Listening to I Had a Dream You Were Mine is like boarding a melancholic time machine. From the doo-wop indebted “Rough Going (I Won’t Let Up)” to the 1960s Bob Dylan trimmings of “You Ain’t That Young ...

The force of love has always had an impact on passionate musicians. Whether pondering aloud sad memories of an old love or singing a celebratory jubilee over the presence of someone new, the process ...

The very first time Hamilton Leithauser met Rostam Batmanglij, he realized the two musicians had a special chemistry. For one, there was an easy familiarity between the duo, both of whom grew up in ...

Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify playlist at the bottom of the page. That said, on I Had A Dream That You Were Mine ...

The Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser and Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij have a new collaborative project, simply titled Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam. Their debut single, “A 1000 Times,” is out now ...

Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam have shared the video for single “A 1000 Times,” the first single from their upcoming collaborative album, I Had A Dream That You Were Mine, that is due out September 23 ...

Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij and the Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser will release their collaborative album I Had a Dream That You Were Mine on September 23. Today, they’ve shared a music video ...

Ex-Vampire Weekend composer Rostam Batmanglij and ex-Walkmen yowler Hamilton Leithauser have been busy promoting their joint project, Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam, which will soon culminate in the ...

The musical partnership between Hamilton Leithauser and Rostam Batmanglij began, as so many do, by disturbing the parental peace. The former lead singer for the Walkmen and the now-former ...