view slideshow

12►

Cold War Kids
Friday, Sept. 26, 2008
Great American Music Hall

Cold War Kids at the Great American Music Hall is one of those rare music events where the band and the venue fit perfectly hand in hand. It’s just the right size for the sound and you come away feeling like you actually spent an evening chilling out with the band rather than smashed between two of the tallest people in the city happy to get just a glimpse of an elbow here and there.

Kicking off their new album, Loyalty to Loyalty, which released the Tuesday before, Cold War Kids, played many of its shiny new gems including “I’ve Seen Enough,” “Mexican Dog” and “Something is Not Right”. The typical CWK energy was in full swing with the band and the audience each finding it impossible to sit still throughout the whole night.

Opening bands Richard Swift from Portland and We Barbarians out of Long Beach set up the evening.