A Good Racket

Published on October 09, 2008 In an age when bands are giving albums away, letting buyers name their own price, selling CDs exclusively at Wal-Mart, selling them for $0.49 on Amazon, driving by your house and throwing them at your dad as he waters the lawn in pale khaki shorts and black socks, and so forth, hats off to The Walkmen. Hats friggin' off to The Walkmen. This New York band gave away all the proceeds from initial sales of its new album, You & Me, to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. It has since come out on vinyl and stuff, and The Walkmen might eventually start to make a little profit. But it's always been clear that The Walkmen aren't in this for the money. Subject(s): Playing Monday, 13th at The Basement w/Little Ones & The Privates Granted, "We've Been Had," a song from the group's first album, was... [read full story]