Jan 07, 2025 By Mark Redfern

We have put together a Spotify playlist for our Top 100 Albums of 2024 list and it’s 10 hours long. It features at least one song from each of our Top 100 in the order the albums appear on the list, from our #1 album to our #100. Some albums are represented by multiple songs filtered throughout the list. More

Dec 29, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar tends to handle our best albums of the year lists differently than most other music publications. More

Nov 15, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the 37th Songs of the Week of 2024. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because we were still reeling from the election results and also artists, labels, and publicists were smart enough not to release too many songs last week. This week’s list thus covers the last two weeks. More

Nov 14, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Elbow released a new album, AUDIO VERTIGO, in March via Polydor/Geffen. Now they are back with a brand new single, “Adrianna Again,” which is said to be from a yet to be officially announced new EP due out next year. The single is accompanied by a cheeky music video, as it features a completely different band performing the song. More

Nov 05, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Today is election day. You already know that. If you’re an American, you know what to do today: vote! Or perhaps you’ve already voted (I did so on Saturday). More

Mar 22, 2024 By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)

Welcome to the tenth Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip and Scott Dransfield both helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 11 this week, narrowed down from the 16 songs we seriously considered. More

Mar 22, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Elbow have released a new album, AUDIO VERTIGO, today via Polydor/Geffen. Now they have also shared a video for the album’s latest single, opening track “Things I’ve Been Telling Myself For Years.” This week we also posted our review of the album. More

Mar 15, 2024 By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)

Welcome to the ninth Songs of the Week of 2024. It was a somewhat slow week for new songs, perhaps because a lot of the music industry is at SXSW, but there were more than enough that impressed us. More

Mar 12, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Elbow are releasing a new album, AUDIO VERTIGO, on March 22 via Polydor/Geffen. Now they have shared its third single, “Good Blood Mexico City.” More

Mar 08, 2024 By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)

Welcome to the eighth Songs of the Week of 2024. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because we were deep in deadline-mode finishing our new print issue, so this week’s Songs of the Week covers the last two weeks. To be honest, we are still putting the finishing touches on the issue today and tomorrow, but there were so many notable songs released in the last two weeks that we still had to find the time to do a Songs of the Week today. More

Mar 01, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Elbow are releasing a new album, AUDIO VERTIGO, on March 22 via Polydor/Geffen. Now they have shared its second single, “Balu,” via a music video. More

Jan 29, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Elbow are releasing a new album, AUDIO VERTIGO, on March 22 via Polydor/Geffen. Last week they shared its first single, “Lovers’ Leap.” On Friday night they performed the song on the British chat show The Graham Norton Show. They were joined by a horn section and performed in front of a big light up sign bearing their name. More

Jan 26, 2024 By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip and Caleb Campbell)

Welcome to the third Songs of the Week of 2024. More

Jan 25, 2024 By Mark Redfern

Elbow have announced a new album, AUDIO VERTIGO, and shared its first single, “Lovers’ Leap.” More

Jan 07, 2022 By Mark Redfern

2021 began and ended in a state of uncertainty, but was still a fruitful year for new music. Here are Under the Radar‘s 100 favorite albums from the year. More

Dec 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, which is our special 20th Anniversary Issue. It’s a double issue celebrating two decades of the magazine (our first issue came out in December 2001). The issue has shipped out to subscribers and stores and can now be bought from us directly here. The issue features two special covers, each featuring a different group of musicians together. More

Oct 15, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 39th Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a blockbuster week for new songs, although the week’s biggest song (Adele’s “Easy On Me”) didn’t make the list. But “Easy On Me” did set the all-time record for biggest single day streams for a song in Spotify history, so Adele will be fine. This week we have a supersized Top 12 and a solid honorable mentions list. More

Oct 15, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Elbow are releasing a new album, Flying Dream 1, on November 19 via Polydor. Now they have shared its second single, the nostalgic and romantic “Six Words,” via a video. More

Oct 01, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone and Caleb Campbell)

Welcome to the 37th Songs of the Week of 2021. Old school rock was alive and well this week, with new songs from The Rolling Stones, Elton John and Stevie Wonder, Sting, John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen, and David Bowie, but none of those tracks made our Songs of the Week list. More

