Cold War Kids

Cold War Kids - Berkeley Studios - March 6, 2013

Cold War Kids Berkeley StudiosMarch 6, 2013Over the past month or so, the Cold War Kids have been playing small shows in Southern California, highlighted by a local show at The Observatory late last month. They've been showcasing new material from their forthcoming album, Dear Miss Lonely Heart ... More >>

The Five Best Concerts in OC This Week

Monday, February 18 DJ Hype The Observatory Pre-iPods, pre-laptops, pre-everyone's-a-DJ, DJ Hype was circling the globe, bringing his turn table skills to millions of party people. Born in Belgium, Kevin Ford began as a DJ on Fantasy FM, a pirate radio station in London. But he hit mainstream ... More >>

Love Nail Tree Make Cool Tees

[Trendzilla] Tyler and Michelle Madsen make their mark with hipster tees and jewelry

Top 25 Greatest Orange County Bands of All Time: 14-6

14. Reel Big FishZany, wacky, ska-rooted (though they rock harder now) Reel Big Fish elevate self-deprecation to an art form, thanks to a malcontent lead singer in Aaron Barrett, who beats you to the punch with peppy lyrics like "I'll never be anything, anything at all." He lays down these anti-What ... More >>

The Silent Comedy

The Observatory

Cold War Kids Announce New Guitarist, Free Singles

​Late last year, we found out that Cold War Kids' guitarist Jonathan Russell was quitting. Our source told us not to break the news; there were tours and albums to be released. Not wanting to burn our source, we waited to see what happened--and today, the LA Times reports that former Modest Mouse ... More >>

Coachella 2011

Why You Go

Cold War Kids Go to Coachella

Artist Matt Maust is also a bass player!

[UPDATED With Concert Info and Jimmy Kimmel Live] Cold War Kids Get No Love From Spin Magazine

Myspace.com​UPDATE, 6:52 P.M., Jan. 19: The Cold War Kids will have time to redeem themselves and prove they still have the talent. The band will perform at the Bootleg Theater on Jan. 24 and inside Amoeba music store in Hollywood on Jan. 25. These, along with an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ... More >>

Cold War Kids

Glass House

Cold War Kids Try to Get Over the Sophomore Slump With 'Mine is Yours'--Will They Make It?

Lilledeshan Bose​Nope, not a Christian rock band. But that's a label that much of the music press would attempt to tag the Cold War Kids with following their breakout success in 2006. When they were new, the Cold War Kids dominated pop and indie radio with a pair of quirky hits-- "Hang Me Out t ... More >>

Cold War Kids' New Album, 'Mine Is Yours,' Out January

​Cold War Kids today announced that they're releasing their third studio album, Mine is Yours (Downtown Records) on Jan. 25, 2011. The 11-song set was recorded in Nashville and LA. While we weren't really that impressed with 2008's Loyalty to Loyalty, we're crossing our fingers and hoping that Min ... More >>

Rumspringa

Alex's Bar

Cold War Kids at the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach

John Gilhooley/OC Weekly​Check out our Cold War Kids slideshow!Cold War Kids August 3, 2010 Huntington Beach Blinded by the glare of the Pacific Ocean and of the thousands of fake Ray Ban sunglasses sported by seas of preteen hipsters, the Cold War Kids sailed through a 13-song set y ... More >>

US Open of Surfing

HB Pier

Cold War Kids

Huntington Beach Pier

Weezer to Play Surfing Event

[Mental Notes] Also, Yellow Red Sparks have residency in LA, Pinback sucked live, and Guided By Voices reunites

Weezer To Headline The US Open of Surfing

Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyWeezer at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater last year​Ahem, 2010 U.S. Open of Surfing. I think it's awesome that you're adding to the appeal of hot, bronzed guys surfing at the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier for five days by getting Weezer to headline your event. A ... More >>

