For a hard-working band that released two albums in 2006, The Walkmen didn't get much end-of-year love. Then again, neither album really matched up to their first two. A Hundred Miles Off was swamped in muddy Dylanalia, and Pussycats covered an album that was already largely made up of covers. How meta.
So Hamilton Leithauser and the boys set off on the road in 2007 with something to prove. At least they won't have to convince us they have good taste when it comes to other bands. They'll have two opening acts generating buzz in the new year. The Broken West are recent Merge signees whose ingratiating power-pop debut, I Can't Go On, I'll Go On, hits stores January 23rd. And Ferraby Lionheart is a much-blogged-about L.A. singer-songwriter. All makes for quite a night of triple-threat rock goodness.
Dates and locations after the jump... 03-08 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
03-09 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
03-10 Columbus, OH - Little Brother's
03-11 Chicago, IL - Schubas
03-12 Newport, KY - Southgate House
03-13 Louisville, KY - Headliners
03-18 New Orleans, LA - Parish
03-19 Tallahassee, FL - Beta Bar
03-20 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
03-21 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle
03-22 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
03-23 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel