For 16 years, Long Beach band Cold War Kids have remained one of the most crucial indie rock groups in all of music. Under the leadership of vocalist, pianist and guitarist Nathan Willett, he and ...

Music can make your day. One song playing at the right moment—perhaps with the right cup of coffee in your favorite mug, and the sun coming through the window—can really make life worth living. We ...

As renowned Los Angeles alt-rockers Cold War Kids embark on the second leg of their “20 Years Tour,” they’ve decided to break new ground. The band has released “Meditations,” a brand-new single ...

Dating back to the ’80s, Orange County, CA, home to acts such as Social Distortion and the Offspring, has delivered its share of alternative and indie acts. Cold War Kids, a band that formed in Orange ...

To celebrate its release, we caught up with frontman Nathan Willett to unpack the chemistry behind the band, album influences, and what he discovered about himself in the process. The record covers a ...

There was something transcendent about Cold War Kids performance last night at Summerfest. The lead singer, Nathan Willett, seemed possessed by the music, allowing the sounds to flow over, around and ...

This is Betsy – stepping in for RR as she pursues a pending fate as a Juror this week. (Fingers crossed RR.) Today our dear Jason Bentley hosted Southern California-based Indie Pop Rockers, Cold War ...

Singer Nathan Willett said he rarely ever paused to think about the history of Cold War Kids, the indie rock band he and three friends started in an apartment over an Italian restaurant in Fullerton ...

When you’ve been a band for 20 years, you give your fans plenty of opportunity to make memories. I’ve caught Cold War Kids on stages across the country, from Brooklyn, New York to Dover, Delaware and, ...