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Watch Damian interview Vampire Weekend

May 16th, 2013

Arguably the biggest indie band in the world at the moment, New York’s Vampire Weekend released their hotly tipped third album, Modern Vampires of the City, this week. A few weeks ago, Damian spoke with Ezra Koenig (vocals/guitar) and Rostam Batmanglij (guitars/keyboards) about how different it was making the third album compared to the first [...]

Tags: Damian Abraham, Ezra Koenig, interview, Rostam Batmanglij, The Wedge, Vampire Weekend
Posted in Blog, Interview, The Wedge | Posted by Cam

Rostam “Don’t Let It Get To You” (MP3)

November 1st, 2011

Rostam Batmanglij of Vampire Weekend has a solo project going on and shared his new song on his Tumblr today. Rostam still incorporates those catchy Vampire Weekend riffs into “Don’t Let It Get To You,” but he makes them a little less noticeable by burying them amongst obscure electronics. There’s no word yet if he’s [...]

Tags: Don't Let It Get To You, Rostam, Rostam Batmanglij, Vampire Weekend
Posted in Blog, MP3, The Wedge | Posted by Simone

MP3: Cass McCombs (prod. Rostam Batmanglij) “Robin Egg Blue (Gun Drum Mix)”

October 6th, 2011

Cass McCombs will be releasing his second album of the year, Humor Risk, on November 7 on Domino. We got a glimpse of the album back in August with “The Same Thing” and Consequence of Sound points to “Robin Egg Blue (Gun Drum Mix).” Here, Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij takes Humor Risk‘s “Robin Egg Blue” [...]

Tags: Cass McCombs, Humor Risk, Rostam Batmanglij
Posted in Blog, MP3, The Wedge | Posted by Simone

Converse Brings Together Killer Musical Trio For Collaboration

July 8th, 2010

Rapper Kid Cudi, Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij and Best Coast have already become mainstays on our summer playlists but now Converse has created a dream come true by getting the trio together. The collaboration has been teased for a while on their site with profiles of each of the artists and now the song is [...]

Tags: best coast, Bethany Cosentino, Converse, Julian Casablancas, Kid Cudi, n*e*r*d, Rostam Batmanglij, santigold, Vampire Weekend
Posted in Blog, News | Posted by Jessica F