Cloud Nothings, The Wools April 8, 2011

9:00pm - 21+ - $10 ($8 advance)
Cloud Nothings
It’s been a crazy year for Cloud Nothings since they burst onto the music scene last winter. At the time main man Dylan Baldi was eighteen, living at home, and making lo-fi indie rock on a crappy computer in his parent’s suburban basement outside Cleveland. Since then, Cloud Nothings has released an EP and a handful of singles, and the band has put a few North American tours under its belt. With all the internet notoriety and their recent signing with Carpark, Cloud Nothings are now able to record somewhere besides the basement. For a producer, Dylan chose Baltimore’s Chester Gwazda, known for his work with Dan Deacon and Future Islands. Recorded this past August in a warehouse studio in Baltimore’s famed Copycat Building (home to the original Wham City and many of the city’s best musicians and artists), the self-titled Cloud Nothings album shines through with a crispness and boldness that Dylan has always envisioned. The songs now sound as they do live: full of energy, precision, and catchy bits. Dylan plays all the instruments on the album, but this time without the lo-fi scuzz. The excitement and emotion are practically jumping off the grooves.
Carpark Records
Mp3s: http://www.myspace.com/cloudnothings

The Wools
In February 2011, The Wools Debut EP was self-released for free on their Bandcamp page and the accolades came quickly. My Old Kentucky Blog, revered propagators of what's best in indie rock, wrote, "Lead track Bastard Song announces itself with a guitar line copped from The Cure, before blooming into a gorgeously understated anthem that calls to mind no less than John Cale’s best 70’s solo output. One of 2011's best songs so far."

Today, just months after forming, The Wools have grown in to a band of five brothers. Together they’ve collectively written and arranged twelve songs of hauntingly insistent rock and roll; songs that evoke the exaltedness of city life while exploring the paradox of what feelings of extreme solitude urban culture can inspire, all while still sounding like they’re having a lot of fun. Think equal doses of The Strokes’ catchy riffs and the Stones’ quick jolts mixed mightily with the atmospheric elements created and explored by contemporaries like Radiohead and Bowie.
Mp3s: http://thewoolsband.bandcamp.com

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