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 — 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

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