Vampire Weekend

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vampire Weekend is an American indie rock band from New York City, formed in 2006 and signed to XL Recordings.Vampire Weekend's name is derived from lead singer Ezra Koenig's amateur film of the same name. The band gained attention via a variety of blogs, such as Stereogum. The band claims to be influenced by both African popular music and Western classical music, describing their genre of music as "Upper West Side Soweto," with such songs as "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" referencing Congolese soukous music.