The Black Clouds – Going Places
I got a chance to speak with Dan Matthews this week about what the band has been up to. He handed me a four-song, self-titled EP. The Black Clouds have been on the scene since 2004, and their 2008 debut disc, Wishing Well, put them on the fast track of New Jersey original rock royalty. The Black Clouds played Bamboozle in 2008 and followed with a self-funded, self-booked U.S. tour in 2009, which saw them hitting 25 shows in 30 days. Another short tour—again funded and booked entirely by the band—followed in 2010, …