Altsounds — *US Tour With Kings Of Leon* 4/19: Agannis Arena, Boston, MA 4/20: La Sala Rossa, Montreal (Solo Headline) 4/21: Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON 4/22: Palumbo, Pittsburgh, PA 4/24: Patriot Center, Fairfax, VA 4/25: Spectrum, Philadelphia 4/27: Constan... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Walkmen @ Masonic Temple in December (more by Natasha Ryan) "We live in scary times. Sure, we might wonder how that inane Southern California woman is going to feed fourteen mouths, but what about the family whose breadwinners lost... more info

KEXP Seattle — Last month, as part of KEXP’s VIP Club Concert series, The Walkmen performed a blazing live set at the Triple Door in Seattle. Before a crowd of KEXP supporters lead singer Hamilton Leithauser and the band focused exclusively on song from their lat... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — I would have said something about how they remind me of the messy earnestness of The Walkmen, or maybe I wouldn't have said anything and just let the song do the talking (it doesn't need much 'wax'). But I think Jon Kirby of Wax Poetics hits the nai... more info

Altsounds — "Unlike so many up-and-coming New York bands, the Shakes avoid lingering in one narrow-minded framework. The harmonies may lend themselves to some throwback Spector-era comparisons, and some of the grander choruses may resemble a primordial New Porno... more info

Stereogum — In this clip for one of You & Me 's many clippable tracks, the Walkmen are a lot like the Polyphonic Spree and Kaki King in that they made an animated video from a shit ton of still photos. However they earn bonus points of distinction in that th... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — Squeezing as many songs as possible into 80 minutes in order to summarise the best of a whole year of music is a pretty daunting task involving tough decisions and regrettably obligatory omissions. But after much deliberation, here are my favourite t... more info

Stereogum — On Inauguration Night, Hamilton dedicated this song and its "I know that it's true, it's gonna be a good year"s to President Barack Obama. A week later the tune's falling-downstairs groove makes a good platform for Ham to cock his head back and croo... more info

Pitchfork — Live music on TV this week: Monday, January 26: NBC: Late Night With Conan O'Brien: The WalkmenCBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Ben KwellerNBC: The Tonight Show With Jay Leno: the bird and the beeNBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: the Ting Tings ... more info

Pitchfork — Live music on TV this week: Monday, January 26: NBC: Late Night With Conan O'Brien: The WalkmenCBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Ben KwellerNBC: The Tonight Show With Jay Leno: the bird and the beeNBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: the Ting T... more info