Craig Minowa of Cloud Cult has been writing heartbreakingly mournful songs about the untimely death of his two-year-old son, Kaidin, for almost a decade, backed by an eclectic swirl of vocoders, swelling cello and violin, august trombone and French horn, and visual artists. But the bands newest album, this months Light Chasers, switches thematic gears last fall, Minowa and painter/bandmate/wife Connie welcomed a new baby boy, and the new music celebrates life and rebirth. Light Chasers first single, Running with the Wolves, vibrates with a sense of wonder and joy, as Minowa sings, We were running for a reason, for the burning in our veins/ We were running to find meaning, just need to get away. With Mimicking Birds. ERIN K. THOMPSON
Sat., Sept. 18, 8 p.m., 2010
