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News

Under the Radar Announces Best of 2011 Issue Featuring Three Covers: Bon Iver, M83, and The Horrors

Plus: Florence and the Machine, Beirut, Pj Harvey, Anna Calvi, SBTRKT, R.E.M., and more

Dec 23, 2011

Under the Radar's Best of 2011 Issue has shipped out to subscribers and will be hitting newsstands soon. The issue features three unique covers, each featuring an artist behind one of our Top 5 albums of the year: M83The Horrors, and Bon Iver. The issue also takes a look back at other artists who have made a splash in 2011, including BeirutAnna CalviEMAFlorence and the MachineGang Gang DanceNeon IndianPJ HarveyR.E.M.SBTRKT, Slow ClubSt. VincentSummer Camp, tUnE-yArDs, and Yuck. More

Oct 27, 2011

Tonight Elbow is playing a gig in their hometown Manchester, England. More

Under the Radar Magazine Announces 10th Anniversary Issue Featuring Joanna Newsom and Fleet Foxes

Plus: Paul Rudd vs. The Divine Comedy, plus interviews with Broadcast, Grandaddy, The Flaming Lips, Bat For Lashes, Rilo Kiley, Broken Social Scene, and much more

Oct 19, 2011

Under the Radar is excited to announce the release of the indie music and entertainment print magazine’s 10th Anniversary Issue which hits newsstands next week. The extra-sized 10th Anniversary Issue features cover artists Joanna Newsom and Fleet Foxes Robin Pecknold together in an exclusive photo shoot and joint interview.  Exclusive video taken during the cover shoot of Robin Pecknold and Joanna Newsom arm wrestling can be found here More

Oct 03, 2011

Check out photos of Elbow at The Greek Theater in Los Angeles on October 1, 2011, supported by DeVotchKa. Click here to view the full gallery. More

Photos from Austin City Limits 2011 Day Two including Arcade Fire, Elbow, and Fleet Foxes

Plus Empire of the Sun, Broken Social Scene, The Head and the Heart Plus More.

Sep 21, 2011

Check out photos from Day Three of ACL Music Festival 2011 in Austin, TX including Arcade Fire, Fleet Foxes, Elbow, Dale Earnhart Jr. Jr. Empire of the Sun, and more. More

Watch: Video Interviews and Performances From The Mercury Prize Ceremony

Including Under the Radar Favorites Everything Everything, James Blake, and Elbow

Sep 07, 2011

Yesterday PJ Harvey took the Mercury Prize for Let England Shake. It was a tough race, given the high number of Under the Radar friendly artists. While Harvey’s off celebrating her well-deserved win, we have videos from the ceremony, including interviews and performances from Anna Calvi, Elbow, Everything Everything, and James BlakeMore

Jul 19, 2011

Today the 2011 Barclaycard Mercury Prize shortlist was announced. We have the full list.  More

Elbow Announce North American Tour

In Support of build a rocket boys!

Jun 13, 2011

In support of their critical and commercial success, build a rocket boys!, Elbow are coming back to the U.S. this fall. We have the details about their tour. More

Apr 22, 2011

While backstage at the 2011 Coachella Music and Arts Festival, Under the Radar's publisher/senior editor Mark Redfern conducted video interviews with some of the fest's most noteworthy bands. Under the Radar caught up with British indie rockers Elbow—who's newest album build a rocket boys! is available now—and waxed festivals and desert birdwatching.  More

Coachella 2011 Day 2 Recap: Arcade Fire, Elbow, Two Door Cinema Club, The New Pornographers, Wire

Plus The London Suede, Freelance Whales, Gogol Bordello and Trampled by Turtles

Apr 17, 2011

Day two of Coachella continued day one's comfort. Whatever advanced security they've implemented--or at least perhaps scalpers buying up lots of tickets that ultimately weren't used--has helped make this year a comfortable festival again. There's room to move around and enjoy just about every band. Even stranger, some bands that are legendary are experiencing small turnout. The only band that really drew a massive crowd was the Arcade FireMore

Watch: Elbow “Open Arms”

A Sad Cartoon World

Apr 13, 2011

Today, Elbow released an old-school animated video for build a rocket boys! cut, “Open Arms.”  We have the clip.  More

Feb 18, 2011

After several months of build up, Elbow has finally announced the U.S. release date for fifth full-length build a rocket boys!  We have the details.  More

