Album Review: Cold War Kids – “New Age Norms 1”

New Age Norms 1 is at the cusp of being an EP with its cap at eight songs, but because it is part of a larger planned trilogy, the three releases fall into the album camp. Starting off with a…

Interview: Paul Brenner of Joywave

The indie rock band Joywave first caught listeners’ attention when it was featured on “Dangerous,” a 2013 single by Big Data, which made it all the way number one on Billboard’s Alternative Songs chart. Then, in 2015, it released the…

Album Review: Cold War Kids – “L.A. Divine”

When the Cold War Kids first rose to the forefront of alternative music, they did so in a way that had fans hanging on for another album. They’d been around having hits since 2008, but it took until 2015 for…