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Reunion Shows Start This Saturday
Apr 19, 2023
By Mark Redfern
The Walkmen previously announced some reunion shows, which start this Saturday in New York City. Last night they were the musical guests on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, where they performed their 2004 single “The Rat,” in what was the band’s first public performance in almost a decade. More
Performing Next April in New York City
Nov 15, 2022
By Mark Redfern
The Walkmen have announced that they are reuniting for their first shows in a decade. More
Surrender Due Out July 29 via Capitol; Hamilton Leithauser Also Appears in the Video
Apr 08, 2022
By Mark Redfern
New York-based singer/songwriter Maggie Rogers is releasing a new album, Surrender, on July 29 via Capitol. Now she has shared its first single, “That’s Where I Am,” via a very New York City video that features cameos from David Byrne and Hamilton Leithauser and ends with her performing the song in front of the Empire State Building at night. More
Plus Laetitia Sadier, Michael Kiwanuka, HARD FEELINGS, Hamilton Leithauser and Kevin Morby, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 15, 2021
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the 39th Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a blockbuster week for new songs, although the week’s biggest song (Adele’s “Easy On Me”) didn’t make the list. But “Easy On Me” did set the all-time record for biggest single day streams for a song in Spotify history, so Adele will be fine. This week we have a supersized Top 12 and a solid honorable mentions list. More
Morby’s Sundowner Out Now via Dead Oceans and Leithauser’s The Loves of Your Life Out Now via Glassnote
May 18, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Kevin Morby released a new album, Sundowner, last October via Dead Oceans and Hamilton Leithauser (formerly of The Walkmen) released his own new album, The Loves of Your Life, in April 2020 via Glassnote. Thanks to the pandemic, neither artist got to fully tour their albums, but now they are rectifying that with a just announced joint tour. The “Fall Mixer” tour dates go down this October and November. More
Issue 68 Out Now and Also Includes Julien Baker, Wolf Alice, Tegan and Sara, Arlo Parks, Fleet Foxes, Jessie Ware, Shamir, Lucy Dacus, Valerie June, David Byrne, Julian Casablancas, and Much More
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
“No one knows what they are getting with Trump.”
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
Plus Bob Dylan, Man Man, Hamilton Leithauser, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
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
The Loves of Your Life Due Out April 10 via Glassnote
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
The Loves of Your Life Due Out April 10 via Glassnote
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
New Single Out Tomorrow via Glassnote
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
Plus Christine and the Queens, Jehnny Beth, Hamilton Leithauser, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
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
Local Natives, Patti Smith, Jay Som, Japanese Breakfast, Phosphorescent, Hamilton Leithauser, and 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
New York Show Includes Ted Leo; Michael Shannon; and Members of Sonic Youth, Nada Surf, The Walkmen, and 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
Also featuring interviews with Slowdive, Slow Club, First Aid Kit, Lykke Li, James McAvoy, The Horrors, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The War on Drugs vs. Sharon Van Etten, and 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
Black Hours is out June 3 Via Ribbon Music
May 07, 2014
By Laura Studarus
On June 3, former Walkman frontman Hamilton Leithauser will release his solo LP, Black Hours. More
Black Hours Is Out June 3 Via Ribbon Music
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
With Members of Vampire Weekend, The Shins, and Fleet Foxes
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
Interviews
Leithauser on Streaming Music, the Election, Gun Control, Getting Older, and Listening to Pop Music with His Daughter
Feb 22, 2016
By Mark Redfern
For Under the Radar’s 13th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2015. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2015 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. Here are some answers from Hamilton Leithauser. Leithauser’s band, The Walkmen, may be on “extreme hiatus” (as they announced in November of 2013), but in 2014 Ribbon Music released the singer’s debut solo album, Black Hours. More
"There is something noble in being eaten by something large-like a bear, a shark, or a python."
Apr 24, 2015
By Mark Redfern
To end out the week, we ask Hamilton Leithauser some questions about endings and death. More
Reviews
Jun 02, 2014
By Michael Wojtas
Black Hours, Hamilton Leithauser‘s solo debut, was recorded shortly after The Walkmen announced an “extreme hiatus.” More
