Walkmen at the 2009 Pitchfork Music Festival. Photo credit: Stephen Gossett
The Walkmen have just announced an upcoming US tour with Here We Go Magic that will kick off with a performance at the Guggenheim‘s new It Came From Brooklyn music and literature series. They’ll also be hitting Central Park SummerStage (with Dinosaur Jr.) and San Francisco’s Treasure Island Music Festival in mid-October. Their most recent album, You & Me, came out last August to positive critical buzz and scored a Best New Music nod from Pitchfork. All tickets go on sale August 1; find the full schedule after the jump.
8/14 – Guggenheim ‘It Came From Brooklyn’ – New York, NY 8/16 – Central Park SummerStage w/ Dinosaur Jr. – New York, NY 9/12 – Red Rocks (Monolith Festival) – Morrison, CO 9/18 – Middle East – Cambridge, MA* 9/19 – Middle East – Cambridge, MA* 9/20 – Pearl Street Downstairs – Northampton, MA* 9/22 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC* 9/23 – Theatre Of The Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA* 9/25 – Variety Playhouse – Atlanta, GA* 9/26 – Grey Eagle Tavern – Asheville, NC* 9/27 – Mercy Lounge – Nashville, TN 9/29 – The Bottletree – Birmingham, AL* 9/30 – One Eyed Jacks – New Orleans, LA* 10/2 – Zilker Park (Austin City Limits) – Austin, TX 10/18 – Treasure Island – San Francisco, CA *with Here We Go Magic