Sharon Van Etten is a New Jersey native who is currently based in Brooklyn and she's just released her third album, called Tramp . She's another artist I heard on the radio recently, and it was actually the first I'd heard of her at all. A little bit of time on the internet told me she's been making good music for a good few years (her first album came out in 2009). Of great interest to me was the fact that on her latest LP she's worked with members of The Walkmen, The National and Beirut. [...]
Sigur Rós has emerged from hibernation and will play their first show since 2008 at Bestival on the Isle of Wight in the UK. They've announced that there will be more tour dates via their web site. Besides appearing at Sasquatch this year, Explosions in the Sky have announced other US tour dates. Check them out here. Veteran fuzz-rockers The Jesus and Mary Chain announced a [...]
I've always thought it was cool that The Walkmen were one of those bands that earned their chops as musicians by playing together , having played in bands alongside each other since the 5th grade or earlier. For example, Bassist/organist Walter Martin and vocalist/guitarist Hamilton Leithauser are cousins and grew up across the street from one another. Like Leithauser and Martin, the rest of the band also grew up in Washington, D.C., and even attended the same school with the sole exception of bassist/organist Peter Bauer. As a result, it probably wasn't surprising that they formed together [...]
Name: The Walkmen Progress Report: Band gets to work with Phil Ek on forthcoming studio album. Aside from taking a victory lap around North America to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut album, Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone , members of The Walkmen have been holed up in a studio with Phil Ek working on their seventh studio album. According to frontman Hamilton Leithauser, the follow up to 2010's Lisbon will be a "very different sounding" record … even if [...]
Sharon Van Etten's talent as a songsmith provides a comforting place for us to get lost. From beginning to end and back again.
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Tweet Sometimes a band has a song that's so irresistibly good that once it finishes the only thing you want to do is listen to it again. Recently, I was fortunate enough to encounter such a song, entitled "Caveman Game" .The musicians behind "Caveman Game" go by the names Chris Kerrigan, Dan Apodaca, Tim Jordan, and Kenny Tarantino. Together, they are WALK . WALK is a pop rock band from Los Angeles that has been around [...]
The Pacific Northwest Festival we've all been waiting for has just announced a killer lineup! Sasquatch takes place at the Gorge on May 25th - 28th.
Music fans could barely contain themselves waiting for tonight's announcement during the Sasquatch! Launch Party at the Neptune Theatre for this year's lineup of the Sasquatch! Music Festival. The 11th annual event will take place, as always, at The Gorge in George, WA, on Memorial Weekend (four days this time: May 25-28). And the lineup is epic! Here are just some of the bands now listed on the website : Jack White, The Roots, Beck, The Head & The Heart, Bon Iver, The Shins, Alabama Shakes, The Joy Formidable, Mogwai, Beirut, Feist, Silversun [...]
The annual Sasquatch festival, definitely a festival that I need to attend in the very near future, announced a killer line up for this year's installment. Recently solo Jack White, along with Beck and Bon Iver, will be headlining the George, WA based three-day event. Also leading the way are Pretty Lights, Tenacious D, The Shins, Girl Talk, St. Vincent, Feist, and Silversun Pickups. But that's not all who you'll get to see at the Gorge Ampitheatre this year. Also performing this year are Metric, Mogwai, Explosions In The Sky, The Head [...]
Music fans could barely contain themselves waiting for tonight's announcement during the Sasquatch! Launch Party at the Neptune Theatre for this year's lineup of the Sasquatch! Music Festival. The 11th annual event will take place, as always, at The Gorge in George, WA, on Memorial Weekend (four days this time: May 25-28). And the lineup is epic! Here are just some of the bands now listed on the website : Jack White, The Roots, Beck, The Head & The Heart, Bon Iver, The Shins, Alabama Shakes, The Joy Formidable, Mogwai, Beirut, Feist, Silversun [...]
For those who went into withdrawal without a weekly dose of Walter White (Bryan Cranston), Season 2 of AMC's Breaking Bad returned a year later to take its viewers to all new highs... and devastating lows. While the nerve-racking drama never misses a beat, this season just might make your heart skip one. From the mysterious foreshadowing of what's soon to come to new love, lies, and life - Breaking Bad Season 2 will leave you confused, anxious, restless, and yet itching for more every week. However, there's no denying that the [...]
Some old tunes, some new tunes, all good tunes, most Mondays... Right-Click + Save Link As: Cloud Nothings - Stay Useless Hospitality - Liberal Arts Jacques Greene - Motivation Grimes - Genesis Dive - Human Drake - Marvin's Room (Shlohmo Remix) A Place to Bury Strangers - So Far Away Tanlines - Brothers The Walkmen [...]
Tweet Listen to Sharon Van Etten 's new album "Tramp" below. If Sharon Van Etten 's new album "Tramp" doesn't make our top five albums of 2012 list, then we'll have had one of the greatest years of music since 1969. Following up her critically-acclaimed 2010 LP "Epic" , she's created a masterpiece in "Tramp" . Introspection, heartbreak, love, [...]
Isolee courses the bloodstream like a drug. Fingerbanger 1 : Isolee - Schrapnell (don lowed) -- A kinder, gentler predator. Fingerbanger 2 : The Walkmen - Canadian Girl (don lowed) -- ...your attitudes came from actions which led to observations which led to explanations which led to beliefs. It is well known in psychology the cart of behavior often gets before the horse of attitude. Your actions tend to chisel away at the [...]
Billy Pavone Traditionally, the gift for tenth anniversaries is tin. I don't really know what you can buy these days that's made of tin. I suppose the modern equivalent of aluminum offers more options, but New York's Walkmen have got their own idea that I can get behind. They've been staging a handful of one-off (okay, two-off for San Francisco) shows where they showcase material drawn from across all of their ten years and five albums of original material - though maybe the Harry Nillson covers album Pussy Cats [...]
Parece que foi ontem que o The Walkmen embalava episódeos de The O.C . Mas não foi, já faz um bom tempo e a banda já comemora sua década de existência. E tem jeito melhor de uma banda comemorar seu aniversário de 10 anos do que apresentando uma música nova para os fãs? Foi isso que o The Walkmen fez em um show em Chicago: apresentaram Heartbreaker ao público. E para quem não estava presente, eles fizeram o vídeo da perfomance, filmado por Daniel Arthur. O último álbum de estúdio [...]
Looking over the list of albums slated for release in the new few months, it's hard not to get overly giddy - 2012 is going to be a great year for music. Several bands that made names for themselves with wildly inventive and successful debuts are putting forth their sophomore efforts this year. The all-important follow-up album can be tricky, though, especially when an artist has made such a unique statement with their debut - I'm definitely eager to hear how these musicians have adapted their sound. Cloud Nothings' (@cloudnothings) [...]
Saturday marked the second of two sold out shows at The Independent in SF for The Walkmen, who are celebrating a decade of making exceptional music.
More 10th anniversary shows!
The Walkmen recently played a show at The Metro in Chicago celebrating their 10th anniversary as a band. During that show, the band unveiled and videotaped them playing a new track titled Heartbreaker . The video was filmed by Daniel Arthur. Watch below. ( via )
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