i took a half-day yesterday to go see one of my favorite (or maybe my actual favorite) bands, the walkmen, do a SCOPE show in iowa city. as usual, the band sounded phenomenal and hamilton's voice/rock-star stance were unstoppable. they stuck mostly to tracks off their latest album, lisbon, but also played a handful of older tracks and two brand new ones set to appear on their next release. the new ones seemed to fit in fairly closely with lisbon's general vibe. good stuff.