In 2001 I went to New York for the third time. I hope to go one more time. It's the city which means most to me. Apart perhaps from Newcastle, the place where I live now. I went with a good friend and his partner, who later became his wife. One of the things we did was catch The Walkmen playing with Interpol in a cool club. The Strokes had just hit. New York seemed like a place to be again.
The Walkmen played first and my friends and I cared for them enormously. They were urban but also strangely Weimar. They created an atmosphere which was very much their own. Hear it on Bows + Arrows I much preferred them to Interpol. I find some of that band's records quite powerful. As a live proposition at that point in their gestation Interpol were far too obviously in ebt to Joy Division. I never really understand bands obviously in thrall to Jot Division. That has already been done. As well as it ever will be.The Walkmen by contrast staked out their own path.
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