Please consider making a donation to help keep this website running. Every contribution, no matter how small, makes a meaningful difference.
USDT (Binance) Wallet Address:
[TBUd5iWyrpv4NYx6UKJcngAMForMuH3rKN]
Thank you for your support!
- READ MORE: Vampire Weekend – ‘Solely God Was Above Us’ overview: again to the Massive Apple
The band have just lately been taking requests from the gang for snippets of covers throughout their exhibits.
Over the weekend, Ezra Koenig devoted a portion of the present in direction of the top of their set at The Rose Bowl in Pasadena as a “salute to indie” and proceeded to carry out a quick sequence of covers by bands handpicked by the frontman. You possibly can view them beneath.
He kicked off the part with Phoenix’s ‘Lisztomania’, which the French band carried out on the pageant final yr. The frontman additionally teamed up with the band at Simply Like Heaven final yr.
Koenig then launched into Tame Impala’s ‘The Much less I Know The Higher’. Introducing the monitor he mentioned: “Now a good friend of mine mentioned that Tame Impala’s not an indie band. Properly, if my good friend is appropriate, and I’m undecided he’s, but when he’s appropriate, you don’t need to be an indie band to make an indie banger.”
@stereogumofficial
Headliners @Vampire Weekend gave a “salute to indie” at @Simply Like Heaven final night time. The common covers part of their set was devoted to fellow blog-rock torchbearers, most of whom had performed the nostalgia fest in earlier years. VW did bits of “Lisztomania” by Phoenix, “The Much less I Know The Higher” by Tame Impala, “House Track” by Seashore Home, “Two Weeks” by Grizzly Bear, and “Wolf Like Me” by TV On The Radio, who performed the tune on the identical stage just a few hours earlier. [📹: Patrick Garriepy] #VampireWeekend #JustLikeHeaven #indie #BeachHouse #GrizzlyBear #TameImpala #TVOnTheRadio #Phoenix♬ unique sound – stereogum
Vampire Weekend did a Seashore Home cowl this shit means one thing to me 🥲 pic.twitter.com/g0BCIqulWc
— vic (@fIoures_) Might 12, 2025
the vampire weekend covers on the identical to heaven pageant tonight went loopy pic.twitter.com/QAiusgvmYm
— gabi (@sadmusics) Might 11, 2025
The frontman went on to play a snippet of Seashore Home‘s ‘House Track’, Grizzly Bear’s ‘Two Weeks’ and TV On The Radio’s ‘Wolf Like Me’.
Rilo Kiley and Bloc Social gathering had been additionally among the many artists that carried out at this yr’s bash.
Vampire Weekend’s efficiency kicked off their North American tour which is able to subsequent see them play Boston Calling on Might 25. From there, the band will make stops in cities throughout the US together with Portland, Philadelphia, Columbus, Saratoga Springs, Asheville, Jacksonville and Miami.
They are going to then wrap up their tour with a handful of pageant appearances on the likes of Bonnaroo, Pukkelpop, Rock En Seine, Borderlands Pageant and extra. You possibly can the total record of dates right here and go to right here to buy any remaining tickets.
The dates are in assist of the band’s most up-to-date full-length launch ‘Solely God Was Above Us‘.
In a four-star overview of the album, NME shared: “Regardless of its sentimental homages to the historical past of their hometown, ‘Solely God Was Above Us’ isn’t a nostalgic album. Reasonably than adopting an excessively rose tinted view of the previous to deal with the current, Koenig appears to be superb with embracing that issues simply aren’t that nice.”
!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)
{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?
n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};
if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′;
n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;
t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];
s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,’script’,
‘
fbq(‘consent’, ‘revoke’);
fbq(‘init’, ‘370979561341328’);
fbq(‘track’, ‘PageView’);
Discover more from Parrotainment
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
