{"id":1958,"date":"2013-05-14T00:47:46","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T07:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/?p=1958"},"modified":"2015-01-12T09:31:49","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T17:31:49","slug":"report-from-the-show-cloud-cult-with-jbm-at-the-independent-sf-05-09-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/2013\/05\/report-from-the-show-cloud-cult-with-jbm-at-the-independent-sf-05-09-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Report From the Show: Cloud Cult with JBM at The Independent, SF, 05.09.13"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1968\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1968\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130509_221550.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1968\" alt=\"Cloud Cult, The Independent, SF, 05.09.13\" src=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130509_221550-300x218.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130509_221550-300x218.jpg 300w, http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130509_221550-1024x744.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130509_221550.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cloud Cult, The Independent, SF, 05.09.13<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Does everyone always remember the first concert they attended as a parent? I suspect music nerds and sentimentalists do. I&#8217;m both, of course, and I can&#8217;t think of a better show for my first outing as a dad than Minneapolis chamber-folk-electro-enviro-orchestro-pop-rock band <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cloudcult.com\/home.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">Cloud Cult<\/a>. So many of Craig Minowa&#8217;s songs are about parenting\u2014the joys and the griefs\u2014or are filled with a childlike wonder. The first words that he sang on stage at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theindependentsf.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Independent<\/a> on Thursday night were, &#8220;You have eyes like mine&#8221;\u2014and I immediately turned into a blubbering fool, hoping the strangers around me wouldn&#8217;t notice my eyes nearly brimming over. Not that your typical Cloud Cult fan would mind. Minowa isn&#8217;t shy about laying all his emotions bare, and his audiences love him for it.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In contrast to the droney folk of opening act <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jbm-music.com\/fr_news.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">JBM<\/a>, a Canadian singer-songwriter who performed solo, Cloud Cult&#8217;s elaborate arrangements, colorful visuals and seven-member lineup (including visual artist Scott West who painted on a 360-degree spinning canvas as the band performed) exploded all over the stage.<\/p>\n<p>A few more highlights from the evening:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>JBM is evidently a man of few words, but he said the San Francisco crowd had been the best audience he&#8217;d had on the tour. &#8220;I&#8217;ve said that before. It was true then. It&#8217;s truer now,&#8221; he said.<\/li>\n<li>For an album titled <em>Love<\/em> and filled with plenty of lyrics that sound like they could double as chapter titles from a self-help book (&#8220;You&#8217;re the only thing in your way,&#8221; for example), Cloud Cult&#8217;s latest is a surprisingly muscular affair. There are moments of dark synth effects, menacing brass and raging guitars\u2014as well as some gorgeous folk with three-part harmonies. It is not recommended for those who like their music consistent, homogeneous and even-keeled.<\/li>\n<li>I love it when bands have way too many instruments. In addition to the usual guitars and drum kit, I spotted a cello, violin, banjo, trombone, French horn, trumpet, keyboard, tambourine, two different metallophones, two extra floor toms and some sort of handbell on a stand.<\/li>\n<li>Minowa&#8217;s wife, Connie, and kids, ages 1 and 3, have been with the band for most of the current tour\u2014Connie normally balances out West so that there&#8217;s painting on both sides of the stage\u2014but decided to take a break for this show because being in a car for so long is hard on kids that age.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;San Francisco. Every time we come here it&#8217;s like a big, warm hug,&#8221; Minowa said.<\/li>\n<li>Earlier in the day, the band members visited Internet radio service Pandora&#8217;s headquarters in Oakland\u2014Minowa said San Francisco, but we&#8217;ll let it slide\u2014and said the staff was able to show them a bunch of data on how people were listening to the band. &#8220;1x1x1&#8221; is the most popular track off the new album.<\/li>\n<li>The band stepped aside briefly to allow a young woman to propose to her girlfriend, who had introduced her to Cloud . The group then played &#8220;Chemicals Collide,&#8221; which I imagine must be the couple&#8217;s song now if it wasn&#8217;t already. Minowa said this was the first time the band had done something like this, which I find difficult to believe. Cloud Cult seems like the type of band where there&#8217;d be an adorable couple asking to propose on stage at every show.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;We&#8217;ve got one more song for you,&#8221; Minowa announced. &#8220;Go be good people.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As I noted in my <a href=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/2013\/05\/a-taste-of-things-to-come-cloud-cult-at-the-independent-sf\/\" target=\"_blank\">preview post<\/a>, there was barely any front lighting, so most of the time the group appeared as silhouettes in front of a stream of projected video images. I still managed to get a couple halfway decent photos, presented in slideshow format &#8230;<\/p>\n\r\n\r\n\r\n    \r\n        <!-- =======================================\r\n        THE ORBIT SLIDER CONTENT \r\n        ======================================= -->\r\n        <div class=\"orbit-default\r\n                                                 resp             \">\r\n            <div id=\"featured1\"> \r\n                <div class='sorbit-wide absoluteCenter'  \r\n                            data-caption='#post-1970' \r\n                            data-thumb='http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130509_225343-150x150.jpg'>\n  <a class=\"sorbit-link thickbox\" href=\"http:\/\/billchapin.net\/allthecitylights\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130509_225343.jpg\" rel=\"\" title=\"Cloud Cult 4\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"absoluteCenter noStretch\"\n  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