‘The Rat’: Why does The Walkmen’s masterpiece take you back to 2004 quicker than a time machine?
Timeless, yet of its time.
The Walkmen
“Making the music I want to make”: Hamilton Leithauser celebrates nostalgia with dogged innovation
An innovative record steeped in nostalgia.
“I was there”: Ezra Koenig on first hearing ‘The Rat’ by The Walkmen
How one New York band helped create another.
Is The Walkmen’s ‘The Rat’ the greatest drum song of the 21st century?
A clinic in annihilating the skins.
A perfect day at All Points East ends with The Strokes
“Celebrate people’s inspiration through struggle.”
The Walkmen are back and “better than we were before”
“Towards the end of the first run of the band, I couldn’t stand playing the older songs.”
