Blog: Buzz Bands

Nathan Willett sounds like a man ready to plunge into the abyss, or at least a guy at a crossroads. In a way, he and his bandmates in Cold War Kids are. Four years after the scrappy quartet from Orange County (now, Long Beach) elbowed their way into indie hearts with their sweaty blues-punk, Willett, Matt Maust, Matt Aveiro and Jonnie Russell have been taking inventory — reconnecting with their home turf after too many months on the road, working on new songs and grappling with the notion that, with two albums down and a critical [...]