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 — Former Walkmen bassist Peter Matthew Bauer released his debut album, Liberation!, this week via Mexican Summer. It's a lovely record and you can stream the whole thing below and if you need more convincing to buy it. You can... more info

Stereogum — Now that the Walkmen have split, the band’s members are beginning to branch out into new projects. Peter Matthew Bauer will release his debut solo album in June, titled Liberation!. We previously heard the single “Latin American Ficciones” (and... 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

Stereogum — We’ve been reading about Walkmen singer Hamilton Leithauser’s solo album Black Hours forever. News broke almost a year ago, many months before that epic farewell portrait Ryan Leas wrote about the Walkmen last year. After lots of hype and at leas... more info

Stereogum — With the Walkmen on hiatus, a few of the group’s members are going on to release solo projects. Multi-instrumentalist Walter Martin was the first one out, and his solo debut, the kids’ album We’re All Young Together, features a bunch of big-nam... more info

Stereogum — Hamilton Leithauser, the once and perhaps future Walkmen frontman, is a couple of weeks away from releasing Black Hours, his elegantly beaten-down solo debut. Leithauser worked with a host of new collaborators on the LP, including Vampire Weekend’s... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin Walter & Karen O / Hamilton Leithauser with the chorus @ Joe's Pub 5/16/2014 NPR: So is this just something to entertain parents, or is this - which by the way, I should say is... more info