Long Beach funk-infused indie rockers Cold War Kids took an unconventional path for their latest series of releases, New Age Norms. The album is being released as a trilogy, with the each of the first two parts released so far including eight new tracks. It makes each release more than…

Death Cab for Cutie performs at Sonoma Harvest Music Festival in Glen Ellen, Calif. on Sept. 22, 2019. Photos: Martin Lacey/Staff. GLEN ELLEN, Calif. — Alt-rock was on the menu for Sunday’s fourth and final day of the second annual Sonoma Harvest Music Festival. Bands brought riffs, urgency, energy…

Photos: Chloe Catajan BERKELEY — If you asked Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard, it was about time the Bellingham, Washington band toured with Cold War Kids. The two Northwest and SoCal bands played the Greek Theatre on Thursday, solidifying the milestone of their decade-long friendship through equally…

Courtesy: Dan Monick Mister Heavenly has quite the indie rock pedigree; it was founded by Honus Honus (Ryan Kattner) of Man Man, Nick Thorburn of The Unicorns, and drummer Joe Plummer of Cold War Kids and Modest Mouse. The band got its start when Plummer’s Modest Mouse and Kattner’s…

Joywave: Photos: Shane Johnson BOISE – It’s never easy opening a show, but Joywave seemed at ease as it settled into an all-too-quick set warming up the crowd for headliners Cold War Kids at the Knitting Factory in Boise on Aug. 10. Cold War Kids, Joywave 7 p.m., Monday Ace of Spades, Sacramento…

Photos: Alessio Neri MOUNTAIN VIEW — Thomas Mars and Phoenix brought their traveling Italian disco show to radio station Live 105’s BFD festival at the Shoreline Amphitheatre Saturday. The Parisians, the final of 25 acts to perform at the annual radio station start of summer show, played three songs off…

This story originally appeared in the Oakland Tribune. SAN FRANCISCO —SoCal soul and indie-pop band Cold War Kids’ signature sound is lead singer Nathan Willet’s voice: a strained tenor vibrato always leaning toward desperation. But what makes the band successful is the interaction of all CWK’s musicians on stage…