Tag: Cold War Kids
[MUSIC: Interview] Cold War Kids
“There’s a weird struggle, a weird conflict: how can we do something that’s really pure for us at this moment in time when we really want to break through and have a bigger audience?” This, according to lead singer Nathan Willett, is the question Californian band Cold War Kids asked themselves when making their recently-released fourth album, Dear Miss Lonelyhearts.
Posted: April 11th, 2013 under Brag 507, Music, Music - Interview, New.
Tags: Cold War Kids, David Wild, Dear Miss Lonelyhearts, Downtown/Cooperative
[MUSIC: Album Review] Cold War Kids – Dear Miss Lonelyhearts
Cold War Kids release album number four at an interesting point in the life-cycle of the band. Dear Miss Lonelyhearts is a transition record; the band can’t quite decide what it is now, and the album suffers as a result.
Posted: April 8th, 2013 under Album Reviews, Brag 507, Music.
Tags: Cold War Kids, David Wild, Dear Miss Lonelyhearts, Downtown/Co-op
Album Review: Cold War Kids – Mine Is Yours
Cold War Kids Mine Is Yours Outta Sight Records/ Co-op/ Shock **1/2 Sometimes it’s funny how things change – but sometimes, there’s very little to laugh about. With Mine Is Yours, Cold War Kids have undergone a change that sees the introduction of very sleek and familiar production values, with mixed results. While Mine Is [...]
Posted: February 28th, 2011 under Album Reviews, Brag 400 (February 21), Music.
Tags: Cold War Kids, Max Easton, The Brag
Interview: Cold War Kids
Cold War Kids The Kids Are All Right By Caitlin Welsh Many an indie band have struggled with the notoriously troublesome second album – particularly those whose debuts rode an ever-cresting wave of superlatives, hype and praise. A rarer phenomenon is a band who will admit freely not only that the second album is particularly [...]
Posted: December 27th, 2010 under Brag 393 (December 20), Music, Music - Interview.
Tags: Caitlin Welsh, Cold War Kids, The Brag