Under the Radar Announces Winter 2011 Issue and Death Cab for Cutie Cover

Issue Includes Interviews with R.E.M., Bright Eyes, The Decemberists, Cut Copy, Jens Lekman, Okkervil River, Panda Bear, Lykke Li, Iron and Wine, Elbow, Duran Duran, Destroyer, and more

Feb 11, 2011

Under the Radar’s Winter 2011 issue is about to hit stands. The cover features Death Cab for Cutie, who gave writer Matt Fink insight into the band’s forthcoming album, Codes and Keys (due out in May). The issue also includes interviews with Bright EyesBritish Sea PowerThe DearsThe DecemberistsDestroyerThe DodosDuran Duran,ElbowIron and WineLykke LiR.E.M.TelekinesisToro Y MoiThe AntlersThe Big PinkCymbals Eat GuitarsEdward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Jens LekmanOkkervil RiverPanda BearVivian GirlsAnna CalviPorcelain Raft, Smith Westerns, Yuck, and more.

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Watch: Elbow In-Studio Performance of “Lippy Kids”

Tracklist for Upcoming Album Also Released.

Jan 04, 2011

Elbow gets down in the studio to new track "Lippy Kids." We have the video. More

Elbow to Build a Rocket

New Album Due March 7

Dec 22, 2010

On March, 7, 2011, the band will try again for gradeur with new album Build a Rocket Boys!  More

Elbow to Re-Release Classic Album “Asleep in the Back” in the U.K., October 26th

Expanded Album Includes a Bonus EP, Live Tracks, and DVD

Oct 01, 2009

U.K. fans take note: Mercury Prize winning band Elbow is set to re-release their debut album Asleep In the Back. Featuring a bonus disc with enough extras to make us North American fans green with envy, the expanded Asleep in the Back includes the band’s Noisebox EP, cuts from their Radio One Steve Lamacq session, and a DVD. We have the tracklisting in full. More

Jul 23, 2009

Manchester, England's Elbow played a show at The Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, CA Wednesday night. We sent photographer Wendy Lynch Redfern down to capture the action. Check out the full gallery of photos from the Wiltern show here. Elbow were supported by Los Angeles' Mellowdrown and Jesca Hoop. More

Elbow Announces North American Tour Dates

“Seldom Seen” Band to Open For Coldplay and to Headline Select Dates

May 13, 2009

Elbow is set to tour North America, opening for Coldplay in addtion to a handful of headlining dates. More


Interviews

Elbow: Backstage at Coachella

Video Interview with Elbow at Coachella 2011

Apr 22, 2011

While backstage at the 2011 Coachella Music and Arts Festival, Under the Radar's publisher/senior editor Mark Redfern conducted video interviews with some of the fest's most noteworthy bands. Under the Radar caught up with British indie rockers Elbow—who's newest album build a rocket boys! is available now—and waxed festivals and desert birdwatching.  More

Elbow

Blast off with a 'Rocket'

Mar 11, 2011

Late last year, Elbow's Guy Garvey narrated a BBC radio documentary about his hometown titled The Rainy City. As Garvey explains, it's "about Manchester's weather and the influence it may have had on the culture, industry, and the art that's come out of this city." More

Elbow

Weathering the Storm

Jun 01, 2008

Given all the obstacles Elbow has faced over the past three years, it’s quite an accomplishment that the veteran Manchester, England, quintet were able to write an album at all, let alone one that is arguably the best of their decade-long career. The sinking of their long-time record label, V2, and ensuing legal battles left Elbow doubting the fate of their fourth album and contemplating getting day jobs in order to survive. More


Reviews

Elbow at The Greek Theater, Los Angeles, CA

October 1st, 2011

Oct 02, 2011

I’d like to nominate Elbow’s Guy Garvey as the most charming man in rock. Really. How many artists do you honestly believe when they thank you for coming? When they ask an audience how they’re doing? Or call a stadium full of people “friends?” Chalk it up to waiting ten years to release their first record. Chalk it up to his being the kind of personality that thrives in the spotlight. Or…chalk it up to the fact that Elbow happens to be a band of gentlemen in the truest sense of the word. Your choice. More

Coachella 2011 Day Two Report – Arcade Fire, Suede, Mumford & Sons, and Elbow

Apr 17, 2011

Day two of Coachella 2011 offered few surprises, but plenty of solid sets, including two British bands—one reunited '90s legends back for another try, and the other a star-making main stage performance from a band still on their debut album. More

build a rocket boys!

build a rocket boys!

Fiction

Apr 12, 2011

How does one follow up a Mercury Prize-winning album? By dropping the capitals from your album title, the up-tempo rockers from your tracklist, and the angst from your life. More