Vampire Weekend, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

Chart-topping Grammy winners Ezra Koenig, drummer Chris Baio, multi-instrumentalist Rostam Batmanglij, and bassist Chris Tomson returned in May with their first album in six years, Father of the Bride. Proving critically divisive but debuting at No. 1, it continues transcending Vampire Weekend’s dirty mouth bebop days and diverse incorporations of ska, hip-hop, New Wave, and African rhythms. – Reid Jowers