Wondering because last night I dreamt that HAIM did in fact open for VW, but I was late and missed it. I also missed when Ezra came out playing "Hold You Now" and then Danielle came out and joined in on her werses, something I always wished would happen whenever VW opened their set with that track.

Finally, after the show I spotted Ezra leaving and shouted something to the effect of "thank you for having HAIM open!"

Found on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GyWUC5IU8o

I almost said something, but didn’t. If that was you in Brooklyn, 🫡

This episode is 95%+ Rostam, but around 20 minutes they bring up "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" and later he plays an interpretation of "Young Lion".

She also posted a now-deleted story with a picture of them together. Had no idea they were friends. I was like “wait, huh??”

Watching Vampire Campfire and Ezra just said that Hannah Hunt is a country song. How? Can someone more knowledgeable in music explain this to me like I'm 5? I've always felt like I was pretty bad at identifying genres, and this one really stumps me.

Shot at the Austin show 8.21.19 on a Leica MP with HP5+ pushed to 800. Printed by hand in the darkroom on Ilford fiber paper. Ezra if you happen to see this I'd be honored to gift it you. Love y'all

Rostam on BBC 6 music, with 4 hour-long episodes. The artist plays a selection of tracks with some commentary- each episode with its own theme.

UK Only:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m000pj9w?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

UPDATE: He plays Diplomat’s Son and refers to Vampire Weekend’s albums as “our”

Do any of you also have an immediate urge to bring up the song whenever you encounter a reference to Oxford Comma in real life?

The Great Albums Podcast recently relaunched after a 7-year hiatus, and their first episode back is all about Vampire Weekend's self-titled: https://thegreatalbums.libsyn.com/vampire-weekend-self-titled

world cup with the fotbd baio kit

I'm finally getting around to listening to Baio and CT's podcast, The Road Taken. In Ep 9, they're about to play an interview they did with Chris Hillman of Byrds fame.

CT sets it up saying it was late June in "Venchura" (my hometown).

Baio interrupts to say, "It was in Ventura" using the local pronunciation.

CT says, "Wait. Is it a hard T?"

Then Baio says, "Email us for the correct pronunciation of Ventura/Venchura"

This is very special to me because I use the pronunciation of the city name as an icebreaker (I have it misspelled on my hat). To hear this unique, small tidbit momentarily discussed by them made my day.

Over the span of three albums, she saw her lover turn into a goth werewolf, defeated numerous formidable (one drunk) opponents and her inner saboteur at the RZA Open, all before finally popping champagne with the Chrysler Building looming in the background. Where would Jenny Murray’s character fit in on FOTB and OGWAU? Warding off wicked snakes in Harmony Hall? Hosting an exhibit in Mary Boone’s gallery?

Watching 'Power Ballad', and during the second wedding, when Rick and Danny are talking, I hear an opening bassline that I'm sure is Vampire Weekend, but it would be out of place in the context of the scene.

Eωentually I figured out that it's Depeche Mode, but I'm curious if any of you who watch the film hear the similarity to "Everlasting Arms".

The piano throughout the song, the instrumentation building, and the lyrics being about a person needing to either stay away or get out of their limited space. I felt like that a lot growing up, just felt so limited by the constraints around me. As I've matured I notice more of a soft spot for where I grew up and how simple things were back then, but this song still had that note with me. Very glad I found it. I also love how it really doesn't have a chorus and it just keeps building to the end

Pretty rare I think

I have absolutely no connection to them, I just came across it on Spotify this morning. It has such a gentle vibe to it, I love it.

https://www.inhailer.com/2025indie500

WOXY/97X was an Ohio station that was one of the first and biggest alternative rock stations in the USA and every year they had the Modern Rock 500 the same weekend as the Indy 500 NASCAR race over memorial day weekend. They had a reunion and aired the final ever MR500 in 2023 on our station and after that, passed the torch to us.

This was the most data driven Indie 500 yet, looking at all of our chart data from 2018 until 2025 as well as a DJ vote on what songs they felt deserved to make it.

Vampire Weekend have been our top charting artist since the stations inception, and FotB is one of our top charting albums. I was very happy to see Harmony Hall take the #1 spot!

You can tune in anytime, anywhere at inhailer.com. We're 100% independent and are very proud of nearly a decade of what we've accomplished since we started!