FUSE TV - Review: Cloud Nothings Demolish Doc Martens SXSW Showcase

A few years ago, when Cloud Nothings first emerged on the music scene, they felt like a breath of Mentos-fresh air. Frontman Dylan Baldi wrote beautifully simple lo-fi melodies in the same vein as Guided By Voices, taking a very '90s sensibility and making it current. Time passed, he furthered himself as a musician and took the opposite route, writing emo masterpiece and seven-minute Sunny Day Real Estate jams.

From that point the band began marrying the styles for a diverse, never chaotic, result. Their 1AM set at Doc Martens SXSW showcase highlighted that skill while solidifying their place as more than a buzz band.