Starring actor, Jake Gyllenhaal, RZA and Lil Jon ! (Er… what ?!??) I probably wouldn’t have posted this normally as I’m not a big Vampire Weekend fan and think this is song is just OK, but between the ridiculous hip hop cameos, remembering I’d seen it in my RSS reading after posting that Mick Boogie Fashion Week mixtape that also…read more
Music video: Vampire Weekend – Giving Up The Gun
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And here it is, Vampire Weekend ’s star-studded music video for Contra fan favorite (and my least favorite) “Giving Up The Gun”. Oh and you know cocky, drunk Tennis Superstar Jake Gyllenhaal makes this the best music video of 2010. Tags: Jake Gyllenhaal , Joe Jonas , Lil Jon , RZA , Vampire Weekend While I Was Gone (5) Vampire Weekend…read more
Well lookie here. Giving Up The Gun off Vampire Weekend ’s recent album Contra now has a music video with cameos from RZA, Lil Jon, Joe Jonas and Jake Gyllenhaal . Ezra Koenig, lead singer of the group, had the idea of a tennis match theme for the video. This video really contests Jamie Foxx ’s celebrity cameo-studded video for…read more
Vampire Weekend have released the new (and much talked about) video for “Giving Up The Gun”. It features the band with RZA, a Jonas Brother, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Lil’ Jon. The end of the video has RZA grabbing his ghetto blaster and playing (faintly) “Holiday”, the third track on “Contra”. Maybe that’s a hint that “Holiday” will…read more
Vampire Weekend have premired the second video for a song off of their new album “Contra”. This video is for the song ‘Giving Up The Gun’, which I’m going assume is the next single off the album. The video is full of guest stars ranging from Jake Gyllenhaal, RZA, Lil Jon,… Click the link to read more read more
Yes that is the the legendary, RZA, with one of my favorite bands. WHAT? Oh, and according to various sources , he is in their upcoming music video for “Giving Up The Gun”. So is Jake Gyllenhaal, Joe Jonas, and Lil Jon. I totally called that one…wait, what?!?!? That photo was posted on their website today, giving hint towards…read more
Vampire Weekend have been blowing up in both alternative and mainstream media lately. ‘Contra’ was even the 12th #1 independently distributed album in the states, after Radiohead and Pearl Jam. In the music video for “ Giving Up The Gun” , the band headed toward a futuristic minimalistic look with some girl as a tennis player playing against Jake Gyllenhaal…read more
A special mix for Fashion Week. Check it: Download the Mick Boogie & Stylecaster.com present Sounds From The Front Row mixtape here: StyleCaster.com [email reg. req'd] | usershare [via KeepItClassic.com ] I know you gotta be wondering what the hell would be on a mixtape like this so here’s the track listing: 1. “Sounds From The Front Row”…read more
Holy gentle Jesus, this video is too funny. You know what? I was not at all surprised that one of the “most buzzed about bands of the last half decade” (copyright: me!) might actually hang out with a Jonas Brother, RZA and Jake Gyllenhaal. Not at all. Well, they all made an appearance in the latest video from VW…read more
This is fun, made me put the album on this morning. See if you can figure out what the hell’s going on here. Premiered today I think and looks like it was a pretty good time to make, as you can see Vampire Weekend is really trying to shed that whole prep image. Tweet This Post read more


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