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Written by Laura Hamlett Tuesday, 16 May 2006 07:04

See the Walkmen on tour this summer.

 

 

The guitars start at a lilt, and the gritty croon of vocalist Hamilton Leithauser is unmistakable: you know you're listening to the Walkmen. And by the time "Louisiana" ends, in an increasingly insistent sonic carnival of trumpet, piano and an almost-Caribbean beat, you also know the band has raised the stakes.  A Hundred Miles Off, the Walkmen's third record, and the eagerly awaited follow-up to 2004's Bows and Arrows, is also the band's best work to date.

official site:  http://www.marcata.net/walkmen/
my space:  http://www.myspace.com/thewalkmen

"Louisiana" audio streams
WM Hi: http://streamos.wbr.com/wmedia/wbr/walkmen/audio/walkmen_louisiana_128.wax
WM Lo: http://streamos.wbr.com/wmedia/wbr/walkmen/audio/walkmen_louisiana_56.wax
QT Hi: http://streamos.wbr.com/qtime/wbr/walkmen/audio/walkmen_louisiana_128.mov
QT Lo: http://streamos.wbr.com/qtime/wbr/walkmen/audio/walkmen_louisiana_56.mov

US tourdates:

5/24  New York, NY - Webster Hall
5/25  Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
5/26  Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
5/30  Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
5/31  Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall
6/1   Chicago, IL - Metro
6/2   Milwaukee, WI - Miramar Theatre
6/3   Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar
6/5   Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre
6/6   Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
6/8   Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan
6/9   Seattle, WA - Showbox
6/10  Vancouver, BC - Richards on Richards
6/12  San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
6/13  San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
6/16  San Diego, CA - House of Blues
6/17  Tempe, AZ - Clubhouse
6/19  Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
6/20  Houston, TX - Numbers
6/21  Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
6/23  Nashville, TN - Exit/In
6/24  Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall
6/27  Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre
6/28  Montreal, PQ - La Tulipe
6/29  Boston, MA - Avalon
6/30  Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw