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Vampire Weekend is een Amerikaanse band uit New York, gevormd in 2006, die experimentele New Weird America-indierock brengt. Momenteel hebben ze een contract bij XL Recordings. De band bestaat uit vier leden: zanger en gitarist Ezra Koenig, gitarist, toetsenist en achtergrondzanger Rostam Batmanglij, drummer en percussionist Chris Tomson en bassist en achtergrondzanger Chris Baio. De band bracht hun zelf geproduceerde debuutalbum Vampire Weekend uit in 2008 met onder meer de singles "A-Punk" en "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa". Het tweede album van de band, Contra, werd uitgebracht in 2010. Op 14 mei 2013 volgde het derde studioalbum, Modern Vampires of the City.

Vampire Weekend is an American rock band formed in New York City in 2006 and currently signed to Columbia Records. The band was formed by lead vocalist and guitarist Ezra Koenig, multi-instrumentalist Rostam Batmanglij, drummer Chris Tomson, and bassist Chris Baio. Batmanglij departed the group in early 2016 but has continued to occasionally contribute to subsequent albums as a songwriter, producer, and musician.

The band's debut album, Vampire Weekend (2008), incorporated elements of indie pop, Afropop, and chamber music. Featuring charting singles "A-Punk" and "Oxford Comma", it was acclaimed by critics and has been hailed as one of the greatest debut albums. Their second album, Contra (2010), was similarly acclaimed and garnered strong commercial success, debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200, and featuring well-received singles including "Holiday". Their subsequent studio albums Modern Vampires of the City (2013) and Father of the Bride (2019) continued the band's success, with each album receiving widespread critical acclaim, topping US charts and winning the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in their respective years. They released their fifth studio album, Only God Was Above Us, in April 2024. The album, similar to previous releases, received critical acclaim.