An American indie rock band from New York City, formed in 2006 and signed to XL Recordings. Members of the band are

• Ezra Koenig – lead vocals, guitar
• Rostam Batmanglij – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals
• Chris Tomson – drums, percussion
• Chris Baio – bass guitar, backing vocals

     The band released its first album Vampire Weekend in 2008, which produced the singles "Mansard Roof", "A-Punk", "Oxford Comma", and "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa". The band's most recent album, Contra, was released in 2010.

     The band is 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.

     In 2007, Vampire Weekend's song "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" was ranked 67th on Rolling Stone's list of the '100 Best Songs of the Year'. In November 2007, they toured the Netherlands with The Shins. They were declared "The Year's Best New Band" by Spin magazine in the March 2008 issue, and were the first band to be shot for the cover of the magazine before releasing their debut album. Four songs from the bands first album also made the Triple J Hottest 100, 2008.

      The band's debut album Vampire Weekend was released January 29, 2008. It was a success in the US and UK, peaking at number 15 on the UK Albums Chart and number 17 on the Billboard 200. Four singles were released from the album; while "A-Punk" peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Modern Rock chart and number 55 on the UK Singles Chart, "Oxford Comma" peaked at number 38 in the UK. "A-Punk" was ranked the 4th on Rolling Stone's list of Best Songs in 2008. "A- Punk" was also used to open the Will Ferrell/John C. Reilly feature Step Brothers, and featured in the UK television show, The Inbetweeners, and the video games Guitar Hero 5 and LEGO Rock Band. During the summer of 2008, Vampire Weekend performed at the Central Park SummerStage.

Contra (2010–present)
     The band's second album, Contra, was released on January 11, 2010 in the UK and the following day in the US. On October 5, 2009, "Horchata" was released as a free download on the band's website. The album's first single, "Cousins", was released on November 17, 2009. Contra was the band's first album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200.

     On January 9, 2010 the band did an acoustic show for MTV Unplugged. The following month, the band toured Europe and UK with Canadian electro duo Fan Death as their support. On March 6, 2010 the band appeared as the musical guest of Saturday Night Live with comedian Zach Galifianakis as host. They also played festivals across the USA such as Coachella, Bonnaroo and All Points West, as well as the Groovin' The Moo festival in Australia.
Their third single, "Holiday", was released on June 7, 2010. Another new song, "Jonathan Low", appeared on the soundtrack to The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

     On June 25, 2010, the band played the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival, in Pilton, Somerset, UK. The band were also on the main stage at T in the Park 2010 at Balado Kinross, Scotland, on June 8, and played the Oxegen Festival in Kildare, Ireland on July 9. They also headlined the Latitude Festival in Suffolk, UK on July 18. On 16th July the band headlined the Main Stage at the Festival Internacional de Benicàssim.

     On July 30, 2010, the band played at Jisan Valley Rock Festival in South Korea along with Muse, Massive Attack, Pet Shop Boys, Corinne Bailey Rae and many others.

Let’s meet up with them on
‘VAMPIRE WEEKEND LIVE IN BANGKOK
on 22 OCTOBER 2010’

source : en.wikipedia.org