Cold War Kids have announced several US tour dates in support of their sophomore album 'Loyalty To Loyalty'.

Langerado Music Festival, the perennial early bird on the yearly festival circuit, has announced the initial lineup for its seventh annual event.So far, that lineup includes Death Cab for Cutie, Snoop Dogg, Public Enemy, Broken Social Scene, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Girl Talk, Tortoise, Bad Brains, the Pogues, George Clinton & Parli...

With blogs emblazoning their prospects for "indie's next best thing" on a twice-daily basis, it's become increasingly difficult for solidly talented acts to separate from the chaff. The endless cavalcade of MP3s flooding the web ensures that every niche has a fresh hit before the previous one has

Even under a chilly pall of San Francisco mist at Outside Lands, the Cold War Kids' smoldering narrative couldn't be misunderstood. Whether or not you caught every undercurrent that Nathan Willett's howling vocals sowed together was insubstantial; their story was better felt than understood.

Cold War Kids tried out new material from their highly anticipated forthcoming album for a receptive crowd at the San Diego Street Scene this weekend (September 20).