Stereogum — Today millions of people across America and beyond are making their way to the path of totality, a strip of land across the United States where a full solar eclipse will be viewable this afternoon. Texas is an especially good viewing spot, which h... more info

Stereogum — Vampire Weekend released their new album Only God Was Above Us on Friday. This weekend, they took over the SiriusXMU channel and did a stripped-back live session where they covered Grateful Dead’s “Peggy-O” and did a few OGWAU songs live f... more info

JamBase — Release Day Picks this week highlight new albums by Khruangbin, The Black Keys, Vampire Weekend, Katie Pruitt, Phosphorescent, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams, Circles Around The Sun & Mikaela Davis, Bartees Strange, Maggie Rose, Sinkane, Bryson T... more info

Consequence Of Sound — Next week, the band will kick off a supporting world tour. Vampire Weekend’s Only God Was Above Us Has Arrived: Stream Jo Vito more info

Stereogum — There were rules. Was there ever a manifesto? Not exactly, but Ezra Koenig at least gestured toward one. The idea was to establish some stylistic guardrails, to prevent Vampire Weekend from defaulting to easy rock-band tropes and to set them apart... more info

Chorus.fm — Vampire Weekend haves shared the new song “Mary Boone.” more info

Consequence Of Sound — The song features kaleidoscopic synths, an angelic choir, and a drum beat sampled from a Soul II Soul track. Vampire Weekend Release New Single “Mary Boone”: Stream Paolo Ragusa more info

Stereogum — We’re now just eight days away from the release of Only God Was Above Us, Vampire Weekend’s first album in five years. And as of today, the band has shared 40% of the album as advance singles. After dropping “Capricorn” and “Gen-X Cops�... more info

Consequence Of Sound — "The truth is, this is very premature because that band is still hashing out its sound. I don’t want to say too much.” Vampire Weekend Tease “Punky,” “Jammy” Side Project Wren Graves more info

Stereogum — Vampire Weekend’s new album Only God Was Above Us comes out in a couple of weeks, and the press cycle has commenced. The band has been doing their own Vampire Campfire podcast (another episode is set to drop soon), and Ezra Koenig has popped up... more info