Welcome to the ninth Songs of the Week of 2024. It was a somewhat slow week for new songs, perhaps because a lot of the music industry is at SXSW, but there were more than enough that impressed us.

Vampire Weekend returned with a new song “Classical,” as the third preview from their upcoming album, Only God Was Above Us. Lead singer Ezra Koenig wrote the song and co-produced it alongside Ariel ...

Vampire Weekend released two songs and they both made the list (and might’ve charted even higher if they had just put out one song and not split the vote). Even most of the honorable mentions are ...

After announcing their first new album in five years last week, Vampire Weekend has now unveiled the first two songs from Only God Was Above Us and an extensive tour in support of it. “Gen-X Cops” is ...

For a while, in the late two-thousands, it was extremely fun to dunk on Vampire Weekend. Formed at Columbia University in 2006, the band made perky, bleating indie rock about Cape Cod, mansard roofs, ...

Do you know what’s great about this April? Besides the usual nice weather, overabundance of spring concerts and events and of course, Georgetown Day, the best thing about this year’s April is that ...

Easter weekend is here, and millions of people around the world will gather to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion on Good Friday. Those who celebrate are giving thanks ...

We’re a few weeks away from the release of Vampire Weekend‘s new album Only God Was Above Us, and today they’ve shared its third single, “Classical.” The song feels like classic Vampire Weekend, with ...

We wanted to highlight three songs here that get to the heart of that query. Three classic rock songs, to be exact, that are perfect for the end of the week, when responsibility flies out the window ...

On its fifth album, suffused with thoughts of 20th-century New York City, indie-rock’s pop maximalists get noisier — but it’s a journey out of negativity into “something a little deeper.” From left: ...

Whether your song of the summer was brought to you by Post Malone, Sabrina Carpenter, Shaboozey or Chappell Roan, it's time to crank up the volume one more time (or a hundred, we're here for it!).

On Friday, The Weeknd will release his sixth album, Hurry Up Tomorrow. It arrives four months ahead of a film starring and co-written by the singer-songwriter based on the record. Whether the movie — ...