Nothing like the release of an album the day before a concert to get a band pumped up, and so when the Cold War Kids hit the stage before a sold-out show at the Gothic Theatre on Wednesday night, it was obvious that Tuesday’s debut of “Dear Miss Lonelyhearts” was a factor.

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Cold War Kids is months away from releasing its fourth studio album, “Dear Miss Lonely Hearts” and has released the album’s first single “Miracle Mile.”

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Cold War Kids shine with old, falter with new at the Ogden Theatre

Cold War Kids’ Nathan Willett sings in a very dim, very smoky Gothic Theater on Monday. Photos by Brian Carney. On Monday night the Gothic Theatre filled up with young, hip music fans — the kind of crowd that is in the know, but not quite underground-savvy. A little more Urban Outfitters than Buffalo Exchange. They came to see Fullerton, Calif.’s Cold War Kids, a band with buzz fueled by recent opening dates with Death Cab for Cutie, a spot on “Late Night with Conan [...]

[photopress:270211.jpg,full,pp_image] Cold War Kids played an outdoor show on Aug. 27 for MoveOn.org during the Democratic National Convention. Photos by Lucia De Giovanni. Nathan Willett, lead singer of Long Beach, Calif.-based indie act Cold War Kids, recently questioned the influence rock bands can have on voters. “I wonder how many people who were going to vote for McCain are now going to vote for Obama because they know that Death Cab likes him,” he told The New York Times recently. “A lot of these bands [...]

[photopress:outside_thom.jpg,full,pp_image] Headliners Radiohead rocked the first night of San Francisco’s Outside Lands Festival. Photos by Julio Enriquez. Reverb contributor Julio Enriquez checks in with this report from the Outside Lands Festival, which took place at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park Aug. 22-24. – Day 1 – The uncomfortable feeling you have when your get your shoes wet upon arriving at a campsite was much like my first day at the very cold, very foggy Outside Lands Festival. I spent the first day trying to acclimate [...]