Idolator

The funny thing about Cloud Cult (if I'm allowed to say there's anything funny about a resolutely green band whose output consists of melodramatic songs mourning the 2002 death of leader Craig Minowa's child) is that, in a time where record labels desperate for income are signing bands to 360 deals, the band has fine artists listed among its members solely so everyone can share in the profits from paintings that are created during the live performance and auctioned after the show. "I definitely make less money, but I'm looking at it as an investment in the entire business," says Scott West, the band's first painter-in-residence. More »