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Austin City Limits 2009 Day One Photos Ft. Avett Brothers, Them Crooked Vultures, Phoenix, YYYs and More
[Above: The Avett Brothers]Photos taken by Jason McElweenie at ACL 2009... read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsThe Walkmen Release Live EP, Tour
Late last summer, The Walkmen sent us You & Me, a gorgeously fuzzy postcard from tiny islands, foreign provinces, and wherever else the New-York fivesome was apparently enjoying a splendid holiday. We didn't care so much exactly where it came from, we just knew it added an umbrella to an already delicious drink. As our mailbox grew inundated with buzzworthy breakthroughs, we stashed this one safely in a desk drawer. We like to take it out whenever we're in need of mental vacation within the office walls, our feet soon tapping in agreement with its skittering drum fits, grainy guitar lines... read more
Found in: Music, NewsTreasure Island Festival Lineup to Feature Flaming Lips, Girl Talk, Decemberists, Passion Pit and More
West Coasters who weren't able to make the trip to Williamsburg for the JellyNYC Pool Parties or Manchester, Tenn. for Bonnaroo needn't fret: They can get the best of both worlds on a man-made island smack dab in the middle of the San Francisco Bay at this year's Treasure Island Music Festival. And hey, there's even going to be a Ferris Wheel!... read more
Found in: Music, NewsPitchfork Music Festival 2009: Do You Realize??
Wayne Coyne and his bubble, albeit always entertaining, was the outlier of Pitchfork’s pushing stride of excellence. First of all, Lollapalooza just pulled that card a few years back. Second, a 10 p.m. curfew for an was doomed to be unsatisfying. Whatever. Forgiven. The bar on festivals has been raised, before anyone could even get in to Union Park at 1 p.m.... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusThe Walkmen to tour West Coast in January
NYC indie rockers The Walkmen have announced a January tour in support of You & Me. The band recently took about a month off, after a brief circuit of the UK and Ireland, and will travel the West Coast mid-next month. Performances begin in San Diego and work their way north, to the tour's culmination in Seattle. Beach House will join the crew for all five dates.... read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsThe Walkmen & The Dodos - New York, NY - Brooklyn Masonic Temple - 12/16/08
Photos taken by Sarah Hajjar at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple... read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 Words, Local:NYCThe Little Ones release Morning Tide, tour with Walkmen
Los Angeles indie-pop squad The Little Ones explain on their website how they realized once upon a time "that their only weapon against reality was their imagination." So what did they do? All that a group can, really. "They embarked on a radical experiment: to see if they could convince themselves that everything was going to be all right."... read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsOutside Lands 2008 - Days 1 and 2
Above: BeckPhotos taken at Outside Lands 2008 by April Brimer... read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsThe Walkmen: You & Me
You & Me, a dark and pensive refinement of six years... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsWalkmen release You & Me early, donate proceeds
If there was a Girl Talk School of Album Release Technique, The Walkmen would be at the top of the class. Their latest offer, You & Me, will be available on the cheap three weeks early, via the interwebs. But the group has perhaps one-upped Prof. Gillis by adding a new and quite refreshing twist to the lesson: They will be pairing up with Amie Street, an online indie music marketplace, to donate all the proceeds of the $5 album to the Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.... read more
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