Brooklyn Vegan — words by Andrew Sacher, photos by Toby Tenenbaum The night began with a great opening set from The Walkmen at Williamsburg Waterfront on Saturday (9/24). The set was made up largely of the band's calmer songs and hit an interesting... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Fleet Foxes @ Newport Folk Fest 2009 (more by Jim Brueckner) today in NYC * DUMBO Arts Fest * Max Weinberg @ Iridium * Particle @ Brooklyn Bowl * Deke Dickerson @ Rodeo Bar * Steely Dan @ Beacon Theater... more info

Detroit Free Press — Mates of State: with Suckers and Yawn, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 29. St. Andrew's Hall, $15. Celebration of Lionel Hampton: 8 & 10 p.m. Sept. 29-30. Jazz Café at Music Hall, $37. Fleet Foxes: 8 p.m. Sept. 29. Hill Auditorium, $34. more info

Stereogum — 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 ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Recently, the band have gotten a sprinter's start on their followup to their 2010 full-length, "Lisbon," recording 18 songs ahead of schedule. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The Walkmen have gotten a sprinter’s start as they prepare a follow-up to their 2010 album, “Lisbon” -- recording 18 songs ahead of schedule for the forthcoming record. So far, the new tracks have proved to be an exercise in sonic restraint. more info

Impose Magazine — Having recently played a show with Fleet Foxes in Seattle, The Walkmen decided to pop into local radio station KEXP to perform a some songs. Rather than regale with their memorable songs like "The Rat", the band decided to play some country hits by T... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Salon interviews the members of Wild Flag about their self-titled debut album (out September 13th). A lot of Pacific Northwest bands sound like the Fleet Foxes... Brownstein: ...who I love by the way. I just can't write music like that...... more info

Guardian Music — Explore the Fleet Foxes performing at Glastonbury using our 360 degree interactive panoramic tool more info

KEXP Seattle — For the second time this year, Fleet Foxes treated local fans to a two-night residency at the Paramount. While their first stint doubled as an album release party for Helplessness Blues, the ebullient hype had had time to simmer for their shows on Tu... more info