Cold War Kids: “Hot Coals”
After nearly 10 years and four full-length albums, California’s Cold War Kids are still going strong as they present their fifth installment, entitled Hold My Home. Hot off of the release of their previous albu...
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Dear Miss Lonelyhearts
A while ago I was discussing with a friend how quickly and easily bands seem to wane in relevance in this internet age of constant discovery. Tastemaker sites like Pitchfork play a big role in this, we acknowle...
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"Louder Than Ever"from the album Mine is Yours2011iTunesIt appears the Cold War Kids have done a little growing up. The Southern California-based soul punks broke out in 2006 with the critically hailed debut al...
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"Royal Blue"from the album Mine is Yours2011iTunesFor their third studio album, Long Beach, CA, quartet Cold War Kids were ready to polish and expand their scrappy indie blues and soul-punk sound into a career-...
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"Audience"from the EP Behave Yourself2010iTunesCold War Kids have always had a knack for crafting good songs, but as far as albums go they've always seemed a bit lost. Not in a sense of identity, but in knowing...
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"Something is Not Right With Me"from the album Loyalty to Loyalty2008iTunesBreaking from tales of death row and a father's alcoholism, Cold War Kids are finally looking inward on the first-person stomper "Somet...
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"A Change is Gonna Come"from the single Hospital Beds2007iTunes"That was a real risk-taker,'' lead singer Nathan Willett admits at the end of this live recording. It sure was: Not many young rock bands would h...
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"Hang Me Up to Dry"from the album Robbers & Cowards2006iTunesMP3 - "Hang Me Up to Dry" Cold War Kids are a lovable bunch of cheapskates. To date, the Whittier, California-based garage-blues foursome have shelle...
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"Hospital Beds"from the EP Up in Rags2006Download an MP3 of "Hospital Beds" from the band's websiteOdd that Cold War Kids would take their name from an era defined by Iron Curtain isolationism, especially since...