The Walkmen Pre-Release New Album For Charity
We have all witnessed some interesting sales (or non-sales) tactics by artists in the last couple of years, from giving their album away to corporate branding to letting us choose our own price, but...
View ArticleVideo: The Walkmen, “In The New Year”
We’ve spent quite a bit of time with the new Walkmen record You and Me (out now on Gigantic), mainly because it retains everything that we love about the band: the murky jangle, the yelped … read more »
View ArticleYou & Me
You & Me was probably the most perfect record I heard this year. It stayed in my stereo the longest, even after ripping it onto the computer and was the only record of the year I bought on both...
View ArticleSasquatch Announces Line-Up; We're Pretty Impressed But Our Wallets Are Not
In the wake of the ever increasing pool of festivals and the possible merger between Live Nation and Ticketmaster, the idea of paying $200 to see live music during a recession resulted in our pockets...
View ArticleThe Walkmen, Hatcham Social, An Experiment On A Bird In The Air Pump @ La...
The venerable UK indie label, Fierce Panda, threw a birthday bash to celebrate their fifteenth year of existence and a few of our favorite people from across the pond helped capture it for us. We're...
View ArticleJesus Lizard, Grizzly Bear And More Confirmed For Pitchfork Fest, Fans Will...
Ironically, not reported first by Pitchfork, but instead by respected Chicago Sun Times music critic Jim DeRogatis, the 2009 Pitchfork Music Festival will be dropping their "Don't Look Back"...
View ArticleThe Love Language –"Sparxxx"
They played our showcase in Austin and have just released their self-titled debut album, and we couldn't help but jump onto the praise-train of The Love Language. The one-man, lo-fi sound produced by...
View ArticleManners
Out of the dorm-room into the spotlight, indeed. “Look at me,” Michael Angelakos declares on the Red Bull-infused lead single “The Reeling”. It’s vigor sets a precedent: Chunk of Change was meant for...
View ArticleIt Came From Brooklyn: The Walkmen
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, venerable Manhattan museum The Guggenheim started a new concert series called It Came From Brooklyn with that borough’s best playing in the Frank Lloyd Wright...
View ArticleStrength Through Unity Haiti Benefit Tonight at The Bell House
The Bell House is throwing a great benefit show tonight appropriately entitled, Strength Through Unity. Tickets cost $50 and all of the proceeds will be split between Save The Children and Partners in...
View ArticleWatch Bon Iver @ Austin City Limits 2009
Fresh on Hulu, Justin Vernon and crew steamrolling through “Blood Bank”, “Bracket WI”, and “The Wolves (Act I and II)”. Last two are after the jump, as are some selections from The Walkmen and Pearl …...
View ArticleContest: Win Tickets to Lollapalooza!
We wouldn’t dare get carried away with ourselves around here but HAVE YOU SEEN THE LINEUP? Sweet heavens and holidays did they put together something wild. The Strokes. Soundgarden. Social Distortion....
View ArticleBehold: New Cover Art from The Walkmen
Lisbon lands September 14, courtesy of Fat Possum.
View ArticleListen: The Walkmen, "Stranded"
Time travels! Earlier today, a new Interpol track started making the web rounds to somewhat underwhelming effect. To our ears, at least. But The Walkmen, much less star-crossed members of that same,...
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Tent Posts: Lollapalooza, Day 1
The most perfect response to “Can I see your wristband?” is indeed “Hold on one sec” and then to run as fast as you can. Which is exactly what one young man did, caught illegally … read more »
View ArticleThe Walkmen Stopped By WNYC, Will Play Fallon Tonight
> And just in case you forgot what that can look like, we dug up some video of the blistering version of “The Rat” they played on Letterman just as Bows + Arrows came out … read more »
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Premiere: The FADER Issue 69 Featuring Glasser and Spoek Mathambo
On stands soon (Unless your carrier breaks street date. Not mad.) is our fall fashion issue, featuring cover stories on Glasser and Spoek Mathambo, along with features on The Walkmen and a heavy look...
View ArticleThe Walkmen Did In Fact Play Fallon Last Night
And it was glorious. Just before rumbling over to Governor’s Island to play a show with Grizzly Bear, the fivesome unleashed “Angela Surf City” on 30 Rock. Watch and learn above.
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The FADER Issue 69 Podcast MP3
Transitioning into the more forgiving temperatures of late August and September, we are finally able to stop sweating from the face, not to mention looking forward to layering once again. As usual,...
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Stream The Walkmen’s Entire New Album, Lisbon
In our latest issue, Walkmen leader Hamilton Leithauser told writer David Bevan, “There are great rock songs on this record, but the anger is controlled.” Yo, dude, understatement of the year: Lisbon...
