The Walkmen take White Rabbits out on the road

Aww... isn't this sweet? The Walkmen, acting like a surrogate big brother band, are rolling out on tour with White Rabbits. Both groups are based in New York, and the White Rabbits sound has always had a few notable strands of Walkmen DNA in it (just read our Band of the Week feature on the group). What lessons will the elder Manhattanites pass on to their juniors? How to duck the blogarazzi after a gig? Tips on finding the perfect drum sound? Or will they all just get drunk and talk sports and pop culture? Oh to be a fly on the wall...

Walkmen + White Rabbits dates:

January
16 - Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Diesel
17 - Pontiac, Mich. @ The Crofoot
18 - Milwaukee, Wisc. @ Turner Hall
19 - Madison, Wisc. @ High Noon
20 - Chicago, Ill. @ Schubas *
21 - St. Louis, Mo. @ Duck Room
22 - Columbus, Ohio @ The Basement
23 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ Jonny Brenda's

* w/ White Denim, Bound Stems (Tomorrow Never Knows Festival)

As previously reported, The Walkmen are also on the varied lineup for the Langerado Music Festival, taking place March 6-9 on Florida's Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation. We did not, however, alert our readers when the band read scripts from Sex and the City on Daytrotter Sessions earlier this month. Hamilton Leithauser as Sarah Jessica Parker? The mind boggles!

And finally, one last little tidbit from the band's website: The Walkmen hope to have a new album finished by the end of the year and in stores by Spring of 2008. Score!

Related links:
The Walkmen on MySpace
WhiteRabbitsMusic.com
YouTube: The Walkmen - "Louisiana"

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