Tokyo Police Club & Cold War Kids | 2007 Tour Dates & MP3s

January 16, 2007

Cold War Kids are giving away this free EP…

“We got asked to do a Benefit at the District Lounge in Orange on September 24th with Dustin Kensrue and Chuck Regan. It was through the Breast Cancer Walk that takes place in Costa Mesa the last several years. We decided to play some covers that we like with Nathan singing and playing guitar, Jonnie on the drums, and Maust recording. It’s a pretty informal loose performance but we decided to let you hear it anyway.”

1. Indoor Fireworks (MP3) (elvis costello cover)
2. Fast As You Can (MP3) (fiona apple cover)
3. Die Die Die (MP3) (dr dog cover)
4. I Don’t Wanna Grow Up (MP3) (tom waits cover)
5. Tonite, You Belong To Me (MP3) (lawrence welk cover)
6. The Littlest Birds (MP3) (be good tanyas cover)

Cold War Kids @ The Annex, NYC | Nov 3, 2006

As many of you know, Cold War Kids (CWK) are playing a zillion NYC shows (including one at Pianos back on January 10th, and another one for SPIN at Hiro Ballroom on December 18th). They’re also going on tour in March with Tokyo Police Club (TPC). CWK headline the U.S. shows . TPC headline in Canada.

I liked CWK when I saw them at Pianos in May, but for some reason I haven’t really liked their live shows since. Last time I saw them was opening for The Hold Steady at The Annex during CMJ (pic above), and they just didn’t seem like the same energetic band. Well, they personally have energy (see the sweat), but the songs seemed to be missing something.

Energy or not, Pitchfork or not, the band seems to be blowing up – all their recent NYC shows this month sold out pretty quickly, and now they’re headlining two April nights at Bowery Ballroom with the always great Tokyo Police Club (who are doing pretty well themselves). One of the Bowery shows is ALSO ALREADY SOLD OUT….3 months in advance. These shows will be the second time Cold War Kids play two nights at Bowery – last time was opening for Tapes ‘n Tapes.

Tokyo Police Club @ The Annex, NYC | Nov 4, 2006 (BrooklynVegan show)

The CWK/TPC tour starts in March and will almost definitely hit SXSW. Tokyo Police Club are also playing the Plug Awards at Irving Plaza on February 10th. Nathan Willett of Cold War Kids is playing a solo show at Knitting Factory on January 25th. All tour dates for both bands below…

CWK in NYC
01/10/07 New York, NY @ Pianos (past)
01/17/07 New York, NY @ Union Hall (sold out)
01/24/07 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge (sold out)
01/24/07 New York, NY @ Knitting Factory (Nathan solo) (tix)
04/06/07 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom w/ Tokyo Police Club (sold out)
04/07/07 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom w/ Tokyo Police Club (tix)

TPC in NYC
02/10/07 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza (Plug Awards) (tix)
04/06/07 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom w/ CWK (sold out)
04/07/07 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom w/ CWK (tix)

COLD WAR KIDS | TOUR DATES
01/10/07 New York, NY @ Pianos
01/12/07 Los Angeles, CA @ The Fold in Silverlake Lounge
01/17/07 New York, NY @ Union Hall
01/19/07 Los Angeles, CA @ The Fold in Silverlake Lounge
01/24/07 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
01/26/07 Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland
02/20/07 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
02/22/07 West Hollywood, CA @ Troubadour
02/23/07 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
02/24/07 Santa Cruz @ The Attic
03/02/07 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
03/03/07 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground
03/04/07 Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck

CWK & Tokyo Police Club | Tour Dates
03/06/07 Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
03/07/07 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave at the Eagles Club
03/08/07 Madison, WI @ The Annex
03/09/07 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
03/10/07 Columbia, MI @ Mojo’s
03/12/07 Little Rock, AR @ Juanita’s
03/14/07 Dallas, TX @ Gypsy Tea Room & Ballroom
??SXSW???
03/19/07 New Orleans, LA @ The Republic
03/20/07 Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder
03/21/07 Orlando, FL @ The Social
03/22/07 St. Augustine, FL @ Cafe 11
03/23/07 Atlanta, GA @ Vinyl
03/24/07 Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
03/26/07 Mt. Pleasant, SC @ Village Tavern
03/27/07 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
03/28/07 Washington D.C. @ Nightclub 9:30
03/29/07 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
03/30/07 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs
03/31/07 Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street Night Club
04/02/07 Montreal, Quebec @ La Sala Rossa
04/03/07 Ottawa, Ontario @ Zaphod Beeblebrox
04/04/07 Toronto, Ontario @ The Mod Club
04/06/07 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
04/07/07 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

TPK | Tour Dates
2/4/2007 Casbah Hamilton,Ontario
2/10/2007 Irving Plaza New York, NY
2/13/2007 Plug (NME Club Night) Sheffield, UK
2/14/2007 Nice and Sleazy’s Glasgow, Scotland
2/15/2007 Barfly (XFM Xposure) London, UK
2/16/2007 La Boule Noir Paris, France
2/18/2007 Paradiso (Upstairs) Amsterdam, Netherlands
2/19/2007 Molotov Hamburg, Germany
2/20/2007 Mudd Club Berlin, Germany
2/22/2007 Loppen Copenhagen, Denmark more info
2/23/2007 Debaser Stockholm, Sweden
2/25/2007 Underground Cologne, Germany
2/26/2007 AB Brussels, Belgium
2/27/2007 KOKO London, UK
2/28/2007 Club Fandango Manchester
3/2/2007 Popbar Barcelona, Spain