Cleveland, Ohio’s Cloud Nothings are a band gaining increasing hype.
My first encounter with the band is when I tracked down the Toro y Moi split 7-inch. Their album Attack on Memory is number 1 on Stereogum’s Best New Music (so far) list and Best New Music’d by Pitchfork. From there I downloaded a couple singles and I have a stellar one for you today.
Cloud Nothings does a very raw, DIY style of punky, grungy, emo. Steve Albini is a legend and he lent his production skills to this record.
I talk sometimes of bands that I would sound like if I had the skill to actually make proper music and not clumsy noise in the production studio or on my uke… this is a band I’d use as a touch point or inspiration for sure. The song “Stay Useless” is so good.
Cloud Nothings – “Stay Useless”
Download MP3 >> _Cloud_Nothings_-_Stay_Useless
Happy Wednesday my friends… I am off to Las Vegas on Sunday and have been LOVING Natalie’s blog on the subject.
I by no means have an infinite budget, but I did rally enough to rent a car so I am excited to try a couple desert hikes.
People have said Red Rocks, Valley of Fire and Zion are all awesome. Zion is 2 hours from Vegas, though I could swear it was further? I’ll have to look into that. Zion is rad if I remember from a family holiday we took there in the 90s.
I hope I don’t die, but if shit hits the fan, I eat Jevon first.
Go with yourself.
The Morning After 
Go to Zion! I went there a few years ago and am dying to go back. It is pretty close to Vegas, I think it’s more like a 3 hour drive but the scenery is amazing and worth the trip. Also, I’m totally digging that Cloud Nothings song right now.
Zion is now on the official plan! Tuesday morning, me and Jevstorm wake up with the birds… maybe Nick is coming… and off we go!
oh and Cloud Nothings is changing my world for the better and will likely be the soundtrack to my Vegas adventures…
Nice! And JEALOUS! …I need to go on adventures soon, especially to awesome desert canyon places. You kids have fun and leave Mike Tyson’s tiger alone.
thanks for the link friend. glad you’ve been enjoying. 🙂
any blog posts about some burger joints? or not this recent trip?