Interview: We Barbarians Talk About Making A Video With Aveiro

​If you've read today's interview with  Matt Aveiro of Cold War Kids, you'll know that Long Beach-based indie/psych rock trio known as We Barbarians--singer/guitarist David Quon, bassist Derek Vanheule and drummer Nathan Warkentin--have just released their newest video. "There's This There's ... More >>

Cold War Kids' Drummer Matt Aveiro Directs We Barbarians Music Video

​There's more to Matt Aveiro than meets the ear. Besides drumming for Long Beach band Cold War Kids, he's also an auteur. He debuted his independent short film Jen In The Painting last year, and is now trying his hand at music video direction. Fellow LBC rockers, We Barbarians asked him to helm th ... More >>

Fingerprints' Top 10 This Week

Top 10 selling records from last week at Fingerprints in Long Beach. The shop specializes in a wide variety of underground music, introducing customers to new bands while still selling mainstream stuff. The shop even holds live performances from some of their favorite bands. 1) Massive Attack, Heli ... More >>

Fingerprints' Top 10 Selling Records From Past Week

Fingerprints in Long Beach specializes in a wide variety of underground music, introducing customers to new bands while still selling mainstream stuff. The shop even holds live performances by some of their favorite bands. If you love music, it's pretty much the place to be. But you already knew t ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Cold War Kids on Friday at the Wiltern, Los Angeles

The Hype: Armed with their superb new EP, Behave Yourself, Long Beach-based Cold War Kids (featured in current OC Weekly) kicked off a short tour at the Wiltern with a highly anticipated sold out show. Hordes of fans wrapped around the LA venue, huddled together in the chilly temperatures in the ... More >>

Show of the Day: Cold War Kids at the Wiltern, Los Angeles

Long Beach (by way of Fullerton) band Cold War Kids celebrate their freshly minted EP Behave Yourself with a gig tonight at the Wiltern. Yeah, we wish the show was taking place down here in OC territory but will gladly make the trip. Check out the thumping, slinky, sexy rocker "Audience," which open ... More >>

Cold War Kids Move Forward With Confidence and Camaraderie, Not Claustrophobia

In Case You Missed It: Cold War Kids on Morning Becomes Eclectic

​Original Fullerton darlings the Cold War Kids stopped by the KCRW studios this morning and performed on everyone's fave program, Morning Becomes Eclectic. The group performed fresh material off their newly released EP, Behave Yourself, and even threw in an awesome Maxence Cyrin cover of the Pixie ... More >>

Today in Music News: Cold War Kids, the White Stripes, Lil Wayne, Eminem

The White Stripes unveil trailer--click above--for upcoming tour doc Under Great White Northern Lights and release new song "Let's Shake Hands."Long Beach-based Cold War Kids talk to Billboard about new EP Behave Yourself. It drops January 19 but we have been totally rocking it out for the past ... More >>

Cold War Kids Update: New EP and Shows on the Way!

​Mondays aren't usually known for being full of good news. But if you're a Cold War Kids fan, today is a joyous anomaly. It's come to our attention that the band announced the upcoming release of their new EP, Behave Yourself, out on Jan. 19 (Downtown Records). And they plan to celebrate ... More >>

Before it Gets Old: Cold War Kids Interactive Music Video

Okay, so there's plenty of reasons to be a jaded Cold War Kids fan in the OC these days. Besides getting plenty of ink from hipsteratti media outlets (including this one) and praise for just about everything they do from an ever growing fan base world wide, they haven't been that "super underground ... More >>

Dolphin City

Long Beach's Crystal Antlers Face Critics, Aren't Obliterated

It's a surprisingly rare that a band in the Weekly's Orange County-Long Beach-Glasshouse jurisdiction has enough heft to get its debut reviewed nationally. On the strength of their 2008 self-titled EP and a few rounds of live performances at industry showcases like South by Southwest and CMJ, Crysta ... More >>

