The Devil Has The Best Tuna — GeniusFrom: Busan, South KoreaWith influences including Ralph Wiggum, pro wrestling, The Cramps, punk '76, pulp comics, Pedro the Lion, schlock films, cold grapes, Al Bundy, dry socks, The Walkmen, Pavement, drunk ballads, and the young Chow Yun ... more info

Stereogum — It's been almost four years since the Walkmen went on hiatus, and in that time a few of their members have been pretty active, with frontman Hamilton Leithauser and Walter Martin each releasing a few solo records. Peter Matthew Bauer -- who had serve... more info

Stereogum — The former Walkmen frontman Hamilton Leithauser has carried over the lightly-drunk lounge-lizard soulfulness of his old band over into his solo career, and he has a great way of making his covers sound like barroom singalongs. In recent months, he's ... more info

Stereogum — At the beginning of last year, Rostam Batmanglij announced that he was leaving Vampire Weekend to focus on his solo career. Since then, he's shared a couple of songs and put out an entire album with the Walkmen's Hamilton Leithauser, and now he's off... more info

Stereogum — "This is my kinda music/ Yeah the beat's kinda bumpy and the tune's a tiny bit off key," sing-says Walter Martin, multi-instrumentalist and former Walkmen member, on "My Kinda Music," from his new album of the same name. This unobstructed sense of se... more info

Sweeping The Nation — Feist - CenturyLeslie Feist has described Pleasure, released on the 28th, as an attempt at a more raw, guileless recording session. You can well believe that on the evidence of this, tightly wound and meaningfully sparse. With martial drums and unclu... more info

Obscure Sound — Released this week, “The River & The Breeze” is a memorable, rootsy rocker with soaring vibes reminiscent of The Walkmen. It comes courtesy of Lost Beach, an act from the beaches south of Los Angeles. The second single off their debut EP, Nightbr... more info

Obscure Sound — Another new one from Jaguar Purrs (who recently impressed with “Future Visions“), “White Roses” is a just-released track that follows up their debut EP. This one touts a twinkling effervescence and crawling bass, with suave vocals that alongs... more info

Consequence of Sound — A playful single off the forthcoming My Kinda Music. more info

Stereogum — Unfortunately for Walter Martin, dream collaborator Randy Newman is not into hand claps. When Martin, a multi-instrumentalist best known as former bassist for the Walkmen, started work on a follow-up to his star-studded 2014 children's album We're Al... more info