Photos by Andrew Parks
Now that we’ve had nearly a week to process this year’s South by Southwest festival, self-titled thought we’d take a minute to dish out a lengthy list of completely random awards in such crucial categories as the Dopest Shoes and the Set That Should Have Been Horribly Boring But Wasn’t. Congratulations to all…
Photo by Aaron Richter
We’ve already professed our love for Cloud Nothings’ latest album with a tour of Dylan Baldi’s record collection, but the blustery, punk-not-punk spirit of Attack on Memory doesn’t fully hit you unless you see it performed live. That’s why we trekked across town to see the band play a late-night set at South by Southwest on Friday. The video below is taken from the night’s last song, a pit-pleasing version of “No Future, No Past”…
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Photo by Emir Eralp
If Dylan Baldi had to pick his favorite LPs from last year, “90 percent of it would be the Men,” he insists, alluding to self-titled‘s current cover stars. So instead, we asked the singer/multi-instrumentalist behind Cleveland’s Cloud Nothings—who just released an early candidate for record of the year, Attack On Memory—to highlight his life in listening for the past 12 months…
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What’s with all of the corporate sponsored videos today? Not that we have a problem with such a thing; it’s comforting to see a record as crushing as the new Cloud Nothings LP (Attack On Memory, available tomorrow through Carpark Records) get a video that’s as vicious as the one above. (Thanks Urban Outfitters!) Grab “No Future, No Past” in MP3 form below…
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The Men, shot at their rehearsal space
Photo by Jimmy Fontaine
As promised late last week, we’ve uploaded the Web version of our latest issue for mass consumption a few days earlier than our enhanced iPad edition. Check it out below—featuring cover stories on Azealia Banks, The Men and Factory Floor, and exclusive features with Nicolas Jaar, Charlotte Gainsbourg and many, many more—or on a dedicated widescreen page here…
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Via Carpark’s Soundcloud page:
Dylan says:
While I was writing the songs that would become *Attack On Memory*, I listened almost exclusively to music that was made before I was born. This is a pretty common practice for me, actually, but I took it to a new level while making the record.
Check out Cloud Nothings’ complete tracklisting and mix below…
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The Artist/Album: Cloud Nothings, Attack On Memory (Carpark, January 24th)
What To Expect: As melancholic as some of the melodies were on Cloud Nothings’ self-titled album, it mostly sounded like the sugar-snorting, no-fi pop spasms of a kid who was raised on his older brother’s Weezer records. Dylan Baldi’s second studio effort benefits from the Steve Albini Effect; meaning lots of punchy percussion, larynx-lashing vocals, and hooks that hit you square in the throat. In other words, this is Baldi’s teenage wasteland treatise, a meaty and manic therapy session that leaves you wondering, “Who tore this guy’s heart in half, then pissed on the left ventricle?”
The Artist/Latest Release: Cheeseburger, Another Big Night Down The Drain (Williams Street, May 3rd)
The Showcase: Vice Music @ Club De Ville, 900 Red River St., 8 p.m.
What To Expect: We’re having a hard time believing that one of the New York’s most balls-to-the-wall bands is playing at 8 p.m., but there you have it. We can’t think of a better way to get this party started right. Right? Check out a new song of theirs here.
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The Tour:
1/19 New York, NY – Mercury Lounge
3/11 Athens, GA – 40 Watt
3/12 Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn
3/13 New Orleans, LA – Circle Bar
3/14 Houston, TX – Fitzgeralds
3/15 McAllen, TX – M.P.M. Fest
3/16-18 Austin, TX – SXSW
3/19 Dallas, TX – Club Dada
3/21 Tempe, AZ – Sail Inn
3/22 Costa Mesa, CA – Detroit Bar
3/23 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
3/24 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
3/25 Portland, OR – Doug Fir
3/26 Kennewick, WA – The Red Room
3/27 Seattle, WA – Crocodile
The Single (available March 29 through Carpark):
A: Toro Y Moi, “I Will Talk To You”
B: Cloud Nothings, “For No Reason”
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