As with all things Jewish, there are ups, and there are downs. At first glance 2020’s Grammy nominees, announced November 20, find our people performing admirably, but not necessarily with the degree of success to which we’ve become accustomed. Drake, for example, only has two nominations, down from last year’s seven. But the Grammys distributes…
Vampire Weekend’s new album, “Father Of The Bride,” is really Jewish. Imagine this: You’re walking down the street and you run into the reanimated body of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, and she hands you a bowl of matzo ball soup, and you look down and all the matzo balls have been replaced by Shabbat-O’-Grams…
Imagine a rock album about falafel and delis, white supremacy and early modern Zionism. Whether you will it or not, it’s no dream. On their upcoming album, alt-rock group Vampire Weekend continues to quietly bring intensely Jewish themes into mainstream music. “Father of the Bride,” the band’s fourth album, to be released on May 3,…
This week, Ezra Koenig’s band Vampire Weekend released a music video directed by Jonah Hill, starring Jerry Seinfeld. It’s a sentence that reads like a white-Jewish Madlibs, and the video, for the band’s new single “Sunflower,” has that sort of charm to it, like an Urban Outfitters helmed by a put-upon bar mitzvah party planner….
“Vampire Weekend” frontman/Sperry-wearing Byronic hero Ezra Koenig had a baby with TV star Rashida Jones, multiple sources report. Him: a baby-faced, clear skinned boy wizard whose music pierces the soul with pretentious, though effecting, poetry. Her: the beloved documentarist and comedy actress who brought to life Ann Perkins on “Parks and Recreation.” Me: Strangely, not…
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