Jan 28, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Walter Martin (formerly of The Walkmen) has announced the release of a new album, The Bear, which will be out on March 25 via Ile Flottante. Martin has also shared the album’s lead single and title track. More

Jul 17, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Matt Berninger of The National is releasing his debut solo album, Serpentine Prison, on October 2 via Book, Berninger’s new imprint with Concord. Now he has shared another song from it, “Distant Axis,” via a video for it. More

Apr 21, 2020 By Mark Redfern

We are checking in with musicians during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic to see how they are dealing with everything. What has their home quarantine experience been like so far and how is the crisis impacting both their career and art? Here we check in with Walter Martin (formerly of The Walkmen). More

Apr 17, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Lily Guthrie)

Welcome to the fifteenth Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s another week under lockdown, with lots of debate on when things can get back to normal. Still not anytime soon it seems. More

Apr 15, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Walter Martin (formerly of The Walkmen) has shared a hilarious new COVD-19 themed song, “Quarantine Boogie (Loco),” that features guest vocals from Matt Berninger of The National. It was shared via a video that also features Berninger. More

Feb 09, 2018 By Charles Steinberg

What makes Walter Martin’s (co-writer, multi- instrumentalist of the Walkmen) songwriting so welcome is often his blunt observational humor. His penetrating new song “Me & McAlevey” from his forthcoming solo album Reminisce Bar & Grill isn’t without Martin’s keen wit but tugs more on the emotional strings. It opens beautifully in the way an old Walkmen ballad might. Under the Radar is happy to share the premiere of the second single from the new album. More

May 21, 2014 By Laura Studarus

“We Like the Zoo,” a track from Walter Martin’s family-friendly debut solo album We’re All Young Together has gotten an equally playful video. More

Apr 25, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

On May 13 The Walkmen‘s Walter Martin will release his debut solo album We’re All Young Together. More

Apr 08, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

On May 13 The Walkmen‘s Walter Martin will release his new solo album We’re All Young Together. More

Feb 10, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Recently committed to a prolonged hiatus, various members of The Walkmen have turned their attention to their own individual projects. More

May 03, 2018 By Charles Steinberg

The response to figures in art is strongest either when they are mysterious or when they are relatable; when their opacity fascinates or their transparency disarms. It is rare, and something that might only come along when you’ve followed an artist for many years, when the same figure encompasses that polarity. More

May 06, 2016 By Mark Redfern

My Firsts is our email interview series where we ask musicians to tell us about their first life experiences, be it early childhood ones (first word, first concert, etc.) or their first tastes of being a musician (first band, first tour, etc.). Read on as Martin talks about the first album he bought, his first favorite song, his first major disappointment, his first celebrity crush, and the first times he got drunk and got fired. More

May 13, 2014 By Michael Wojtas

We’re All Young Together is the kid-friendly, guest-bloated solo debut from Walter Martin, who served as a multi-instrumentalist in The Walkmen for nearly 15 years. More