I stumbled across Cold War Kids while at the office yesterday. Once the music kicked in one of my fellow desk jockeys exclaimed, “Turbo Indie!” Indeed. With their minimal jangles of guitar, sparse percussion and fluttering Buckley-esque vocals, Cold War Kids are about as “indie”-sounding as you can get. The other offerings on their myspace page recall the “freak” folk-ishness of Devendra Banhart and friends. Either way, Cold War Kids come close to reaching that primal place where music originates in all of us.
08/03/06 Update: Cold War Kids Sign to Downtown + MP3s
www.monarchymusiccorp.com
www.coldwarkids.com
Ya! First post, bitches! CWK representing the dirty underbelly of the OC for all the world. Amor. Truly.
excellent blog.
write on.
Riz
I thought: East meets west.
Saw them live in Visalia with the Joggers and they put on a pretty kick-ass-cular show.
They bump into each other a lot while they're playing their guitars.
i need more cold war kids. they need to come across the continent and play.
is the lead singer in any other bands? his voice sounds REALLY familiar
u can actualy get mor free downloads if u go on the 'music' section of their official website. included the brilliant 'Hospital beds'. get it downloaded.
xx
i saw coldwar kids at lollapalooza, they are just plain awesome
Easily my favorite new band of the last few years. These guys are going to be absolutely huge.
they are way better live. amazing.
whoa. I like them. Kicking myself for not finding out before. Better late than never, I suppose.