We've cooked up something rad for the dudes in OWEL—an exclusive tour variant of their live from Audio Pilot Studio vinyl. Want to grab a copy before anyone else? They'll be for sale during the band's upcoming Midwest tour kicking off tomorrow. As if you needed another reason to check them out live, this vinyl is well worth it. Check them out at the following dates:Friday, May 11thLakewood, OH @ The Foundry Concert ClubSaturday, May 12thIndianapolis, IN @ Hoosier DomeSunday, May 13thChicago, IL @ SubterraneanMonday, May 14thSt. Louis, MO @ Fubar Saint LouisWednesday, May 16thOklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street - OKCThursday, May 17thSpringfield,...

Just heard this new track by shoe gaze/progressive Italian band Arya. Their third record Endesires just got released today and in honor of that (nice work guys!) we are sharing one of the tracks off the album, “Vita.”   “We struggled to provide an intense and innovative record that blends many diverse musical influences to communicate something to the listener.”   At 6 minutes and 30 seconds, “Vita” is full of complexity, bringing you up and also down at sometimes the same moment. It’s full of life and sadness, kind of like those days where you’re just waiting for payday to...

How you got started with intheclouds? I play bass in the band OWEL and we’ve worked on a few releases and other stuff with intheclouds. I was working directly with Dan behind the scenes on that, so later on when I was making moves to start my own artist development company I approached him to see how we could collab on some stuff. We met over some dope burritos and he presented me with an opportunity to take my ideas to intheclouds and help build an Artist Services division.    Favorite band of all time  I can’t say there’s just...

While we are still gathering some interviews and cool shit for our April cassette with Left Bank Magazine, we still have some bands from other mixtapes that we wanna give a shoutout too (and a nice little feature as well). Indie rockers Ruby Bones combine energetic rhythms with visceral, existential lyrics best digested in sweat-soaked clubs like the ones that define New Jersey and Brooklyn Made up of vocalist/guitarist Chris Fox, drummer James Janocha, and South African import FC Spies on bass, the trio describes itself as "Bruce Springsteen on cocaine after a few drags off a helium balloon."  We'll take...

Leading up to our big 7 year anniversary—coming later this month—we wanted to do a series of posts on the people behind intheclouds, making the magic happen. The site was just Dan for the longest time, but he's brought in some rad people along the way. First up, meet Steve ...   How you got started with intheclouds:  Kevin had approached me about using my photoshop & design skills to help them set up the images and help intheclouds offer more services, such as logo design and album art, to artists Favorite band of all time:  Slipknot The band or artist...