Oct 01, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Elbow are releasing a new album, Flying Dream 1, on November 19 via Polydor. Now they have shared its first single, the delicate “The Seldom Seen Kid,” via a video. Yes, the song shares its title with the band’s Mercury Prize-winning 2008 album, The Seldom Seen Kid, and that’s because both titles were inspired by frontman Guy Garvey’s late friend Bryan Glancy, who died suddenly in 2006. More

Sep 01, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Elbow have announced a new album, Flying Dream 1, and shared a trailer for the album. It was written remotely in the band members’ home studios and then later recorded by the band together in an empty theater. More

Oct 11, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Elbow have released a new album, Giants of All Sizes, today via Polydor/Verve Label Group and it’s our Album of the Week. Big Thief‘s Two Hands, on 4AD, is our close runner-up. Find more info on both albums below. More

Oct 11, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. Last week we covered two week’s worth of songs, but this week we’re back to our regular coverage. Although there are a heck of a lot of honorable mentions this week. More

Oct 11, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Elbow have released a new album, Giants of All Sizes, today via Polydor/Verve Label Group. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. You can also read our rave review of it. More

Oct 04, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We had to skip it last week because we were too busy announcing our new print issue, the My Favorite Album Issue with Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney on the covers (buy it here), and also we weren’t overly inspired by last week’s selection of new tracks. So this week we cover the best songs of the last two weeks. More

Oct 03, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Elbow are releasing a new album, Giants of All Sizes, on October 11 via Polydor/Verve Label Group. Now the British band have shared another song from it, “White Noise White Heat.” More

Aug 23, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It was another incredibly strong week for new songs. Last week we ended up with a Top 12, instead of our usual Top 10, and here we are again, except this time with a Top 13. Like last week, there are also a whole lot of honorable mentions. More

Aug 21, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Elbow are releasing a new album, Giants of All Sizes, on October 11 via Polydor/Verve Label Group. Now the British band have shared another song from it, “Empires.” More

Aug 07, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Elbow have announced a new album, Giants of All Sizes. It includes “Dexter & Sinister,” a 7-minute long new song the band shared last week (it features backing vocals from Jesca Hoop and was one of our Songs of the Week). More

Aug 02, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. As soon as this week’s #1 song was shared on Tuesday morning we knew it would be the song to beat this week and it easily held off all challengers. Although, there were strong showings at #2 and #3 too. More

Aug 01, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Elbow have shared a brand new 7-minute long song “Dexter & Sinister.” It’s their first release for their new label in North America, Verve. The song features backing vocals from Jesca Hoop and is available digitally and on a one-sided 10-inch, with vinyl etching on the B-side. Listen to the track below. More

Jan 18, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Scotland’s C Duncan (aka Chris Duncan) has announced a new album, Health, and shared its first single, “Impossible.” Health is Duncan’s third album and is due out March 29 via FatCat. It was produced by Elbow’s Craig Potter. More

Dec 30, 2017 By Mark Redfern

2016 was regarded as a fairly rough year by many, but 2017 was no walk in the park either. 2016 was mired by the deaths of several beloved musical icons (David Bowie, Prince, Leonard Cohen, George Michael, and Sharon Jones among them) and the disappointing and divisive Presidential election, but in 2017 we had to deal with the ramifications of said election (we’d say that roughly 95% of the musicians we interview likely don’t support many, if any, of President Trump’s policies). More

Dec 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Elbow released a new album (their seventh), Little Fictions, back in February via Concord and they just released a new best of compilation, fittingly titled The Best Of. They previously shared its bonus track, a cover of The Beatles’ “Golden Slumbers” (from Abbey Road). More

Nov 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

We haven’t done a Songs of the Week post for a few weeks, due to various factors, but now we’re back. This week we’ve got the first singles from the upcoming new albums by Marlon Williams, Chromeo, and Superchunk, as well as two covers (Widowspeak covering Neil Young and Elbow taking on The Beatles). More

