ConcertLiveWire.com Review
By: Phil Bonyata - concertlivewire.com

Hailing from the snowy streets of Minneapolis, brilliantly quirky tunesmiths Cloud Cult have rejected major label offers to remain poorer in the wallet, but richer in creativity and environmental and philosophical ethics. The not-for-profit Earthology Records, founded by Cloud Cult, Cloud Cultis dedicated to improving the environment by making every concert "green" by buying green energy credits to pump wind power into the grid to makeup for energy used on stage and in travel. Also with acres of tree planting and equipping the tour van with solar panels the band is on a mission to save the world - one guitar pick at a time. Founding member and guiding light Craig Minowa - (singer/songwriter/guitar/keys) wearing doctors scrubs, homemade carnival mask and one foot bare and the other wearing a sock and sneaker - opened with the galactic verve of "Hope," from their recent release The Meaning of 8. Minowa commands the stage with a physical intensity that grows wildly with each progressive note. The mystical chamber pop of "We Made Up Your Mind For You" and "That Man Jumped Out the Window," both from 2005's release Advice from the Happy Hippopotamus, revel in their odd harmonies, ghostly vocals Read More...