Artist Rostam
Features & Interviews
Rostam: The Only Constant Is Change
Solo artist, super producer and chart-topping band alumni, Rostam Batmanglij isn’t short of accolades these days. ‘Changephobia’ is the latest notch on his musical bedpost.
15th June 2021
Album Reviews
4 Stars
Rostam - Changephobia
Beautifully constructed, surprising and brimming with invention.
3 Stars
Rostam - Half-Light
Rostam is fast becoming a standalone figure.
4 Stars
Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam - I Had a Dream That You Were Mine
Former The Walkmen and Vampire Weekend members capture the closeness and intimacy of a great collaboration on their first LP.
News
Rostam teams up with famous pals for ‘From The Back Of A Cab’ video
Lifted from his upcoming record ‘Changephobia’.
May 5, 2021 11:28am
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Rostam unveils new track ‘Changephobia’
It’s the title track of his brand new solo LP!
April 7, 2021 11:27am
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Rostam announces new album ‘Changephobia’
Listen to new single ‘4Runner’ now.
March 3, 2021 10:35am
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Rostam releases new single ‘These Kids We Knew’
“The song was written in a fever-dream state during the second week of March last year while I was recovering from Covid-19.”
February 3, 2021 11:44am
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Rostam releases new single ‘Unfold You’
It’s his first new solo material since 2017’s ‘Half-Light’.
October 14, 2020 2:09pm
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Dirty Projectors announce new album ft Haim, Rostam, Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes) and more
The record’s first single ‘Break-Thru’ is streaming now.
May 2, 2018 4:22pm
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Rostam shares a new video for ‘Bike Dream’
And yep, he does indeed go for a ride.
January 30, 2018 4:27pm
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Listen to Rostam cover Nick Drake
He performed ‘Pink Moon’ for Spotify Singles.
January 25, 2018 10:24am
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Listen to Rostam cover Bob Dylan
He took on ‘Like A Rolling Stone’ for SiriusXMU.
November 30, 2017 10:50am
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Watch Rostam take ‘Gwan’ to Conan
His album ‘Half-Light’ came out last week.
September 22, 2017 2:48pm
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Rostam announces debut album ‘Half-Light’, shares ‘Bike Dream’
The record comes out in September via Nonesuch.
June 15, 2017 10:26am
Reviews
Rostam – Gwan
The former Vampire Weekend member manages to find some form of comfort in sometimes uncomfortable truths.
April 27, 2017 10:48am
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Rostam and Charli XCX team up on brand new remix
The pair have reworked Jim-E-Stack’s ‘Deadstream’ into an electro banger.
November 10, 2016 10:39am
Features
Stars align: Hamilton Leithauser & Rostam
Rostam Batmanglij and Hamilton Leithauser were searching for new creative climes after leaving their respective bands Vampire Weekend and the Walkmen. They found the answer in collaboration.
September 23, 2016 10:39am
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Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam share ‘When the Truth is…’
Hear a track from the collaborative album ‘I Had a Dream That You Were Mine’.
August 26, 2016 2:46pm
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Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij airs new song ‘Gwan’
He also spun another preview from his forthcoming collaborative album with the Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser.
August 9, 2016 5:31pm
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Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam announce collaborative album
Listen to ‘In a Black Out’ from debut LP ‘I Had a Dream That You Were Mine’.
August 5, 2016 3:59pm
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Hamilton Leithauser and Rostam ex-Vampire Weekend team up for ‘A 1000 Times’
The former Vampy Weeks man has teamed up with one of The Walkmen for a new project.
July 22, 2016 12:20pm
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Rostam shares ‘Gravity Don’t Pull Me’
New single sees the former Vampire Weekend man following up ‘EOS’ and ‘Wood’.
March 11, 2016 3:27pm