An interview with Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig
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