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Hamilton Leithauser
Black Hours

Last fall, after a fruitful 14-year career, the members of The Walkmen collectively hung up their hats. They had grown out of their mid-life crises and settled into separate but similar periods of stabilization...

The Walkmen: “Heaven”

Why aren't The Walkmen as big as Coldplay? The obvious answer might be that, unlike Coldplay, they're actually good. But, snark aside, we're about due for a genuinely great rock band becoming a commercial behem...
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The Walkmen

"Woe is Me"from the album Lisbon2010iTunesThe Walkmen have a history of making loud, drunken, lamenting music, the sort of songs that are good for yelling at absent exes on particularly painful nights. Lisbon, ...
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The Walkmen

"Stranded"from the album Lisbon2010iTunesFor years, this New York City quintet has been a raging beast of regret and anger, sloshing through their 20s, spilling bourbon on their shoes. Their best-known song, 20...
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The Walkmen

WEEKEND VIDEO "On the Water"You & Me2008iTunes The Walkmen began fierce, fleeting even, Hamilton Leithauser screaming tantrums, but there comes a time when life becomes less severe, when it means something big...
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The Walkmen

A FAVORITE FROM FIVE YEARS AGO"The Rat"from the album Bows + ArrowsOriginal release date: February 2, 2004iTunesFebruary 3, 2004:New York cool can too often feel like New York cold, and while the city's current...
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The Walkmen

"In the New Year"from the album You & Me2008iTunesNew York band The Walkmen wowed audiences with their stripped-down-yet-expansive sound and somber lyrics on their 2002 debut, Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me ...
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The Walkmen

"Louisiana"from the album A Hundred Miles Off2006iTunes Download an MP3 of "Louisiana" from Insound The Walkmen's third full-length proves this is a band for the ages. Joining a post-motorcycle-crash Dylan voca...