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Listen: Sigur Rós Streams New Album

As Does Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Regina Spektor, and The Walkmen

May 21, 2012

After debuting their new album Valtari in full through a time-zone traveling stream, Icelandic instrumenalists Sigur Rós have now offered the eight-track effort to the online community with more open-ended accessibility. More

May 15, 2012

The Walkmen’s new album Heaven streets on May 29. Ahead of that, they’ll release the titled track as a 7”. Ahead of that is this B-Side “The House You Made.”  More

May 08, 2012

Having already offered up early listens to a number of tracks off their forthcoming album HeavenThe Walkmen have added one more to the queue with a steady-builder entitled "We Can't Be Beat." More

May 02, 2012

Having already gotten a good taste of things to come from The Walkmen's forthcoming LP Heaven with streams of its title track and "Heartbreaker," the band has allowed yet another cut "Southern Heart" to surface online. More

Listen: The Walkmen - “Heartbreaker”

Another New Track Off Heaven

Apr 18, 2012

Just days after premiering the official recorded version of their upcoming album's title track "Heaven," The Walkmen have allowed another cut from the record to surface. More

Listen: The Walkmen - “Heaven”

Stream New Album's Title Track

Apr 16, 2012

On June 5, The Walkmen will release their seventh full-length album Heaven. More

Watch: The Walkmen Perform New Song “Heaven”

Title Track Off Upcoming Album

Apr 02, 2012

As previously reportedThe Walkmen will soon release their seventh LP, Heaven, on June 5. More

Mar 29, 2012

The Walkmen have announced that they are to release their new album, Heaven, on June 5 via Fat Possum/Bella Union. More

The Walkmen Cover U2

In Honor of a Completed Album

Mar 08, 2012

The Walkmen have finished up work on their new album, the follow-up to 2010’s Lisbon. What better way to celebrate than with some very silly U2 covers? Well, that’s the idea anyway.  More

Photos from Austin City Limits 2011 Day Two including Arcade Fire, Elbow, and Fleet Foxes

Plus Empire of the Sun, Broken Social Scene, The Head and the Heart Plus More.

Sep 21, 2011

Check out photos from Day Three of ACL Music Festival 2011 in Austin, TX including Arcade Fire, Fleet Foxes, Elbow, Dale Earnhart Jr. Jr. Empire of the Sun, and more. More

Listen: The Walkmen Cover Johnny Cash

“Darlin’ Companion”/“Wanted Man”/”Mr. Lonesome”

Sep 08, 2011

The Walkmen recently swung by the KEXP studios in Seattle. We have the audio.  More

Fleet Foxes Announce New Tour Dates

Includes Dates with The Walkmen and European Shows

Jul 26, 2011

Fleet Foxes have announced more tour dates in support of May release Helplessness Blues. More

Feb 28, 2011

The Walkmen do some deep-sea diving in their newest video "Orange Sunday." We have the video. More

The Walkmen Take a Snow Day

New Video: “While I Shovel the Snow”

Feb 25, 2011

The Walkmen head out into the brutal New York winter in new video “While I Shovel the Snow.”  We have the clip.  More

Watch: The Walkmen Get “Juvenile” on TV

Band Performed on Letterman

Jan 07, 2011

Indie rock group The Walkmen paid a visit to the Late Show with David Letterman last night. More

Aug 13, 2010

The Walkmen stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to preview a new tune from their sixth full-length, Lisbon. They performed the aptly-titled surf-rock anthem,"Angela Surf City." Lead singer Hamilton Leithauser, nearly shreds his larynx by the track's end. Check it out, indie boys and girls. The NYC/Philly indie-rockers have several dates this fall. Check them out at their website. Lisbon drops September 14th via Fat Possum. More

The Walkmen Head to Lisbon on New Album

Out September 14th on Fat Possum

Jun 17, 2010

Two years after You & Me, The Walkmen are returning with Lisbon (out September 14th on Fat Possum). We have the details.  More

Photos from SXSW 2010 Day 1 - Spoon, Sharon Jones, The Walkmen, and more

Also A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Casiokids, Everything Everything, and more

Mar 20, 2010

Staff photographer and Under the Radar's Co-Publisher/Co-Founder, Wendy Lynch Redfern, was down in Austin, Texas for SXSW 2010. Check out a gallery of her photos from the first day of the music portion of SXSW 2010. The gallery includes photos of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Casiokids, Everything Everything, Findlay Brown, Oh No Ono, The Walkmen, and Spoon. More

The Walkmen Sign to Fat Possum, Line Up Performances

Band to Play MOMA, SXSW, and Brooklyn’s The Bell House

Feb 10, 2010

New York-based rockers The Walkmen recently signed to Fat Possum. While busy recording their follow-up to 2008's You & Me, they're finding time to step outside the studio and perform a few one-off gigs. We have the info. More



Reviews

Lisbon

Lisbon

Fat Possum

Sep 18, 2010

It’s hard to forget the frenetic, desperate energy of The Walkmen’s breakout album, 2004’s Bows + Arrows, when listening to just about everything else they’ve recorded.  More