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Advice for graduates: Listeners share songs, lessons from high school

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Advice for graduates: Listeners share songs, lessons from high school

June 4, 2024 • Listeners share songs that take them back to the final days of high school, and the lessons they impart.

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With 'The Seeker,' Cloud Cult Makes A Movie To Match Its Music

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With 'The Seeker,' Cloud Cult Makes A Movie To Match Its Music

May 24, 2017 • The Twin Cities band's latest project is a feature film called The Seeker, which builds on themes of love, optimism, pain and belief. Watch the video for "No Hell."

Cloud Cult's 'Love' Channels A Life Tested By Loss

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Music Interviews

Cloud Cult's 'Love' Channels A Life Tested By Loss

March 6, 2013 • Frontman Craig Minowa talks about tragedy in his past and how the group's new album, Love, reflects his own healing process.

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First Listen

First Listen: Cloud Cult, 'Love'

February 24, 2013 • The Twin Cities band's ninth album bursts with warmth, whether in spare examinations of faith or in big-hearted explosions of ecstatic celebration. At times, Cloud Cult's music recalls the larger-than-life reverie of The Polyphonic Spree, but the music on Love feels more personal and fragile.

Cloud Cult, 'Love'

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New Music From The Knife, Four Tet And (Oh Yeah) My Bloody Valentine

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New Music From The Knife, Four Tet And (Oh Yeah) My Bloody Valentine

February 5, 2013 • Our latest weekly mix includes songs from some of the year's most anticipated new albums, including the long-awaited My Bloody Valentine record, and an epic electronic jam from The Knife. We've also got new music from Four Tet, Cloud Cult, Malian kora player Ballake Sissoko and more!

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Field Recordings

Cloud Cult: A Moment Of Serenity

KEXP

September 12, 2012 • For a few minutes amid the bustle of the 2012 Sasquatch Music Festival, we were able to stop, breathe and enjoy Cloud Cult's jaw-dropping rendition of its song "That Man Jumped Out the Window."

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World Cafe

Cloud Cult On World Cafe

WXPN

December 15, 2010 • The Minnesota band Cloud Cult includes a cellist, a violinist ... and a painter! Listen to its orchestrated pop and watch as one member creates a work of art in the WXPN studios.

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Best Music Of 2008

My 'Album' Of The Year: A 2008 Mixtape

The Current

December 4, 2008 • Last year, Mark Wheat of The Current proclaimed the album dead. So instead of creating a list of top 10 full-length records, he's documenting the year in music with the perfect 10-song mixtape playlist.

Studio Sessions

Cloud Cult: Musical and Visual Instruments

WNYC

April 24, 2008 • The large Minneapolis-based band has earned a reputation for playing each of their sets with a multimedia component: Live painting. The group visits WNYC's Soundcheck for an interview and studio performance.

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Review

All Songs Considered

Sneak Preview: Death Cab for Cutie, Portishead, Shearwater, My Morning Jacket, More

April 10, 2008 • Hear a sneak preview of CDs due out this spring, including new music from My Morning Jacket, Shearwater, Elbow, Wolf Parade, and more.

Sneak Preview: Death Cab for Cutie, Portishead, Shearwater, My Morning Jacket, More

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Video Sessions

Cloud Cult Uplifts the Heat of Austin

The Current

March 13, 2008 • Cloud Cult's uplifting indie-rock raised spirits on the corner of 7th and Red River in Austin, Texas, at the South by Southwest Music Festival. Accompanied by strings and a trombone, the band plays "Everybody Here is a Cloud" at The Current's outdoor showcase.