Vampire Weekend Perform Indie Covers at Just Like Heaven Festival

Vampire Weekend headlined the 2025 Just Like Heaven festival in Pasadena, delivering a notable “salute to indie” segment during their set where they covered influential indie and psychedelic rock songs from peers like Phoenix, Tame Impala, Beach House, Grizzly Bear, and TV on the Radio. Frontman Ezra Koenig introduced the covers with remarks highlighting the blurred genre lines, especially noting that Tame Impala’s psychedelic rock still qualifies as an indie hit. The festival itself celebrated indie rock from the 2000s and 2010s, featuring other acts such as Bloc Party, Empire of the Sun, Rilo Kiley, and TV on the Radio, who also performed a reunion set. Vampire Weekend’s covers included faithful renditions of Phoenix’s “Lisztomania,” Tame Impala’s “The Less I Know the Better,” Beach House’s “Space Song,” Grizzly Bear’s “Two Weeks,” and TV on the Radio’s “Wolf Like Me.” This performance marked the start of their 2025 North American tour, which supports their album “Only God Was Above Us” and includes upcoming festival appearances like Bonnaroo and Boston Calling. The band's tribute was warmly received as a nostalgic homage to the era and its defining indie acts.