We Made Up Your Mind for You
Cloud Cult’s on tour. They don’t do this often. Or, at least, often enough. Show up and encourage them, won’t you? If you live in Chicago, you can see them TONIGHT. I envy you, Chicago, what with your easy access to quality midwestern bands.
New York gets three gigs, starting with their headlining slot at Gothamist’s Movable Hype 7.0 at the Knitting Factory on 4/17 (also on the bill: Stars of Track and Field (a Central Village pick), Vegan favorite Land of Talk, and a late set from The Slack Republic). Tickets are perfectly priced – $8 – and you can buy yours at the Knitting Factory box office or through Ticketweb.
It’s not hype, though: The band was responsible for what I thought was inarguably the best album of 2005. They played two great shows during CMJ week, and I’ve mentioned them over and over again. I’d planned a sprawling, serious entry about them – but for now, here’s something short and sweet:
The world’s most perfect one-minute-forty-four second song, it’s off an earlier CD called They Live on the Sun. Buy it here... or, better yet, from the band when you go see them:
Cloud Cult Shows:
- Thursday 4/13 – Chicago, IL: Abbey Pub (sponsored by WLUW) 18+ $8
- Friday 4/14- Detroit, MI: The Elbow Room (w/ Floride Program, Without Misty, & The Jealous Type) (sponsored by CJAM radio)
- Saturday 4/15- Philadelphia, PA: World Cafe Live 7pm
- Sunday 4/16 - Arlington, VA: IOTA w/302 Acid $10
- Monday 4/17 - New York, NY: Knitting Factory w/ The Slack Republic, Land of Talk, Stars of Track & Field $8
- Tuesday 4/18 - New York, NY: Acoustic set at Piano's w/M Shanghai String Band 7:30pm
- Thursday 4/20 - Boston, MA: Johnny D's (also playing live on WERS)
- Friday 4/21 - New York, NY: Arlene’s Grocery
- Saturday 4/22 – Middleton, CT: Wesleyan University – Wesco Court 5pm – free
- Wednesday 5/10 - Fargo, ND: The Aquarium (Dempsey's Upstairs: 226 Broadway) 10pm 21+
- Thursday 5/11 - Missoula, MT: The Other Side w/ Process of a Still Life (sponsored by KBGA radio)
- Friday 5/12 - Seattle, WA: Crocodile Café (also playing live on KEXP radio)
- Saturday 5/13 - Portland, OR: Doug Fir Lounge
- Sunday 5/14 - Eugene, OR: Sam Bond's
- Tuesday 5/16 - San Francisco, CA Make Out Room w/Hijack the Disco, Radius, The Ebb and Flow 21+ $8
- Wednesday 5/17 - Salt Lake City, UT: Kilby Court
- Thursday 5/18 - Denver, CO: Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
- Friday 5/19 - Omaha, NE: O'Leaver's w/ The Amatures
- Saturday 5/20 - Minneapolis, MN: Varsity Theater w/ Dosh
Listen to more at their myspace.
As many as I can, of course.