Dog 'n' Butterfly: A Tribute to Heart

Cold War Kids, Matt Costa to Tour with Death Cab for Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie--led by the newly slimmed down (and engaged to Zooey Deschanel) Ben Gibbard--are going back on tour this spring in support of last year's Narrow Stairs, and they're getting help from two acts from 'round here; Long Beach-based Cold War Kids and Huntington Beach singer/songwriter ... More >>

Even Our Sister Paper Thinks Orange County Is Lame

I'm not naive--I knew before coming here that Orange County didn't have the best reputation among outsiders (too conservative, not hip enough, not enough to do, etc.). I didn't think it was a big deal; where I come from doesn't exactly have the most street cred, either, and I've really enjoyed my ti ... More >>

'Mexican Dogs' by Cold War Kids on 'Gossip Girl' Tonight

It's not every day that my love for serialized teen dramas intersects with my sworn duty to cover our local music scene, but a wonderful thing occurred during tonight's Gossip Girl on The CW: Blair's fateful late-episode meeting regarding her Yale application was scored by "Mexican Dogs," a song fro ... More >>

Come Together

ONE Celebration

[Locals Only] Cold War Kids, 'Loyalty to Loyalty' (Downtown)

To Do Tonight 9/23

Cold War Kids, 7 p.m. In store performance Fingerprints Music 4612 E. Second St. Long Beach, CA 562-433-4996 It Happens, 9 p.m. Sometimes... Gallagher's Pub & Grill 300 Pacific Coast Hwy., Ste. 113 Huntington Beach, CA 714-536-2422 Patrick Henry Democratic Club, 6:30 p.m. Discuss current political ... More >>

Bonnets Off

Rumspringa

Last Night: The Alex Benefit at the Detroit Bar

The Alex Benefit at the Detroit Bar, April 19, 2008 with We Barbarians, Nathan Willett, Delta Spirit, and Jonnie Russell from the Cold War Kids Better Than: Donating money to the Presidental Election Campaign Fund. Download: Delta Spirit's "Trashcan" from Ode To Sunshine Benefit concerts often re ... More >>

Last Night: Cold War Kids at the Samueli Theater

Cold War Kids at Samueli Theater, March 26, 2008 A review by Andrew Youssef Better Than: Seeing the Cold War Kids open for the White Stripes at The Forum. Download: Heavy Boots from their long out of print Mulberry St. EP Cold War Kids dropped by the Samueli Theater for the third installment of t ... More >>

Coachella lineup announced

Via Coachella.com: FRIDAY, APRIL 25: Jack Johnson, The Verve, Raconteurs, The Breeders, Fatboy Slim, Tegan and Sara, Madness, The Swell Season, The National, Animal Collective, Slightly Stoopid, Mum, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Stars, Battles, Aesop Rock, Midnight Juggernauts, Does it Offend yo ... More >>

Shins-ing the Night Away: A Sounds Eclectic Evening

[photo by Marc Goldstein] Making a classic SoCal newcomer mistake, I only gave myself 45 minutes to drive from Costa Mesa to Universal City's Gibson Amphitheatre, where influential public radio station KCRW was holding its sixth annual Sounds Eclectic concert; this year proceeds go to help conver ... More >>

Letterman, Success!

So I'm a little late on this, but I went to go check out Cold War Kids at Detroit after the Weekly's Christmas party (on a stationary riverboat?) this past Saturday night. It was the third time I've seen CWK at Detroit—and probably the last (I mean, really, at this rate, you kids can sell ... More >>

No Marshall Stacks!

No. 2: In case you havent heard, OC has a new sound

New Song

Better things for Cold War Kids

Running with Rockers

The Cold War Kids are playing a very special Orange County show on Sept. 24, and anyone can go. Anyone, that is, who's willing to walk five kilometers for tickets. The 24th is also the day of the Orange County Race for the Cure - namely the cure for breast cancer. The Race, held at Fashion Island ... More >>

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