Apr 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, which is out now nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere) and available to buy directly from us here. The issue features Japanese Breakfast and HAIM on the two covers and is another edition of The Protest Issue, which examines the intersection of music and politics and features musicians photographed with protest signs of their own making. More

Oct 30, 2020 By Hamilton Leithauser

With next Tuesday’s election day looming and millions of Americans already voting early, we put the word out to see if any musicians wanted to write about why they were voting for Former Vice President Joe Biden over President Donald Trump in a series we are simply calling Why I’m Voting for Biden. Hamilton Leithauser wrote this entry. More

Mar 27, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the twelfth Songs of the Week of 2020. It was another scary week out there, as America surpassed China and Italy to become the country with the most COVID-19 coronavirus cases in the world, with 101,242 known U.S. cases at the time of this writing and 1,588 American COVID-19 deaths. Meanwhile the world economy is in tatters and there’s no realistic end to the quarantine in sight, despite what President Trump says about everything opening back up again in time for Easter. More

Mar 27, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Hamilton Leithauser (formerly of The Walkmen) is releasing a new album, The Loves of Your Life, on April 10 via Glassnote. Now he has shared another song from it, “Don’t Check the Score.” He has also shared another funny teaser video for the album, this one featuring actress Sienna Miller. More

Mar 05, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Hamilton Leithauser (formerly of The Walkmen) has shared a new song, “Isabella,” via a lyric video for the track. He has also announced a new album, The Loves of Your Life, on Glassnote. More

Mar 05, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Hamilton Leithauser (formerly of The Walkmen) has shared a new teaser video in which New York-based singer/songwriter Maggie Rogers gives him a haircut and makes him cry. It features part of the new song, “Isabella,” which will be shared in full tomorrow. More

Feb 07, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the fifth Songs of the Week of 2020. It was tough to narrow things down to a Top 10 this week, too many great tracks, so we’ve got a super-sized edition. More

Feb 07, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Hamilton Leithauser (formerly of The Walkmen) has shared a new song, “Here They Come.” Part of the song could heard in a funny teaser video that we posted yesterday in which Leithauser got beaten up by actor/writer Ethan Hawke. Now, as promised, you can stream the whole song here. More

Feb 06, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Hamilton Leithauser (formerly of The Walkmen) has shared a funny teaser video for his new song “Here They Come” in which he gets beaten up by actor/writer Ethan Hawke. More

Nov 20, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

The National have announced the lineup to their 2020 Homecoming festival and that they will be performing their 2010 album High Violet in its entirety both nights of the festival. More

Aug 29, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Flip These Houses is a benefit concert on September 28th at the Knockdown Center in Queens, NY. Its purpose is to encourage people to vote Democratic in this November’s midterm elections. More

Oct 23, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Last year Hamilton Leithauser of The Walkmen teamed up with Rostam Batmanglij (formerly of Vampire Weekend) to release a collaborative album, I Had a Dream That You Were Mine, via Glassnote. Then a couple of weeks back he shared a brand new song, “Heartstruck (Wild Hunger),” that featured the guest vocals of Angel Olsen. More

Oct 12, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Last year Hamilton Leithauser of The Walkmen teamed up with Rostam Batmanglij (formerly of Vampire Weekend) to release a collaborative album, I Had a Dream That You Were Mine, via Glassnote. Now he has shared a brand new song, “Heartstruck (Wild Hunger),” that features the guest vocals of Angel Olsen. More

Oct 17, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Hamilton Leithauser of The Walkmen and Rostam Batmanglij (formerly of Vampire Weekend) have teamed up and released a collaborative album, I Had a Dream That You Were Mine, on last month via Glassnote. More

Sep 16, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Hamilton Leithauser of The Walkmen and Rostam Batmanglij (formerly of Vampire Weekend) have teamed up and are releasing a collaborative album, I Had a Dream That You Were Mine, next Friday (September 23) via Glassnote (it’s out today on vinyl). More

Sep 13, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Hamilton Leithauser of The Walkmen and Rostam Batmanglij (formerly of Vampire Weekend) have teamed up and are releasing a collaborative album, I Had a Dream That You Were Mine, on September 23 via Glassnote (it’s out September 16 on vinyl). More

Aug 26, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Hamilton Leithauser of The Walkmen and Rostam Batmanglij (formerly of Vampire Weekend) have teamed up and are releasing a collaborative album, I Had a Dream That You Were Mine, on September 23 via Glassnote. More

Aug 05, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Hamilton Leithauser of The Walkmen and Rostam Batmanglij (formerly of Vampire Weekend) recently teamed up for the collaborative song “A 1000 Times.” Now the duo has announced a whole album together and shared another new song, “In a Black Out,” which is below. More

Jul 22, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Rostam Batmanglij recently announced that he had left Vampire Weekend and would be releasing music under his first name and shared a couple of solo songs. Now Rostam has teamed up with Hamilton Leithauser of The Walkmen (who have been on hiatus for awhile now) for a new collaborative song, “A 1000 Times.” More

Nov 21, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Releasing his debut solo album Black Hours earlier this year The Walkmen‘s Hamilton Leithauser has shared a new non-album track titled, “Room For Forgiveness.” More

May 23, 2014 By Laura Studarus and Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of the June/July issue, which is on newsstands now. It features Future Islands on the cover as well as interviews with Slow Club, Lykke Li, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Horrors, Slowdive, The War on Drugs vs. Sharon Van Etten, First Aid Kit, James McAvoy, John Slattery, tUnE-yArDs, and more. More

May 23, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

On June 3 The Walkmen‘s Hamilton Leithauser will release his debut solo album Black Hours. More

May 07, 2014 By Laura Studarus

On June 3, former Walkman frontman Hamilton Leithauser will release his solo LP, Black Hours. More

Apr 03, 2014 By Laura Studarus

You’ll have to wait until June 3 to hear Hamilton Leithauser’s solo album Black Hours. But that doesn’t mean The former Walkmen frontman is going to leave his fans empty-handed. More

Feb 25, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Following initial reports of its existence last year, The Walkmen‘s Hamilton Leithauser has officially announced the release of his debut solo album, Black Hours. More

Aug 22, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Hamilton Leithauser, frontman for New York’s The Walkmen, is reportedly working on solo album at work on a new solo album. More

Apr 24, 2015 By Mark Redfern

To end out the week, we ask Hamilton Leithauser some questions about endings and death. More