The Walkmen

Infobox Musical artist
Name = The Walkmen


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Origin = New York City/Washington, D.C., United States
Genre = Indie rock, post-punk revival
Years_active = 2000–present
Label = Record Collection, Startime, Gigantic
Associated_acts = nowrap|Jonathan Fire*Eater, nowrap|The Recoys
URL = [http://www.marcata.net/walkmen www.marcata.net/walkmen]
Current_members = Hamilton Leithauser
Paul Maroon Walter Martin
Peter Bauer
Matt Barrick
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The Walkmen are an indie rock band from New York City. The band formed in 2000 with three members from Jonathan Fire*Eater—Paul Maroon (guitar, piano), Walter Martin (organ/bass), and Matt Barrick (drums)—and two from The Recoys, Peter Bauer (bass/organ) and Hamilton Leithauser (vocals, guitar). All but Bauer attended St. Albans in Washington, D.C.

They prefer the sound of vintage musical instruments, particularly the upright piano, and have often recorded at Marcata Recording, a recording studio built in Harlem in 1999 by the three former members of Jonathan Fire*Eater and later relocated to upstate New York. [http://www.marcata.net/ Marcata Recording ] ]

Albums

The 2002 debut album "Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone", released by the independent record label Startime, was well received by critics. The follow up album, "Bows + Arrows", was released on the Record Collection label in 2004 and was listed by many criticsspecify as one of the year's best albums. Their next album, "A Hundred Miles Off", was released in the U.S. on May 23, 2006. The band premiered most of the new songs on a tour of the Northeast in early 2006. The first single to be released was "Louisiana." Peter Bauer and Walter Martin traded musical instruments on the new album with Bauer handling the organ duties and Martin playing bass. The same year, they released another full-length album: ""Pussy Cats" Starring the Walkmen", a track-by-track cover of Harry Nilsson and John Lennon's 1974 album "Pussy Cats", recorded as a farewell to their studio's Harlem location.

Their most recent studio album, "You & Me", became available July 29, 2008, in an exclusive charitable pre-release on indie music website Amie Street. The Walkmen made their album available for US$5 at [http://amiestreet.com/thewalkmen AmieStreet.com/thewalkmen] , with all the proceeds from each sale being donated to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. [ [http://www.prefixmag.com/news/walkmen-you-me-5-dollars/20278/ PrefixMag.com: Walkmen release You & Me for $5...] ] During its first week of sales, the album charted at #29 on Billboard's Top Digital Albums. [cite news|url=http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/28/get-the-walkmen-album-early-help-charity-on-amiestreet/|title=Get The Walkmen Album Early, Help Charity On Amie Street|publisher=TechCrunch|date=2008-07-28|accessdate=2008-08-08] [cite news|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/chart_display.jsp?g=Albums&f=Top+Digital+Albums/|title=Top Digital Albums|publisher=Billboard|date=2008-08-06|accessdate=2008-08-08] The album was made available on physical formats on August 19, 2008.

Discography

tudio albums

* "Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone" (March 26, 2002)
* "Bows + Arrows" (February 3, 2004)
* "A Hundred Miles Off" (May 23, 2006) #163 US
* ""Pussy Cats" Starring The Walkmen" (October 24, 2006)
* "You & Me" (August 19, 2008) #71 US

Other recordings

* "The Walkmen" (June 26, 2001)
* "Untitled" (with eight songs) (2001)
* "Radio" (aka "Wake Up"), track for "" (2001)
* "Untitled" (with eight songs) (2002)
* "Let's Live Together" (2002)
* "Split" (with Calla) (2002)
* "The Rat" (single) (2004)
* "Little House of Savages" (single) (2004)
* "Little House of Savages (Live version)" on "" (2004)
* "Christmas Party" (2004)
* "There Goes My Baby" on "" (2005)
*"Louisiana" (single) (2006)
* "Red River" on the "" (2007)
* Daytrotter Session March 2008 (Leonard Cohen covers) [ [http://www.daytrotter.com/article/1214/the-walkmen The Walkmen | Daytrotter | The Creature Of Man And His Endless Figuring Over Cursive Lines ] ]
* "Brandy Alexander" on the "In Bruges" Soundtrack (2008)

References

External links

* [http://www.marcata.net/walkmen Official website]
* [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=464961&aid=1159018 Complete Discography of The Walkmen]
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* [http://www.archive.org/details/TheWalkmen The Walkmen collection] at the Live Music Archive
* [http://www.amiestreet.com/TheWalkmen The Walkmen's newest album, "You & Me"] at Amie Street
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15291595 The Walkmen on NPR Music]
* [http://larecord.com/issues/2008/08/22/the-walkmen-like-a-big-beefcake/ August 2008 Interview] with L.A. Record