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Video: The Walkmen Cover R.E.M.’s “Driver 8″
The Onion‘s AV Club recently petitioned 25 luminaries of indie rock (and Patrick Stump) to perform cover songs in a tiny, circular room at their offices. Being the bookishly suave gentlemen that they...
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FEATURE: The Walkmen Age Gracefully
Hot smoke is twisting its way upward into Peter Bauer’s face, his forehead glossy with sweat. As he fans himself above the maw of the grill, the other four members of The Walkmen sit around … read more »
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Video: The Walkmen Live At Governors Island
Many epic and adorable things happened on The Walkmen‘s first visit to Governors Island this summer. There are just some things we will never know about, some moments that weren’t reported back to the...
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Band Practice With The Walkmen
It is kind of silly to think that a super established band like The Walkmen, who have had years and years to get familiar with each others’ playing skills, ever need to practice. But these … read more »
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Video: The Walkmen, “Holiday Road”
This is why we love The Walkmen. Full on Christmas spirit. Santa hats in a white room wailing out a Lindsey Buckingham cover with those beautiful guitars and that warm, round sound that feels like …...
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Beach House, “I Do Not Care For The Winter Sun” MP3
If there ever was a band designed to make Christmas and/or holiday music it would be…Beach House though! “I Do Not Care For The Winter Sun” is a good song title, but actually a sentiment … read more »
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FEATURE: New York Rock in The Years to Be Hated
Squabbles and footnotes aside, in the pages of history books and The FADER, New York rock in the 21st century began with the Strokes. Of course the Strokes always evoked New York rock of the … read more »
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Video: The Walkmen, “While I Shovel The Snow”
The Walkmen are so good at making stuff we’re tired of seem awesome and/or romantic again. And what we are tired of is snow. Or so we thought, except when we hear the lyrics there’s … read more »
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Video: The Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser Covers Cass McCombs
Hamilton Leithauser played a faithful cover of Nonconcert event, this past February, and they were kind enough to post this great live video. We even get an “as told to” bit of McCombs-brand comedy:...
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Contest: Win Exclusive Best Coast and Walkmen Tees
Insound and Chicago’s Delicious Design League teamed up to create six band tees. Enter to win one from the first batch, which pay homage to The Walkmen and Best Coast. Just let us know your … read more »
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Live: Questlove, The Walkmen at Captain Morgan’s Step Into the Black Party
Last night, as part of an events series that will be unfolding throughout spring, Captain Morgan celebrated the release of their new Black Spiced Rum with a fittingly pirate-themed affair. We were led...
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Stream: The Walkmen, “Heaven”
Every time we hear about a new Walkmen album, we get excited to really live with it for awhile. It’s not that their songs aren’t immediately appealing, it’s just that this band has perfected a … read...
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Stream: The Walkmen, “We Can’t Be Beat”
Whereas “Heaven”, the last single we heard from The Walkmen’s upcoming album of the same name on Fat Possum, channeled their rambunctious youth, “We Can’t Be Beat” is a mature jam suited for...
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Stream: The Walkmen’s Heaven
The Walkmen having been unveiling tracks off their seventh studio album, Heaven, with the slow consistency of old pros and in a manner befitting its prepped and polished sound. From album opener “We...
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The Walkmen Step Into The Black in Boston
Since it was held in the basement of Storyville restaurant and nightclub, guests literally Stepped Into The Black when they arrived at our party last night in Boston. Storyville was a thriving jazz...
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Video: The Walkmen, “Heaven” (Live in Boston)
The Walkmen brought great vibes to the Boston edition of Step Into The Black and fans hung on every word during their intimate set at Storyville. Watch them perform the jangly title track from their …...
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Interview: The Walkmen
The Walkmen just celebrated their 10th anniversary as a band, though some members have been playing together for 23 years. In their Step Into The Black interview, vocalist Hamilton Leithauser and...
View ArticleVideo: The Walkmen, “Four Provinces”
People around here either think The Walkmen‘s new album You & Me is their finest one yet or that it is impossible to rank their albums because they are all crazily good. If we had … read more »
View ArticleLive: The Walkmen at Webster Hall
Can we get serious about the music industry for a minute? When we first got in the game, people always asked if it was like Almost Famous—you know how it goes down, the glamorous life … read more »
View ArticleThe Walkmen Hit the Road with Cass McCombs, Hit Central Park with Dinosaur Jr
Loud guitars and lots of sweating! read more »
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Stream: Walkmen, “Stranded”
There’s a certain rough-edged, shambling sound that Walkmen have perfected over the years. A calmer version of the spittle and fury soaked “The Rat.” Like after they got all their rage out with that...
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Walkmen, “Blue As Your Blood” MP3
So we’re posting radio rips now? It exists how it exists. But can you tell we’re stoked for the new Walkmen record? These dudes have been making variations on a single theme of boozy sorrow … read more »
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