Video: The Walkmen-The Rat

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Since we started talking about them in the comments on Tuesday...

Thursday, July 10, 2008 I don't have time to write a full review, so I just want to let all of you good people know Hellboy II: The Golden Army thoroughly impressed me at the screening that I caught last night at the Galaxy Highland. Guillermo Del Toro is really at the top of his game, and I don't think I could be more excited now for his take on the Hobbit. Buy your tickets now! On a free note, today [...]

• The Walkmen - In the New Year

These guys never got the attention they were due. After the release of their first album, "Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone," they were dismissed, if they were noticed at all, as Strokes sound-alikes. And, yeah, they have that same kind of raw rock sound, but Hamilton Leithauser has a crazed emotionality to his delivery that too-cool Julian Casablancas couldn't achieve even if he tried (not that he would try; that's kind of the point). They're also a lot weirder than the Strokes. But so anyway, they're their own band, but with three albums to [...]

Drove up to San Francisco yesterday, immediately following White Denim's performance on my Little Radio show (do see them live), and arrived in the city about 10:15. Got to The Independent for the Broken West/Walkmen show, just as The Walkmen were taking the stage. That boy can play the drums (see above video). Anyone [...]

The Walkmen are playing at The Duck Room on January 21 with White Rabbits , who have played a couple well-received shows in St. Louis over the past month or two. The last time The Walkmen played here, it was at The Gargoyle, so it will be nice to see them in the hops- and barley-friendly environs of The Duck Room. Get your tickets early, because this is going to be a great show. Here's the video of what is easily one of my favorite songs of the last five years: The [...]

• The Walkmen - Little House of Savages » 04 Little House Of Savages.mp3