KEXP Seattle — Veteran New York rockers The Walkmen have announced the release of their seventh full-length album. Following up their 2010 release, Lisbon, Heaven will hit shelves and e-shelves on June 5 via Fat Possum. The album was recorded by Phil Ek (Fleet Foxe... more info

Chorus.fm — *The Walkmen* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/thewalkmen) will release their new album, Heaven, on June 5th via Fat Possum and Bella Union. The record was produced by Phil Ek and features a guest appearance by Robin Pecknold (*Fleet Foxes* (http://www.a... more info

Stereogum — The Walkmen have just finished recording the follow up to their awesome, awesome 2010 album Lisbon, which is obviously great news. And to blow off steam after the recording sessions, they got together with producer Phil Ek to cover a medley of classi... more info

Stereogum — In January, Brooklyn Academy of Music announced that it would host a spring festival curated by the National’s Bryce and Aaron Dessner, and today that event, called Crossing Brooklyn Ferry (a reference to this Whitman poem), announced it’s full l... more info

Guardian Music — The Sheffield duo have left twee behind. Would you believe they're now rocking out, relatively speakingNearly every review of Slow Club's first album, Yeah, So, referred to the Sheffield duo as twee. For their follow-up – last year's excellent Para... more info

Stereogum — Name: The Walkmen Progress Report: Band gets to work with Phil Ek on forthcoming studio album. Aside from taking a victory lap around North America to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut album, Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone, mem... more info

Stereogum — The 11th annual Sasquatch! Music Festival returns to The Gorge in George, WA this Memorial Day Weekend (5/25-5/28) with a lineup featuring headliners Jack White, Beck, and Bon Iver. Also on board: the Shins, Girl Talk, Portlandia Live, Feist, St. Vin... more info

Guardian Music — This three-piece rock band from Dublin will shiver your timbers with their primeval sound and on-stage pirate banterHometown: Dublin.The lineup: Mark Austin (vocals, guitar), Tom Cosgrave (bass, backing vocals), Shane Kinsella (drums, backing vocals)... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — 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 below is their own take on the festivities courtesy ... more info

Guardian Music — Swaggering Irish rock band with songs to back up the attitude. Last single, Black Keys, could point you in the right directionWho are they?A Dublin three-piece, comprising Mark Austin, the "spiv with a six-string razor", Shane Kinsella with "sidebur... more info