The Walkmen Are Playing the Conan O'Brien Show Tomorrow Night

The Walkmen are out of the road touring behind their most recent disc, You and Me, and the band is playing the Conan O'Brien Show tomorrow night. I'm guessing that the band will play either "On the Water" or "In the New Year".

The publicity machine has been cranking for this current release and there are a lot of pro-shot videos of the band posted on the 'net.

The Walkmen - "In the New Year" (Live in Juan's Basement)


The Walkmen - "On the Water" (Live in NYC, 2007)



In addition to the flood of live videos, The Walkmen also have a live version of "In the New Year" coming out on the Free Yr Radio 2008 Benefit Compilation. This compilation is to generate money for independent radio and it will be exclusively available at Insound for .99 cent, starting on Tuesday.

Links:
The Walkmen's MySpace Profile

The Walkmen Performing Live in San Francisco Available as Free Download

Wolfgang's Vault, which owns Bill Graham's live concert archives, just posted a live show by The Walkmen as a free download. The show was recorded on February 27, 2008 at Independent in San Francisco.

Tracks are:
01) On the Water
02) In the New Year (incomplete)
03) All the Hands and the Cook
04) Donde Esta La Playa
05) If Only It Were True
06) Wake Up
07) Another One Goes By
08) The Blue Route
09) Four Provinces
10) What's In It For Me
11) Little House of Savages
12) I Lost You
13) They're Winning
14) The Rat

The Walkmen Release Digital Advance of You & Me to Benefit Cancer Research

The Walkmen have released an advance of their new disc You & Me as an exclusive digital download on AmieStreet.com with all proceeds going to charity.

The new disc will be available exclusively through AmieStreet for the next three weeks as a $5.00 download and “[a]ll donations go to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in honor of Luca Vasallo, a friend to the band and a current patient who is seven months old and doing a great job fighting a very difficult disease. This is a very good organization that certainly deserves the attention.” Here is the link to purchase You & Me

The Walkmen are kicking off an August/September tour with two dates at the Bowery Ballroom on August 18 & 19th.

Vega4 @ Mercury Lounge, May 29, 2007

After opening for Augustana earlier in the year, Vega4 returned to town to open the show at the Mercury Lounge last Tuesday night. I was a bit surprised to see the band go on so early as they drew a good-sized crowd when opening at Webster Hall. It was nice to see that a number of people (60+) turned out at 8PM to see the band play. I really think it is a matter of time before Vega4 is playing bigger rooms here in town.


As the band was the first to play this night, they only had time for a five song set. The set list was:
- Tearing Me Apart
- Traffic Jam
- Bullets
- You and Me
- Life is Beautiful



The highlight of the set was You and Me, which singer Johnny McDaid introduced from the front of the stage. It was a great show but it would have been nice if the band was able to have played a longer set.



Check out my pictures from the band's show at Webster Hall this past February here.

Links:
Vega4 Main Website (link)
Vega4 MySpace Page (link)