Tonight: Death Cab For Cutie, Ra Ra Riot, Cold War Kids at Roy Wilkins Auditorium

*MP3: Death Cab For Cutie - "Little Bribes"

Tonight, Death Cab For Cutie, Ra Ra Riot and Cold War Kids are all playing at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium. Pretty rad bill, I'm voting yes.



*MP3: Ra Ra Riot - "Ghost Under Rocks"



*MP3: Cold War Kids - "Relief"

(Ian Anderson)

Daytrotter Session: Cold War Kids

*MP3: Cold War Kids - "Something is Not Right With Me" (Daytrotter)

The Cold War Kids' Daytrotter Session was just posted. Check it out HERE.

New Cold War Kids - "Something is Not Right With Me" (Plus: Ginormous Tour Announcement)

Download: Cold War Kids - "Something is Not Right With Me"t

In addition to announcing a mammoth tour in support of it, Tom Waits-loving indie-rock group Cold War Kids have announced the details of their second LP. Titled Loyalty to Loyalty (how po-mo!), the 13-track set is due to drop on September 23rd. Loyalty's first single, "Something Is Not Right With Me", was recently leaked via the band's website. I have an answer for you. It might be because your grating singing sound like someone was doing the grab-twist-pull self-defense mechanism on the ones-and-twos in your pantaloons while you were laying down your vocal track. But at least the brief breakdown is cool.

Here be the tour dates:

08-02 Byron Bay, Australia - Splendour in the Grass
08-03 Brisbane, Australia - Tivoli
08-04 Sydney, Australia - Enmore
08-06 Melbourne, Australia - Palace
08-09 Inverness, Scotland - Belladrum Festival
08-10 Leicester, England - Summer Sundae
08-11 London, England - Bloomsbury Ballroom
08-12 Brighton, England - Concorde 2
08-14 St. Malo, France - La Route du Rock
08-15 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop
08-22 San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Festival
08-23 Los Angeles, CA - Sunset Junction Festival
08-24 Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphitheater *
09-20 San Diego, CA - Street Scene
09-27 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
09-28 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards
09-29 Seattle, WA - The Showbox at the Market
10-01 Boise, ID - Neurolux
10-02 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
10-03 Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater
10-10 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Café
10-11 Chicago, IL - Vic Theater
10-14 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
10-15 New York, NY - Webster Hall
10-16 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
10-17 Philadelphia, PA - Theater of Living Arts
10-18 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
10-20 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
10-21 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
10-23 Ft. Worth, TX - Lola's
10-24 Austin, TX - Emo's
10-25 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
10-26 New Orleans, LA - Voodoo Music Experience
11-03 Birmingham, England - Irish Centre
11-04 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC
11-05 Dublin, Ireland - Academy
11-06 Manchester, England - Ritz
11-07 London, England - Astoria
11-09 Brussels, Belgium - AB
11-10 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
11-12 Hamburg, Germany - Knust
11-13 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
11-15 Berlin, Germany - Lido
11-16 Prague, Czech Republic - Lucerna Music Bar
11-17 Vienna, Austria - Vienna Arena
11-18 Munich, Germany - Atomic Cafe
11-19 Zurich, Switzerland - Abart
11-21 Rome, Italy - Circolo degli Artisti
11-22 Turin, Italy - Spazio 211
11-23 Montpellier, France - Rockstore
11-24 Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz 2
11-25 Madrid, Spain - Moby Dick
11-27 Bordeaux, France - Le Vigean
11-28 Toulouse, France - Le Phare
11-29 Paris, France - Bataclan

Once again, Loyalty To Loyalty is out September 23rd.

Cold War Kids MySpace Page

(Jonathan Graef)

Stream Sterogum's Tribute to OK Computer

Download: My Brightest Diamond - "Lucky"
Download: John Vanderslice - "Karma Police"
Download: Cold War Kids - "Electioneering"
Download: The Twilight Sad - "Climbing Up The Walls"

Stereogum commissioned several bands to do a 10th anniversary, song-by-song, tribute to Radiohead. Above you'll find four of the more noteworthy tracks from the set, and below you will find artist/track list and the link to stream the rest of the album! It's totally free and legal, so you should not hesitate to download all of these tracks:

1. Doveman - "Airbag"
2. Slaraffenland - "Paranoid Android"
3. Mobius Band - "Subterranean Homesick Alien"
4. Vampire Weekend - "Exit Music (For a Film)"
5. David Bazan's Black Coud - "Let Down"
6. John Vanderslice - "Karma Police"
7. Samson Dalonoga feat. The Found Sound Orchestra - "Fitter Happier"
8. Cold War Kids - "Electioneering"
9. The Twilight Sad - "Climbing Up the Walls"
10. Marissa Nadler feat. Black Hole Infinity - "No Surprises"
11. My Brightest Diamond - "Lucky"
12. Flash Hawk Parlor Ensemble - "The Tourist"

Stream the rest of the album here

(Jonathan Graef)