Nov 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Elbow released a new album (their seventh), Little Fictions, back in February via Concord. Now the band have announced a new best of compilation, fittingly titled The Best Of, and shared its bonus track, a cover of The Beatles’ “Golden Slumbers” (from Abbey Road). More

Sep 18, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Elbow released a new album (their seventh), Little Fictions, back in February via Concord. A couple of weeks ago the band shared a new version of Little Fictions’ closing track “Kindling.” Renamed “Kindling (Fickle Flame),” this version is redone as a duet with John Grant. Now a video for the new version has been shared. More

Sep 08, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Of late we’ve been presenting the eight best songs of the week, but last week we expanded it to a Top 9 because there were so many strong choices. This week we kept it as nine, but because we had trouble narrowing the list down in a week of solid new songs, but few obvious standouts. More

Sep 08, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Elbow released a new album (their seventh), Little Fictions, back in February via Concord. This week the band shared a new version of Little Fictions’ closing track “Kindling.” Renamed “Kindling (Fickle Flame),” this version is redone as a duet with John Grant. More

Jun 16, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Elbow released a new album (their seventh), Little Fictions, back in February via Concord. Now the band has shared a video for “All Disco.” Austin Humphries directed the clip, which features interviews with British music fans conducted during this year’s Record Store Day. More

Apr 26, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Elbow released a new album (their seventh), Little Fictions, back in February via Concord. The band had previously announced some U.S. tour dates, but now they have added an extra one in Philadelphia and due to demand they’ve moved their New York show from Webster Hall to Terminal 5. More

Apr 07, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our Spring 2017 Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar’s app and the magazine app Readly. The print version is about to ship out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon (as well as available soon digitally via the magazine apps Zinio and Readly). More

Feb 06, 2017 By Matt the Raven

Under the Radar‘s very first print issue came out in December 2001. In honor of our 15th Anniversary some of our writers are reflecting on some of their favorite albums from 2001. More

Feb 03, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Here we highlight five albums due out today that we feel are most worth hearing. There’s also a longer list of albums released in the last month that are also worth checking out. We have also included Amazon links for each album. More

Jan 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Elbow are releasing a new album (their seventh), Little Fictions, on February 3, 2017 via Concord. Previously the British band shared its beautiful first single, “Magnificent (She Says),” as well as an equally stirring video for the song, and the song “All Disco.” More

Jan 05, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Elbow are releasing a new album (their seventh), Little Fictions, on February 3, 2017 via Concord. Previously the British band shared its beautiful first single, “Magnificent (She Says),” as well as an equally stirring video for the song. More

Dec 15, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Elbow are releasing a new album (their seventh), Little Fictions, on February 3, 2017 via Concord. Now the previously shared beautiful first single, “Magnificent (She Says),” has an equally stirring video. More

Dec 06, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Back in October Elbow announced a new album (their seventh) and some tour dates. Very little info on the album was revealed beyond the release date of February 3, 2017, but now the album’s title (Little Fictions), cover art, and tracklist have all been revealed. The band have also released the album’s first single, “Magnificent (She Says).” More

Oct 03, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Elbow have announced a new album (their seventh) and some tour dates. Very little info on the album has been revealed beyond the release date of February 3, 2017, but we do know that it will be the Manchester, England band’s first album without drummer and founding member Richard Jupp, who left the band earlier this year to focus on other creative projects, including his drum school. More

Sep 29, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Elbow frontman Guy Garvey recently announced his debut solo album, Courting the Squall. We’ve already heard the album’s first single, “Angela’s Eyes,” and now the song has a video. It features Garvey and his backing band performing the song in a lounge while a woman (perhaps Angela) half-watches while also doing a crossword. More

Sep 18, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Elbow frontman Guy Garvey formally announced his debut solo album, Courting the Squall, on Wednesday. The first single was announced as “Angela’s Eyes” and was played on BBC Radio 6 Music, but there was no easy way for U.S. listeners to hear the song. Now it has surfaced on YouTube (stream below) and can also be listened to on Spotify here. More

Sep 16, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Back in August Elbow frontman Guy Garvey gave an interview with the British radio station XFM and said that he’d just put the finishing touches on a new solo album and that it was due for release in October. Now Garvey has announced on his official Facebook page that the album is titled Courting the Squall and is due out October 30 in the U.K. More

