Last night, the Walkmen, fresh off of releasing one of the year’s best albums, came through Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. On the show, they performed “Heaven,” that album’s title track. And as an online bonus, they also did the deep cut “The Love You Love.” And beyond the obvious greatn...

The Walkmen have mapped out some North American tour plans

Heaven is the elegant, understated, utterly gorgeous new album from the Walkmen, and it may well be their best. I got a promo of the thing a few weeks ago, and it’s been on constant rotation ever since. And now the rest of the world gets to hear it, too. Heaven is streaming in its [...]

If the Walkmen were a basketball player, they’d be Tyson Chandler: Charming, erudite, handsome, and smooth, but not flashy or self-aggrandizing. Like Chandler, they bring a fundamental intensity to just about everything they do. Chandler has his muscular low-post moves, and the Walkmen have drummer Matt Barrick, who never overwhelms th...

The Walkmen will release “Heaven,” the title track of their new record, as a 7”, and today the B-side to that release hit the ‘net. It’s called “The House You Made,” and it’s a gently rising, impressive ballad. Hear it below. (via Gorilla Vs. Bear) Heaven is out 5/29...