News
This Side of the Island Due Out March 7 via Glassnote
Jan 09, 2025
By Mark Redfern
Hamilton Leithauser of The Walkmen has announced a new solo album, This Side of the Island, and released a new single from it, “Knockin’ Heart,” via a music video. More
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
Tickets Go On Sale This Friday
Dec 06, 2022
By Joey Arnone
The Walkmen have announced a set of new May 2023 live dates, including a show at the next Shaky Knees festival. Tickets will go on sale this Friday (Dec. 9). 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
Muzz Out Now via Matador; Band Also Features Matt Barrick (The Walkmen) and Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman)
Jun 05, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Muzz is a new band that features Paul Banks of Interpol, Matt Barrick of The Walkmen, and Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman. Today they have released their self-titled debut album via Matador. Now that the album’s out you can stream the whole thing here. Also, yesterday we posted our review of the album. More
Muzz Due Out June 5 via Matador; Band Also Features Matt Barrick (The Walkmen) and Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman)
May 22, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Muzz is a new band that features Paul Banks of Interpol, Matt Barrick of The Walkmen, and Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman. They are releasing their self-titled debut album on June 5 via Matador. Now they have shared a new live acoustic video of the three members performing a new previously unreleased song from the album, “Trinidad,” separately and remotely in these socially distant times. More
Muzz Due Out June 5 via Matador; Band Also Features Matt Barrick (The Walkmen) and Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman)
Apr 15, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Muzz is a new band that features Paul Banks of Interpol, Matt Barrick of The Walkmen, and Josh Kaufman of Bonny Light Horseman. Now they have announced their self-titled debut album and shared another song from it, “Red Western Sky,” via a video for the single. More
COVID-19 Themed Song Benefits City Harvest
Apr 15, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Walter Martin (formerly of The Walkmen) has shared a hilarious new COVD-19 themed song, “Quarantine Boogie (Loco),” that features guest vocals from Matt Berninger of The National. It was shared via a video that also features Berninger. More
May 20, 2014
By Mike Hilleary
Just a little while longer until he releases his debut solo album Black Hours, The Walkmen‘s Hamilton Leithauser has premiered an official lyric video for the included track “I Retired.” More
Debut Solo Album We're All Young Together Out May 13
Apr 25, 2014
By Mike Hilleary
On May 13 The Walkmen‘s Walter Martin will release his debut solo album We’re All Young Together. More
Featuring The National's Matt Berninger
Apr 08, 2014
By Mike Hilleary
On May 13 The Walkmen‘s Walter Martin will release his new solo album We’re All Young Together. 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
"This is the end. This is the last thing we'll ever do."
Feb 17, 2014
By Mike Hilleary
Over the weekend The Walkmen appeared in New Orleans at the Rock On Foundation’s first Alt-Star Party to celebrate the NBA All-Star Game, performing what will supposedly be their final show as a band. More
Off Upcoming Album, We're All Young Together
Feb 10, 2014
By Mike Hilleary
Recently committed to a prolonged hiatus, various members of The Walkmen have turned their attention to their own individual projects. More
Jan 08, 2014
By Mike Hilleary
After announcing an indefinite hiatus last month and performing their supposed last show, The Walkmen back-peddled a bit yesterday when they announced that they would be performing the Rock On Foundation‘s first Alt-Star Party during New Orleans’ NBA All-Star Weekend. More
Band "Has No Future Plans"
Dec 02, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
With a single show left in support of their 2012 album Heaven, The Walkmen have announced plans to take a rather extended vacation from music for a while, at least with each other. 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
Taking Place This Weekend
Nov 14, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Lending a hand in the relief efforts after Hurricane Sandy, several New York-based musicians and their friends will join together for a special benefit concert. More
Oct 29, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
The Walkmen have announced that they will embark on a new tour this coming January with folk artist Father John Misty. More
Unreleased Tracks "Dance With Your Partner" and "Vermeer '65."
