Brooklyn Vegan — Walter Martin at Joe's Pub in May (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) The Walkmen's Walter Martin has lately been using the extreme-hiatus of the Walkmen to produce "family music." He's got a second album as such coming out, which is... more info

Stereogum — Back when he called himself John Cougar, John Mellencamp scored his first-ever hit with his 1979 single “I Need A Lover,” and Pat Benatar would cover the song later that year on her debut album In The Heat Of The Night. But for all its classic-ro... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Spoon @ Governors Ball 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Spoon took their sweet time announcing openers for their Central Park Summerstage show on September 10. (Most dates on the tour are either with EMA or Hamilton Leithauser.) But now it... more info

Stereogum — In our Walkmen cover story, Hamilton Leithauser talked about how Frank Sinatra was a big influence on him in the lead-up to 2012′s Heaven and his recent solo album Black Hours — he even bought the same vintage mic that Sinatra had used to record ... more info

KEXP Seattle — He doesn’t need anyone... except his sound guy. Watch the latest video from Hamilton Leithauser below for the track “I Don’t Need Anyone” from his debut solo album, Black Hours. Leithauser leads his life — getting a haircut, going to a muse... more info

Stereogum — Former Walkmen frontman Hamilton Leithauser released his debut solo LP, Black Hours, last month, just about six months after his old band announced their decision to call it quits. Today, Leithauser has released a Paul Maroon-directed video for album... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin Broken Bells @ Firefly Music Fest 6/22/2014 Broken Bells (aka James Mercer & Danger Mouse) were in NYC last night (6/23), playing The Late Show with David Letterman, performing "Control" from their most recent album,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The 5-day RadioLoveFest festival at the Brooklyn Academy of Music is underway as we speak with radio-related events each night though June 8. Hamilton Leithauser of the Walkmen takes part in a live edition of Soundcheck on Saturday (6/7)... more info

Stereogum — During their Primavera Sound set, the National brought some special guests up on stage. Justin Vernon (whose Volcano Choir project also made an appearance at the festival) joined them for “Slow Show” and the Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser and Pa... more info

NME — Jagwar Ma and Warpaint's Stella Mozgawa also collaborated on day two of the event more info