Aug 06, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Elbow may have released their The Take Off and Landing of Everything full-length album last year, and just released a new four-song EP entitled Lost Worker Bee, but the band is still keeping busy with other projects. More

Jul 24, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Elbow may have released their The Take Off and Landing of Everything full-length album last year, but they already have a new four-song EP entitled Lost Worker Bee. More

Apr 27, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Elbow have premiered a brand new stand-alone song titled, “What Time Do You Call This,” which is featured on the soundtrack of the upcoming Ben Palmer romantic comedy, Man Up. More

Feb 25, 2015 By Trevor Flynn

Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead, Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack, and Guy Garvey from Elbow can all be found contributing to the soundtrack for The UK Gold, a feature-length documentary about the history of tax evasion in Great Britain. More

Nov 17, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

In an effort to battle the ongoing outbreak of Ebola, numerous musical artists have contributed to a brand new rendition of the classic charity single “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” for Band Aid 30. More

Nov 03, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Elbow’s new video for “Change” is a documentary-style look at motorcycle racing. More

Apr 25, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Recently releasing their sixth studio album The Take Off and Landing of Everything, Elbow have premiered a adorably sweet music video for their single “My Sad Captains.” More

Apr 16, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Last night, Elbow performed at the O2 Arena in London, England. We sent Helen Boast over to cover the action. More

Mar 21, 2014 By Stephen Humphries

According to Guy Garvey, Elbow‘s new record includes “wide-eyed, youthful, optimistic celebrations of travel.” Not for nothing is the album titled The Take Off and Landing of Everything. More

Mar 03, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

For those of us in the states that are unable to experience Elbow‘s newest album The Take Off and Landing of Everything in one of the many pubs around the UK, the veteran band has announced that the LP has been made available to purchase a full a week ahead of its scheduled release on iTunes. More

Feb 28, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

With the anticipated release of their newest album The Take Off And Landing Of Everything on March 11, Elbow has revealed a rather clever means of previewing the album before it hits store shelves. More

Feb 11, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Elbow have announced plans for a new tour through North America. More

Jan 27, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

On March 11 Elbow will release their latest studio album The Take Off And Landing Of Everything. More

Jan 15, 2014 By Laura Studarus

On March 11, Elbow will release their sixth studio album, The Take Off And Landing Of Everything, the follow up to 2011’s build a rocket boys!. More

Sep 30, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Elbow have announced details of their forthcoming sixth studio album, due out in 2014. More

Oct 08, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Recently releasing their B-side compilation Dead in the Boots last month, Elbow have announced that they will be issuing a limited edition box set of their existing catalog. More

Aug 29, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

This week Elbow released a new B-side compilation entitled Dead In the Boots. More

Jul 19, 2012 By Laura Studarus

On August 27, Elbow will release Dead in the Boot, b-side album featuring 13 cuts from their 15-year career. More

Mar 23, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

UK Olympiads Elbow have announced that they will be throwing their respective hat in the ring of current Record Store Day exclusives by releasing a one-sided 7’’ of the fan-favorite single “McGreggor.” More

Dec 23, 2011 By Mark Redfern and Laura Studarus

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: M83, The Horrors, and Bon Iver. The issue also takes a look back at other artists who have made a splash in 2011, including Beirut, Anna Calvi, EMA, Florence and the Machine, Gang Gang Dance, Neon Indian, PJ Harvey, R.E.M., SBTRKT, Slow Club, St. Vincent, Summer Camp, tUnE-yArDs, and Yuck. More

Oct 27, 2011 By Laura Studarus

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

Oct 19, 2011 By Mark Redfern

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 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

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

Sep 21, 2011 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

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

Sep 07, 2011 By Laura Studarus

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 Blake. More

Jul 19, 2011 By Laura Studarus

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

Jun 13, 2011 By Lauren Barbato

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 23, 2011 By Lauren Barbato

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

Apr 17, 2011 By Raymond Flotat

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 Fire. More

Apr 13, 2011 By Laura Studarus

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

Feb 18, 2011 By Laura Studarus

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

Feb 11, 2011 By Mark Redfern and Laura Studarus

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 Eyes, British Sea Power, The Dears, The Decemberists, Destroyer, The Dodos, Duran Duran,Elbow, Iron and Wine, Lykke Li, R.E.M., Telekinesis, Toro Y Moi, The Antlers, The Big Pink, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Jens Lekman, Okkervil River, Panda Bear, Vivian Girls, Anna Calvi, Porcelain Raft, Smith Westerns, Yuck, and more.

