6gd86ev71r3zexno4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p><span>Vampire Weekend at </span><span>Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver (Photos by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/julioenriquez" target="_blank">Julio Enriquez</a>)</span></p> </blockquote>http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51037718653http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51037718653Tue, 21 May 2013 22:03:08 -0400vampire weekendred rocks amphitheatre denver 2013ezra koenigchris baiochris tomsonrostam batmanglij<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d9200c0c624dc9e82441b70bbe141ed3/tumblr_mn64zrvTQF1r932qio1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c0bda1a942b8ca04bb20283a6f7a6b12/tumblr_mn64zrvTQF1r932qio2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p><span>Ezra Koenig and Chris Tomson at Red Rocks Amphitheatre </span><span>(Photos by Lisa Higginbotham)</span></p> </blockquote>http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51036686536http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51036686536Tue, 21 May 2013 21:50:52 -0400red rocks amphitheatre denver 2013http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51036527949http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/51036527949Tue, 21 May 2013 21:49:00 -0400messages<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d65f36edb12d7f6d28463b6d165bb63f/tumblr_mn547mv9CD1r3zexno9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/594507f6521ca8b32cdeb94848d2c2cf/tumblr_mn547mv9CD1r3zexno5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/439ab6d8d4f9bff3e0831c6f59650adc/tumblr_mn547mv9CD1r3zexno7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b3000e46f60e384b0342de3eb82825e2/tumblr_mn547mv9CD1r3zexno8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p>Vampire Weekend at <span>Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Denver (Photos via KDVR)</span></p> </blockquote>http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/50978146671http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/50978146671Tue, 21 May 2013 04:42:58 -0400vampire weekendezra koenigchris baiochris tomsonrostam batmanglijred rocks amphitheatre denver 2013<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/512404ad9c7d09e46f9ebc4d1b1a2e76/tumblr_mn4zv5ciJE1r3zexno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><blockquote> <p class="bloc-caption">what a lurvely gift!! (via Baio’s Instagram) (shirt by @asdgaoiwejfoaiw !!)</p> </blockquote></p>http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/50975346167http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/50975346167Tue, 21 May 2013 03:09:00 -0400twitter: oiabchris baiovw selfies<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f28957f351da776792619318ba78bd7a/tumblr_mn4v84wytY1rmql59o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d9bd22d1d1f7e80ea7f416902a0b02de/tumblr_mn4v84wytY1rmql59o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b759662a7b4dd87ed832f728935e85ba/tumblr_mn4v84wytY1rmql59o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d33b496b6c0a84e58e928f146fc4fbed/tumblr_mn4v84wytY1rmql59o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0e041754e40f5975fa14af9a43dc9da5/tumblr_mn4v84wytY1rmql59o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4f0874c6996625fb84ad6cf6cb085d2c/tumblr_mn4v84wytY1rmql59o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/528241fcafc030f2e024457e1753d83e/tumblr_mn4v84wytY1rmql59o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p><span>Vampire Weekend</span></p> <p>KROQ Weenie Roast 2013<br/>May 18, 2013<br/>Verizon Amphitheater<br/>Irvine Meadows</p> <p>(via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://albiemo.tumblr.com/post/50971093310/vampire-weekend-kroq-weenie-roast-2013-may-18" target="_blank">albiemo</a><span>)</span></p> </blockquote>http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/50971921342http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/50971921342Tue, 21 May 2013 01:46:03 -0400kroq weenie roast 2013<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jULtEXni_pg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><strong>Vampire Weekend  - KROQ Weenie Roast Interview</strong></p> <p><em>“I really enjoy buying fake watches. There’s something really fun, especially in New York on Canal Street, like you go in the back and like the people are all nervous and stuff and they pull out a bag..”</em></p> </blockquote>http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/50971046178http://teamvampireweekend.tumblr.com/post/50971046178Tue, 21 May 2013 01:28:17 -0400vampire weekendvideokroq weenie roast 2013