Scrappy Ohio-based indie rockers Cloud Nothings play the Georgia Theatre Friday on the strength of a stellar new record, Here and Nowhere Else. (Guitar virtuoso Ryley Walker opens.) We've got a pair of tickets to give away. To win, tell us in the comments below why YOU deserve to go for free. We'll choose a winner Friday at 4:30 p.m.

From this week's paper: 

Cleveland, OH rock and roll trio Cloud Nothings wears its '90s grunge influences proudly: Frontman Dylan Baldi's insistent rasp often recalls Kurdt Cobain at his most desperately strident. But there's a decidedly freeform undercurrent to the group's guitar/bass/drums assault. Tempos shift drastically from verse to chorus; melodies emerge from unexpected places and then quickly disappear—at times, the band's music seems this close to veering off the rails.

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