The Walkmen Play Conan O’Brien This Monday January 26th
Make 25 Top Year End Lists Including NPR & Pitchfork Media
On West Coast Tour Now / You and Me Out Now On Gigantic Music
Pitchfork Media (Best New Music/8.5) : "This is the sound they've reached for since the very beginning, and they've never played it as gracefully or confidently as they do here"
NPR All Songs Considered Previews "If Only It Were True" : http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9369
New York Times, Live Review (Nate Chinen): "... A terriffic new album. "You & Me" signals more than a return to typographically brisk conjunctive clauses: it's The Walkmen's sharpest work since "Bows & Arows", and in some ways an even better record. And the band shows perspective as well as purpose".
The Onion A.V Club (Grade A) : "This is an album about growing up. When Leithauser sings, "You keep replaying through the days / That have brought you to this place / What happened to you?" in "The Blue Route," it hits home like a 30th birthday—and as the standout "In The New Year" points out, realizing "It's all over anyhow" can be invigorating, a way of readying oneself for the next, far more interesting chapter"
Time Out New York: "Though critically praised as one of those "The" bands bands bringing real rock and roll back to the mean streets of a wildly gentrified New York City".
Rolling Stone: "...stoked to get an early listen to their killer upcoming disk, You & Me which has an equally awesome banger "In the New Year".
Spin (4 Stars): "Indie rock luminaries craft an intimate sound with new full-length... The album bordering on retro sees singer Hamilton Leithauser's vocals in a new light, at times channeling those of Robert Plant, and others, Bob Dylan, especially with "In The New Year".
Pitchfork: #19 Album Of The Year
Pitchfork track of the year: #26 (In the New Year)
Pitchfork.Tv performance: Best of '08 (along with others)
Pitchfork readers poll: #13
Pitchfork readers poll, songs: #15 (In The New Year)
Gorilla vs Bear Chris: #8
Gorilla vs Bear David: #3
Gorilla vs Bear Chris (In the New Year, song): #4
Gorilla vs. Bear David (Donde esta la playa, song): #1
Hype Machine [Zeitgeist] best albums: #16
MTV (James Montgomery's top 25 list): #22
Myspace feature: one of the 50 best albums of 08
NPR World Cafe: #9
The Onion AV Club: #3
The Orchard: #8
Popmatters.com: #22
Stereogum (gummy awards): #10
Time Out NY (Colin St. John, Music Writer's personal list): #1
Tiny Mix Tapes: #18
Tripwire: #12
Treble Zine: #6
Under the Radar: #36
Underrated Magazine: #36
Venus Magazine: #3 (Best Rock Albums)
WOXY: #15
West Coast Dates
w/ Beach House supporting
1/19: Belly up, San Diego
1/20: Henry Fonda Theater, Los Angeles
1/21: Fillmore, San Francisco
1/23: Wonder Ballroom, Portland
1/24: Neumos, Seattle
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