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Vampire Weekend's Baio releasing debut solo LP, touring; Ezra Koenig launched his Apple Music show (listen to it)

by Andrew Sacher

photo: Baio w/ Vampire Weekend in Chicago in 2014 (more by James Richards IV)
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Vampire Weekend‘s Chris Baio is releasing the first-ever full length album for his solo project, Baio. It’s called The Names, is due out September 18 via Glassnote, and features lead single “Sister Of Pearl.” You can certainly tell, instrumentally at least, that it’s written by a member of Vampire Weekend, and Baio also adds that the song intentionally references David Bowie and Bryan Ferry. Listen below.

Baio also has tour dates coming up, including NYC on September 17 at Rough Trade. Tickets for that show go on AmEx presale today (7/15) at noon with the general on-sale starting Friday (7/17) at noon. All dates are listed below.

In related news, Baio’s VW bandmate Ezra Koenig is one of the many musicians with an Apple Music radio show, which he recently debuted. His first show featured songs by Earl Sweatshirt, Skepta, Rihanna, Fetty Wap, and more. You can listen to the whole show and check out the tracklist below.

Baio – “Sister of Pearl”

Ezra Koenig Apple Music show

Tracklist:
One Of Us — ABBA
Grief — Earl Sweatshirt
Shutdown — Skepta
Vienna — Billy Joel
The Way You Make Me Feel — Michael Jackson
BBHMM — Rihanna
The River Of Dreams — Billy Joel
679 — Fetty Wap
Feel Right — Mark Ronson
Everyday — A$ap Rocky
Oh Wee — Mark Ronson
Like A Feather — Nikka Sosta
You Me Him And Her — Jay Z & Dynasty
Uptown Funk — Bruno Mars / Mark Ronson
Rehab — Amy Winehouse
Throw Sum Mo — Rae Simmered
I Like Tuh — Carnage
Movin’ Out — Billy Joel
— Despot, Desus, Mero and Ezra go through the iTunes top 5—
The Longest Time — Billy Joel
House Of Bricks — Despot
F The Summer Up — leikeli47
Used To (ft lil Wayne) — Drake
Big Shot — Billy Joel

Baio — 2015 Tour Dates
Sep 02 BERGHAIN / Kantine Berlin, Germany
Sep 03 London Fields Brewery London, United Kingdom
Sep 10 Pop Up du Label Paris, France
Sep 11 Bitterzoet Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sep 12 Big Next Festival at Dok Gent, Belgium
Sep 17 Rough Trade Brooklyn, NY
Oct 10 CRSSD FESTIVAL San Diego, CA
Oct 11 CRSSD FESTIVAL San Diego, CA
Oct 17 Treasure Island San Francisco, CA