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Cage The Elephant — at the Observatory in Santa Ana, CA, Feb 5, 2015

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at the Observatory in Santa Ana, CA, Feb 5, 2015

News

Sep 30, 2024

In August Oasis made headlines worldwide by announcing a 2025 reunion tour of the UK and Ireland. Now they have announced some North American dates. They happen next August and September and Cage The Elephant will be opening. More

Jan 27, 2020

Vampire Weekend won the Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album (for Father of the Bride) and Cage The Elephant won for Best Rock Album (for Social Cues). Gary Clark Jr. and Tool also won Rock awards. Watch all the acceptance speeches here. More

Jan 23, 2020

Cage The Elephant released a new album, Social Cues, which is their fifth, last year via RCA. Now they have shared a new version of album opener “Broken Boy” featuring new additional vocals from the one and only Iggy Pop. More

May 03, 2019

Cage The Elephant released a new album, Social Cues, which is their fifth, last month via RCA. Previously we posted the album’s “Night Running,” which is a collaboration with Beck and was one of our Songs of the Week. Now they have shared a video for the song. Jennifer Juniper Stratford directed the clip, which features both Beck and Cage The Elephant in a simulated world of sorts. More

Album of the Week: Fat White Family

Wand is the Runner Up (Plus Stream New Albums from Lizzo, Drugdealer, Diane Coffee, and More)

Apr 19, 2019

England’s Fat White Family have released a new album, Serfs Up!, today via Domino, their first for the label (and third album overall) and it’s our Album of the Week. Find out more info on it below. Also below are streams for other albums released today, including close runner-up Laughing Matter, by Wand. More

Apr 19, 2019

Cage The Elephant have released a new album, Social Cues, which is their fifth, today via RCA. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. Also, last night the band stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform the album’s “Ready to Let Go.” More

10 Best Songs of the Week: Beth Gibbons, Sky Ferreira, C Duncan, Foxygen, and More

Plus Cage The Elephant and Beck, Bibio, Bedouine, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks

Mar 29, 2019

This week’s Songs of the Week list stars with a 24-minute first movement of a symphony featuring a trip-hop icon, but most of the songs in the Top 10 are by artists that have already made the list in recent weeks with previous songs. More

Cage The Elephant and Beck Team Up for New Song “Night Running”

Co-Headlining "The Night Running Tour" This Summer

Mar 28, 2019

Beck and Cage The Elephant have teamed up for a new song “Night Running.” It’s a new single from Cage The Elephant’s upcoming new album, Social Cues, which is their fifth and is due out on April 19 via RCA. More

Beck Announces Tour Dates with Cage The Elephant and Spoon

Sunflower Bean and Others to Also Open “The Night Running Tour”

Feb 11, 2019

Beck and Cage The Elephant have teamed up for some co-headlining tour dates, with support from Spoon. Other support acts include Sunflower Bean, Wild Belle, and Starcrawler. The tour is dubbed “The Night Running Tour,” the dates happen this July and August, and tickets go on sale to the general public this Friday at 10 a.m. local time. More

Charlottesville “Unity” Concert to Feature Dave Matthews Band, Justin Timberlake, The Roots, + More

Free Concert on September 24 Also Features Ariana Grande, Chris Stapleton, Pharrell Williams, and More

Sep 06, 2017

Dave Matthews Band have announced “A Concert for Charlottesville” in their hometown of Charlottesville, VA. It’s billed as “An Evening of Music and Unity” and is in response to the neo-Nazi/alt-right/KKK rally in Charlottesville last month that led to violence and three deaths. More




Reviews

Apr 18, 2019

Cage The Elephant have been on an upward trajectory since their self-titled debut dropped in 2009, leaving a trail of alternative rock hits along the way. Ten years and four studio albums later, the Nashville-based six-piece shows no signs of slowing down. More

Aug 07, 2017

In a daring experiment for a band that’s known for their raucous live shows and string of alternative hits, the recently released Unpeeled, by Grammy winners Cage the Elephant, features 21 stripped down versions of some of their best songs. More

Jan 01, 2016

In the press release for his band’s latest offering, Tell Me I’m Pretty, Matt Shultz of Cage the Elephant declares “We wanted to capture the sentiment of each song, and whatever emotional response it provoked, to be really honest to that.” At first, it’s tempting to investigate whether that’s an old quote regarding their last record, Melophobia. More

Dec 13, 2013

Kentucky’s Cage The Elephant have named their latest album after the fear of music. Seeing as most people that know that won’t be able to listen to it, it is somewhat irrelevant but interesting nonetheless. More