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An interview with Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig

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June 12, 2019

Backstage at the Armory in Minneapolis, Jade had the chance to catch up with Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig. In the news today: White Sox take heat for celebrating 'disco demolition,' Spice Girls animated movie planned, rapper Bushwick Bill has died at 52, Radiohead dropped 18 hours of rare audio, and a 2008 fire is revealed to have destroyed priceless master recordings. Plus, this week in music history and a dive into new tunes from Iron & Wine and Calexico; Bruce Springsteen; Mattiel; and Madonna. Plus, Adele raps! Audio sampled: Jahzzar - "Comedie" (CC BY 4.0), James Scott - "Frog Legs Rag" (Public Domain), Neil Diamond - "Heartlight", Janis Joplin - "Piece Of My Heart", Kelly Clarkson - "A Moment Like This", BoxCat Games - "Against the Wall" (CC BY 3.0), Geto Boys - "My Mind Playing Tricks On Me", Radiohead - "Lift", Muddy Waters - "Sad Sad Day", Calexico And Iron & Wine - "Bitter Suite (Pajaro/Evil Eye/Tennessee Train)", Bruce Springsteen - "There Goes My Miracle", Mattiel - Keep The Change", Madonna - "Dark Ballet", Vampire Weekend - "Jerusalem, New York, Berlin", Adele rapping