Few bands divided the blogosphere as sharply last year as did Cold War Kids, which enjoyed the hype and inevitable backlash as their album Robbers & Cowards reached more ears. We found it to be somewhere in between the breathless praise that introduced the band to a wider audience and the harsh reviews that tended to focus on the indie-blog process more than the band itself. This week, their single, smugly titled "Hang Me Out to Dry," is Apple's iTunes Single of the Week, and the Kids are finishing up the song's video, directed by the Malloy Brothers. On their upcoming tour, they'll surely seek to define themselves on their own terms. Dates after the jump. COLD WAR KIDS TOUR DATES 01/10/07 New York, NY @ Pianos 01/12/07 Los Angeles, CA @ The Fold in Silverlake Lounge 01/17/07 New York, NY @ Union Hall 01/19/07 Los Angeles, CA @ The Fold in Silverlake Lounge 01/24/07 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge 01/26/07 Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland 02/20/07 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah 02/22/07 West Hollywood, CA @ Troubadour 02/23/07 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall 02/24/07 Santa Cruz @ The Attic 03/02/07 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive 03/03/07 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground 03/04/07 Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck 03/06/07 Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater 03/07/07 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave at the Eagles Club 03/08/07 Madison, WI @ The Annex 03/09/07 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean 03/10/07 Columbia, MI @ Mojo's 03/12/07 Little Rock, AR @ Juanita's 03/14/07 Dallas, TX @ Gypsy Tea Room & Ballroom 03/19/07 New Orleans, LA @ The Republic 03/20/07 Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder 03/21/07 Orlando, FL @ The Social 03/22/07 St. Augustine, FL @ Cafe 11 03/23/07 Atlanta, GA @ Vinyl 03/24/07 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge 03/26/07 Mt. Pleasant, SC @ Village Tavern 03/27/07 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 03/28/07 Washington D.C. @ Nightclub 9:30 03/29/07 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church 03/30/07 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs 03/31/07 Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street Night Club 04/02/07 Montreal, Quebec @ La Sala Rossa 04/03/07 Ottawa, Ontario @ Zaphod Beeblebrox 04/04/07 Toronto, Ontario @ The Mod Club 04/06/07 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom 04/07/07 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
[...] Last week there was the free Talib Kweli/Madlib collaborative album Liberation. This week the Cold War Kids give us Benefit at the District a six-song acoustic EP recorded for a benefit for a Breast Cancer Walk. Download Benefit at the District here. The Cold War Kids are also on tour starting tonight. Track Listing: 1. Indoor Fireworks (Elvis Costello) 2. Fast As You Can (Fiona Apple) 3. Die Die Die (Dr. Dog) 4. I Don’t Wanna Grow Up (Tom Waits) 5. Tonite, You Belong To Me (Lawrence Welk) 6. The Littlest Birds (Be Good Tanyas) [...]
» Free Cold War Kids Covers EP ‘Benefi
[...] Last week there was the free Talib Kweli/Madlib collaborative album Liberation. This week the Cold War Kids give us Benefit at the District a six-song acoustic EP recorded for a benefit for a Breast Cancer Walk. Download Benefit at the District here. The Cold War Kids are also on tour starting tonight. Track Listing: 1. Indoor Fireworks (Elvis Costello) 2. Fast As You Can (Fiona Apple) 3. Die Die Die (Dr. Dog) 4. I Don’t Wanna Grow Up (Tom Waits) 5. Tonite, You Belong To Me (Lawrence Welk) 6. The Littlest Birds (Be Good Tanyas) [...]
» Free Cold War Kids Covers EP ‘Benefi