See you in May, CWK!!!
I’m not a fan of playing favorites, but if I’m forced indie-rock is consistently my preference, and among that genre Longbeach-based band Cold War Kids is on the short list. I fell in love with the groups pain-fill passionate vocals and thrash or dance-worthy riffs when I first head “Mexican Dogs” from their 2008 release, Loyalty to Loyalty.
Unlike a number of other bands that once stole my heart then quickly dissappointed with watered down radio revues, I like everything that Cold War Kids have put out, albeit to varying degrees.
So I’m stoked to hear that the band’s fourth album Dear Miss Lonelyhearts is due out April 2, 2013. Just in time for my birthday! Perhaps I’ll get myself an anniversary gift of tickets to the May 23 show at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, CA. Check out the new album’s lead single, “Miracle Mile,” below followed by a complete listing of the band’s 2013 tour dates.
U.S. TOUR DATES:
February 15: Pappy & Harriet’s, Pioneertown, CA
February 16: Palace SLO Brewing Company, San Luis Obispo, CA
February 21: The Observatory, Santa Ana, CA
February 22: Cellar Door, Visalia, CA
February 23: SOHO Music Club, Santa Barbara, CA
March 8: The Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix, AZ
March 9: Tricky Falls, El Paso, TX
March 11: Fitzgerald’s, Houston, TX
March 13: Clive Bar, Austin, TX
April 3: Gothic Theatre, Englewood, CO
April 4: Slowdown, Omaha, NB
April 5: First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
April 6: Metro, Chicago, IL
April 9: Newport Music Hall, Columbus, CO
April 10: Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
April 11: 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
April 12: Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA
April 13: Webster Hall, New York, NY
April 15: Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC
April 16: Cannery Ballroom, Nashville, TN
April 17: The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA
May 16: Neptune Theatre, Seattle, WA
May 17: Vogue Theatre, Vancouver, BC
May 18: Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR
May 23: Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA !!!
May 24: Henry Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
May 25: Belly Up Tavern, Solana Beach, CA
INTERNATIONAL TOUR DATES:
April 24: Batacian, Paris, France
April 27: Plaza, Zurich, Switzerland
April 29: Flex, Vienna, Austria
April 30: C-Club, Berlin, Germany
May 1: Paradiso, Amsterdam, Holland
May 2: Gebaeude 9, Cologne, Germany
May 6: Pumphuset, Copenhagen, Germany
May 7: Grunspan, Hamburg, Germany
May 9: Forum, London, UK
May 10: Ritz, Manchester, UK