Here’s a live clip of a new song from the Walkmen that the video’s poster is calling “Your Southern Heart,” a song that finds Hamilton Leithauser taking the lead on this slow, spare vintage rock track. The footage was shot at the Santa Barbara Bowl on 9/13, where the band joined Fleet Foxes; a night [...]

After a quick run of European festivals, Fleet Foxes resumed their tour on the West Coast stopping by the Greek Theatre in support of their latest album Helplessness Blues. Tailoring their set to the audience, The Walkmen omitted their higher octane garage rockers but still put together an effective opening set. SETLIST “Plains/Bitter ...

Two new lovely elemental Walkmen videos for you. “While I Shovel the Snow” has an appropriately snowy clip, showing the band brooding around New York during one of the many recent snowstorms. “Orange Sunday”’s video is a world away; it follows a diver as he navigates warm looking tropical waters....

The Walkmen have announced U.S. dates for this spring

We’ve heard the studio version of “Oh My Heart,” that gently echoing New Orleans-inspired ballad from R.E.M.’s forthcoming Collapse In Now. When we posted it, I mentioned the spacious production and accordion reminded me of the Walkmen. Watch them perform the song at Hansa Ton, Berlin, under the watchful e...