MP3 and videos: Cloud Nothings - They play tonight at Monster Island Basement

Cloud Nothings' Dylan Baldi.

By John Ruscher

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Tonight Cleveland's Cloud Nothings will play at Monster Island Basement with Dream Diary, Fluffy Lumbers, McDonalds and Free Kisses.

Cloud Nothings, the project of Dylan Baldi, is part of the large helping of groups currently making lo-fi, fuzz-, reverb- and echo-drenched pop tunes. But Baldi also leans toward the garage punk and psych areas of that spectrum, kicking things into a gear that takes cues from the Wipers and finds itself slipping into some nice guitar freakouts.

Turning On, Cloud Nothings' debut LP is out now. You can get it on CD from Bridgetown Records and on vinyl from Speakertree Records (which is also an awesome independent record shop in Lynchburg, Virginia, if you ever happen to be down that way).

Listen to Cloud Nothings' "Can't Stay Awake," from Turning On, and a couple of live videos below.

Cloud Nothings - "Can't Stay Awake" [Download]

Cloud Nothings - "Hey Cool Kid" (shot by The Great Pumpkin):

Cloud Nothings - "Whaddya Wanna Know" (shot by The Great Pumpkin):