Oct 03, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
The Walkmen have announced that they will release a limited edition 7’’ single on Nov. 6, featuring previously unreleased tracks “Dance With Your Partner” and “Vermeer ‘65.” More
Perform "Love is Luck" and "We Can't Be Beat"
Sep 14, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Still dishing out the goods for the late night viewer The Walkmen made an appearance as the musical guest on Conan yesterday, performing their new single “Love Is Luck” off this year’s Heaven. More
Aug 22, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Last night The Walkmen graced the stage of the Ed Sullivan Theater visiting as the musical guest on The Late Show with David Letterman. More
The Walkmen, The Mountain Goats, Opossom, GZA, DIIV, Dent May, Foxygen, The Love Language, Com Truise, and more
Aug 22, 2012
By Michele Yamamoto
The CMJ Music Marathon 2012 has just released the initial line up for its October 16-20 run in New York City. Artists include The Walkmen, The Mountain Goats, The Love Language, Dent May, Kimbra, GZA, OFF!, Foxygen, Opossom, The Stepkids, Arthur Beatrice, Com Truise, DIIV, Exitmusic, Electric Guest, Prince Rama, The Presets, and more. More
Jul 11, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
After debuting a music video for their Heaven track “The Love You Love” just a matter of days ago, The Walkmen have turned right around to deliver a sweeping love letter to New York City in their video for “Heartbreaker.” More
Jul 09, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
The Walkmen, still supporting the band’s newest album Heaven, have unveiled a new music video for their standout track “The Love You Love.” More
Perform "Heaven," "The Love You Love"
Jun 06, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Before kicking off a massive North American tour tonight at New York’s Bowery Ballroom, The Walkmen stopped by 30 Rock to appear as the musical guest on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. More
Jun 04, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Announcing last month a number of North American tour dates, many alongside Florence and the Machine, The Walkmen have decided to extend their stay on the road through the coming fall. More
Blasting Through the Blast
May 30, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
With their new album Heaven seeing its release yesterday, The Walkmen have now premiered a memory-filled music video for the album’s title track. More
As Does Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Regina Spektor, and The Walkmen
May 21, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
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
By Laura Studarus
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
Tour Dates Also Announced
May 08, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Having already offered up early listens to a number of tracks off their forthcoming album Heaven, The Walkmen have added one more to the queue with a steady-builder entitled “We Can’t Be Beat.” More
May 02, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
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
Another New Track Off Heaven
Apr 18, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
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
Stream New Album's Title Track
Apr 16, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
On June 5, The Walkmen will release their seventh full-length album Heaven. More
Title Track Off Upcoming Album
Apr 02, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
As previously reported, The Walkmen will soon release their seventh LP, Heaven, on June 5. More
Mar 29, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
The Walkmen have announced that they are to release their new album, Heaven, on June 5 via Fat Possum/Bella Union. More
In Honor of a Completed Album
Mar 08, 2012
By Laura Studarus
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
Plus Empire of the Sun, Broken Social Scene, The Head and the Heart Plus More.
Sep 21, 2011
By Wendy Lynch Redfern
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
“Darlin’ Companion”/“Wanted Man”/”Mr. Lonesome”
Sep 08, 2011
By Laura Studarus
The Walkmen recently swung by the KEXP studios in Seattle. We have the audio. More
Includes Dates with The Walkmen and European Shows
Jul 26, 2011
By Margot Cooper Gruen
Fleet Foxes have announced more tour dates in support of May release Helplessness Blues. More
Brand Premieres New Video, Download
Feb 28, 2011
By Lauren Barbato
The Walkmen do some deep-sea diving in their newest video “Orange Sunday.” We have the video. More
New Video: “While I Shovel the Snow”
Feb 25, 2011
By Laura Studarus
The Walkmen head out into the brutal New York winter in new video “While I Shovel the Snow.” We have the clip. More
Band Performed on Letterman
Jan 07, 2011
By Lauren Barbato
Indie rock group The Walkmen paid a visit to the Late Show with David Letterman last night. More
Aug 13, 2010
By Kyle Lemmon
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
Out September 14th on Fat Possum
Jun 17, 2010
By Laura Studarus
Two years after You & Me, The Walkmen are returning with Lisbon (out September 14th on Fat Possum). We have the details. More
Also A Sunny Day in Glasgow, Casiokids, Everything Everything, and more
Mar 21, 2010
By Mark Redfern
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
Band to Play MOMA, SXSW, and Brooklyn’s The Bell House
Feb 10, 2010
By Laura Studarus
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
Interviews
“I’m an optimistic person but not necessarily about the future of our world.”
Apr 21, 2020
By Mark Redfern
We are checking in with musicians during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to see how they are dealing with everything. What has their home quarantine experience been like so far and how is the crisis impacting both their career and art? Here we check in with Walter Martin (formerly of The Walkmen). More
May 03, 2018
By Charles Steinberg
The response to figures in art is strongest either when they are mysterious or when they are relatable; when their opacity fascinates or their transparency disarms. It is rare, and something that might only come along when you’ve followed an artist for many years, when the same figure encompasses that polarity. More
Martin on the First Album He Bought, His First Celebrity Crush, and the First Times He Got Drunk and Got Fired
May 06, 2016
By Mark Redfern
My Firsts is our email interview series where we ask musicians to tell us about their first life experiences, be it early childhood ones (first word, first concert, etc.) or their first tastes of being a musician (first band, first tour, etc.). Read on as Martin talks about the first album he bought, his first favorite song, his first major disappointment, his first celebrity crush, and the first times he got drunk and got fired. More
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
Apr 29, 2024
By Mark Moody
Under the Radar went to High Water Festival in Charleston last weekend and saw some incredible performances from the likes of Courtney Barnett, The Flaming Lips and The Walkmen. More
Aug 30, 2023
By Ben Ryles & Ian Weston
Under the Radar visited the Brecon Beacons for this year’s edition of Green Man and saw a host of delightful performances over the course of the weekend. More
Aug 24, 2023
By Dom Gourlay
The Walkmen are back! So Under the Radar made the trip up the M1 to see them in Leeds and savoured every minute of their incredible set. More
May 29, 2012
By Ben Schumer
For their seventh album, Heaven, The Walkmen hired Phil Ek (Built To Spill, The Shins, Modest Mouse, Les Savy Fav, etc.) to handle production duties. It’s safe to assume this choice had something to do with The Walkmen opening for Fleet Foxes last year, as Ek produced both of Fleet Foxes’ LPs. More
Sep 19, 2010
By Jim Scott
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