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Jan 04, 2011 By Lauren Barbato

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

Dec 22, 2010 By Laura Studarus

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

Oct 01, 2009 By Laura Studarus

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 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

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

May 14, 2009 By Laura Studarus

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

May 09, 2018 By Matt Conner

Nearly 20 years after the release of their independent debut EP, Elbow’s frontman Guy Garvey still talks about music like a child on holiday. The very act of creation has retained its magic over the course of the band’s seven studio albums, and even with multiple plates spinning in the present, Garvey is still enamored by the songwriting process. More

Jul 11, 2017 By Kyle Mullin

Guy Garvey and his Manchester, England band Elbow may have called their joyous new album Little Fictions, but in conversation the singer is instead frank, forthright, and boldly truthful. More

Mar 24, 2017 By Kyle Mullin

Guy Garvey and his band Elbow may have called their joyous new album Little Fictions, but in conversation the British alt-rocker is instead frank, forthright, and boldly truthful. More

Apr 08, 2016 By Mark Redfern

To end out the week, we ask Guy Garvey some questions about endings and death. The Manchester, England-based singer/songwriter/guitarist is best known as the frontman for Elbow, who have released six albums, from 2001’s Asleep in the Back to 2014’s The Take Off and Landing of Everything. More

Apr 28, 2014 By Stephen Humphries

“I had a life-affirming bus journey last week,” says Elbow singer Guy Garvey during a phone call from New York. “I’d gotten the ferry over from Brooklyn. I didn’t have change for the machine. More

Mar 21, 2014 By Stephen Humphries

According to Guy Garvey, Elbow‘s new record includes “wide-eyed, youthful, optimistic celebrations of travel.” Not for nothing is the album titled The Take Off and Landing of Everything. More

Apr 23, 2011 By Mark Redfern

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

Mar 12, 2011 By Stephen Humphries

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

Jun 02, 2008 By Laura Ferreiro

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

Mar 20, 2024 By Matt the Raven

Rock chameleons Elbow are always looking to push the envelope and explore new directions regardless of genre, as long as the outcome is great music. More

Mar 30, 2021 By Ian King

Nearly two decades after it first came out in the UK, Elbow’s debut album still breathes deeply as a heady hallmark of the post-Britpop wave. This vinyl reissue offers an opportunity to sit down and take it all in again. More

Oct 11, 2019 By Matt the Raven

History has shown that Elbow records can be tough nuts to crack and the band’s eighth studio album, Giants of All Sizes, is no exception. More

Aug 26, 2015 By David Edwards

The Lost Worker Bee EP comes across as the sound of Elbow taking stock of their improbable (though highly deserved) ascent from U.K. indie also-rans to stadium-headlining behemoths, delving into new textures and ideas, yet still recalling the sort of subtle wonderment that made their early records so rich and rewarding. More

May 29, 2014 By Stephen Humphries

“Charge,” the first song of Elbow’s concert, is aptly titled. The British band storms the audience with startling vigor, urged on by Richard Jupp kicking his bass drum with the force of a Clydesdale. Midway through the new track, a pair of female violinists seated at the rear of the stage swoop in. Their dramatic musical squall increases the barometric pressure inside the room. The audience somehow finds its breath for a loud cheer.

Apr 30, 2014 By Daniel Kohn

It’s been 13 years since the release of Elbow‘s debut album, Asleep in the Back, and the Mancunian outfit’s track record of understated success is long established. More

Oct 02, 2011 By Laura Studarus

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

Apr 18, 2011 By Mark Redfern

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

Apr 12, 2011 By Laura Studarus

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