Midwest Musings: Cloud Cult

Writing about Cloud Cult is hard. Listening to Cloud Cult is easy – with mellow percussion and violin melodies, the music feels like something your ears don‰’t just want but desperately need to hear. But thinking too long or too deeply about Cloud Cult is...

CMJ 2011: Atlas Sound @ Ace Hotel

Without getting all Almost Famousy, what I love about music is that it celebrates what is real and messy and honest. School and society are often preoccupied with perfection and having it all together (it‰’s stressful, man!) but CMJ and more specifically, Atlas...

Label Fables: Merge Records

Merge Records – “The indie label that got big and stayed small.‰” While many indie record labels strive for the “we‰’re doing our best‰” mentality (Fat Possum comes to mind), Merge seeks perfection. But does their quest for Billboard ranks and Grammys...