Some more bubbling fuzz from Cleveland pop crew Cloud Nothings: "Understand At All" is the opening track from Dylan Baldi & his Stereogum40 crew's forthcoming self-titled Carpark debut. Cloud…   Read Story »

Every year the death knell drum beats a little louder around CMJ. By 2007 the NY Times was well practiced writing that sort of piece -- when the author of that year's article Melena Ryzik asked for…   Read Story »

There are too many music videos. And unlike songs and albums (which there are also too many of), videos demand your full attention to enjoy them. We know it's a part-time job in itself to make it…   Read Story »

With fall on the horizon, we're escaping a slow summer and shifting into that final, fertile phase of the music year's release cycle. Which makes it a ripe time to get some perspective on the year,…   Read Story »

Our introduction to Cloud Nothings came via the snotty lo-fi pop of "Hey Cool Kid" and "Can't Stay Awake," a fuzzy bedroom anthem that reminded (and still reminds) me of Lync. After that,…   Read Story »

Welcome to summer, welcome to free and legally downloadable summer jams. Time to CELEBRATE on ROOFTOPS. But you know, oil spills. And crazy people waiting in lines for phones for hours. And poorly…   Read Story »

I learned a couple of interesting facts about Cloud Nothings recently. One, when forced with the decision either to play Market Hotel with Woods and Real Estate (aka his first show ever) or drop out…   Read Story »

Cleveland's Dylan Baldi aka Cloud Nothings is chasing his worthy lo-fi eight-track debut Turning On with a summer 7" "Didn't You" b/w "Even If It Worked Out." It's the b-side that's getting worked…   Read Story »

Before diving into Cloud Nothing's Turning On, I'd heard the odds and ends Cleveland's Dylan Baldi posted: The immediately hooked "Hey Cool Kid" with its half-asleep sarcasm, the more caffeinated…   Read Story »

When we posted Cloud Nothing's gently snotty lo-fi anthem "Hey Cool Kid" I should've mentioned Lync, who I often hear in bands like No Age, Japandroids, to a lesser degree Wavves, etc. It's harder to…   Read Story »