the walkmen

Presenting an evening with The Walkmen -- one of our favorite live bands -- on Saturday, March 5, at the Granada Theater in Dallas. We have 5 pairs of tickets to give away for this one, courtesy of the Granada. Just leave your name in the comments or like us on Facebook to enter...

This is shaping up to be pretty amazing, and they're only about half way done announcing the lineup, with a few huge surprises still to come. Some other highlights so far: The WalkmenMethod Man + RedmanGirl TalkM. WardThe Twilight SadHEALTHPassion PitThe ThermalsDeer TickThe Pains of Being Pure at HeartThe AntlersFrightened Rabbit mp3: Follow the Monolith Fest on twitter and/or facebook to stay u

In the latest installment from our friends at La Blogotheque, The Walkmen play one of my favorite songs from You & Me, "Four Provinces" -- apparently once called "Hey Leah" -- while taking a late-night, possibly drunken stroll through the streets of San Francisco earlier this spring...

Okay, this rules. Nick Catchdubs just posted his latest mix up on his Fool's Gold blog. The mix features seemingly every single band that played Lollapalooza from '92-'96, not to mention every other band you liked in the '90s, including Nirvana, Pavement, Beck, Sonic Youth, A Tribe Called Quest, Tripping Daisy(...

P4k.tv had themselves a good week. First that 3-parter thing with Beach House in a basement, and now the premiere of this perfectly appropriate new video for the Walkmen's best single since "The Rat," with Hamilton Leithauser starring as the "I Like Turtles" kid in director Norman Coady's awesome old-timey horror flick: mp3: *******************************************

Awkward...but helpful, if you weren't sure what the Walkmen are... Watch it here. (via) ******************************************** Also, I found this clip of the band playing "In the New Year" in some dude's basement. No further information on when/where this video was filmed, but man, I can't wait to see the band play their new stuff live in October...

The Walkmen just posted up a bunch of new tour dates on their website, including October dates the Pontiac Garage @ House of Blues (ugh) in Dallas and the Parish in Austin. Their new record officially comes out next week, but you can still get it now for a $5 donation to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and this little guy...