There’s always been a nostalgic quality to Vampire Weekend’s music. The indie-pop act, formed nearly 20 years ago by four Columbia University students in New York City, has never ceased to find a way to craft songs that make you feel as if you’ve already heard them before.  Yet, with “Only God Was Above Us” […]

The summer of 2013 was an amazing time for music, with releases from superstars and indie sensations alike. If you had your head in the sand all summer, fear not: […]

Bethany Cosentino, songwriter, vocalist and overall public face of her band Best Coast, recently collaborated on a song called “All Summer” with Kid Cudi and Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij. “All year long we wait for sun /At the beach we come undone,” she sings, her honey-colored voice steady amid church bells and pulsating beats.

We here at Cadenza have missed you terribly. Without you, we were forced to subject our friends and family to our arts and entertainment shenanigans, and it’s really just not the same. We’re all for making up for lost time, so, in no particular order, here are some of our fave hits and misses of the break.