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The Walkmen
Also Playing: Warpaint
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Fri Aug 6
11 pm
http://www.ticketmaster.com/venue/32881/?search_redirect=Double%20Door The Walkmen and Warpaint at Double Door
The Walkmen have pumped out waves upon waves of big, hooky rock that scrapes at memories of ’60s garage while beating with an anguished contemporary heart. Spacious guitar effects and swirls of organ keep the songs’ intentions nice and murky, but the band has a lot to put on display—as exhibited on 2004’s transcendent Bows + Arrows and 2008’s You & Me, an album with lots of bristling, suggestive atmosphere that is both wintry and crackling-fire warm. Few artists have been as fascinated as The Walkmen with the way reckless youth evolves into misty-eyed, thirtysomething reflection; it’ll be interesting to see how the theme of growing up continues on the band's upcoming sixth album, its first for Fat Possum.
Double Door 1572 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL
The Walkmen have pumped out waves upon waves of big, hooky rock that scrapes at memories of ’60s garage while beating with an anguished contemporary heart. Spacious guitar effects and swirls of organ keep the songs’ intentions nice and murky, but the band has a lot to put on display—as exhibited on 2004’s transcendent Bows + Arrows and 2008’s You & Me, an album with lots of bristling, suggestive atmosphere that is both wintry and crackling-fire warm. Few artists have been as fascinated as The Walkmen with the way reckless youth evolves into misty-eyed, thirtysomething reflection; it’ll be interesting to see how the theme of growing up continues on the band's upcoming sixth album, its first for Fat Possum.
Updated 02/24/2011
