Making up for their canceled Electric Factory appearance from this fall, Philly faves The Walkmen just announced they would kick off their winter tour with an appearance at Union Transfer. Ticket on-sale information will be available soon, through the venue’s website. Below, stream the limited edition 7″ the band will have available on tour. Continue reading
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Stream two new songs from The Walkmen (will release a limited edition 7″ on 11/06)
Are you still bummed about The Walkmen‘s show being canceled on Saturday? Well, here’s a little something to ease the pain. The Philly/New York band will release two new songs as a limited edition 7″ on November 6th, but they’ve also posted the songs on their Soundcloud for streaming. The two songs are “Dance With Your Partner” and “Vermeer ’65″ and were recorded during the sessions that brought forth Heaven. Stream the tracks below, and head over here to preorder the 7″.
Walkmen show at the Electric Factory on Saturday October 6th cancelled
The Walkmen show at the Electric Factory on Saturday, October 6th has been cancelled. Last night on the band’s Facebook they said: “we are going to have to cancel our show at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia on October 6th for some dumb reason. We’ll be back there soon to make it up.” That said, here’s some additional information from the band:
Due to personal reasons we will be canceling our show on October 6th in Philadelphia. We apologize and hope to make it up to you soon! You may receive a full refund at your point of purchase. For online purchases via Ticketmaster you will be automatically refunded within 1-2 business days. Should you have any problems you may contact Ticketmaster customer service at 1-800-745-3000.
War On Drugs, who were scheduled to open the show, weighed in on their twitter @warondrugsjams: “Really disappointed that our Philly show with @TheWalkmen has been cancelled. Definitely not our decision. We’ll make it up to you xoxo”
Contest: Win an autographed 7″ and a pair of tickets to The Walkmen’s Electric Factory show
East coast indie rock band The Walkmen are returning to Philly for their first major show since releasing Heaven, their seventh full-length record. They will be performing at the Electric Factory with The War on Drugs on Saturday, October 6th in support of the new album. Tickets are available here for $22, or you can enter to win a pair of free tickets from The Key. All you need to do is answer this trivia question: a few years back, The Walkmen covered an album by a ’70s psych-pop songwriter in its entirety. What was the name of the artist and the album? Leave your answer in the comments and we’ll choose a winner at random to receive a pair of tickets to the Electric Factory show and an autographed 7″ from the band. The winner will be announced this Friday morning. Good luck!
Watch The Walkmen perform “Love Is Luck” on Conan (playing the Electric Factory in October)
The Walkmen appeared on Late Night with Conan O’Brien, playing a couple songs from their latest album, Heaven. You can check out their performance of “Love Is Luck” below, and watch them performing album opener “We Can’t Be Beat” over at Team Coco. The Walkmen play The Electric Factory on October 6 with The War on Drugs; tickets and more information on the show are available here.
The Walkmen are In The Zone
Just the other day, we previewed The Walkmen’s brand new music video, “Love for Love”. Since then (two days later), they have released another music video for the song “Heartbreaker” as well as a cover of The Rolling Stones‘ “Blue Turns to Grey”.
Check out the new video and listen to the Stones’ cover below. The Walkmen return to town on October 6th at the Electric Factory with The War on Drugs. You can buy tickets to the show here. Also, you can take a look at BITBY‘s backstage interview with The Walkmen from their free at noon show also below.
Watch the new Walkmen video, “The Love You Love”
Photo by Joe Del Tufo
The Walkmen have debuted a new video for the song “The Love You Love,” from their recent album Heaven. WXPN Welcomes The Walkmen and War On Drugs to the Electric Factory on Saturday, October 6th. Below, watch the video directed by Sam Pecknold.