It’s getting to where the appearance of a new Walkmen record is a quiet, intimate event. Heaven , like Lisbon and You & Me before it, has shown up like a […]
Category: The Walkmen
The Walkmen :: Christmas Party
The Walkmen have long employed mood and atmosphere into their sound as if they were a sixth member; as such they deftly capture the bittersweet, slightly inebriated, tone of “the holidays.” The […]
The Walkmen :: Paper House
Last week at the Greek theater, just prior to the Walkmen taking the stage, I overheard a man trying to explain the band’s sound to his date. A number of adjectives and […]
The Walkmen :: The AD Interview, 2010
The Walkmen’s latest record, Lisbon , is another set of glossy black-and-white drama from the New York quintet. Like You & Me before it, Lisbon paints its portraits of drawn-out relationships with wiry guitars and […]
The Walkmen :: Leonard Cohen, etc.
Our friends at Daytrotter are quite the prolific bunch — to the point I can’t possibly keep up with everything they are doing in real time. But I do make a […]
Sevens :: The Walkmen, Canadian Girl
( Sevens , a recurring feature on Aquarium Drunkard, pays tribute to the art of the individual song.) I know, I’m with you. It’s hot out there. Late summer in Los […]
The Walkmen :: The AD Interview
Happy New Year. In case you missed it, The Walkmen’s album You & Me was one of our favorite LPs of 2008 . As the year closes out we caught up with Walter Martin to discuss, among other things . […]
AD Presents :: The Walkmen, Republic New Orleans
Our continuing Aquarium Drunkard Presents series at Republic New Orleans continues with The Walkmen Tuesday, September 30th, with special guests The Little Ones . The band is presently on the road touring in support of their new (excellent […]
The Walkmen :: In The New Year (c/o You & Me)
Alright, so 2006’s A Hundred Miles Off was…well, a bit off; and the follow-up Pussy Cats , a practically note for note rendition of Harry Nilsson’s
Noise Pop ’08 :: The Broken West/Walkmen
Drove up to San Francisco yesterday, immediately following White Denim’s performance on my Little Radio show (do see them live), and arrived in the city about 10:15. Got to The Independent for […]