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Cage The Elephant - Cage The Elephant
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tonight, dude,” drawls Cage The Elephant frontman Matt Shultz, his blonde mop, specs and sulky demeanour giving him the air of a gonk-rock Kurt Cobain. “Set myself on fire or something…” It’s a couple of hours before the opening night of his band’s latest tour of destruction, and eye contact – much like remotely serious answers to NME’s questions – is being kept to an absolute minimum. Shuffling awkwardly in their tourbus seats, these Kentucky-via-London funk-rockers are a million miles from the hard-partying, Jägerbombing troupe we ordered from the indie catalogue. Their pre-gig takeaway fried chicken is already hours late, it’s a miserable rain-sodden night and the band are battling monstrous Halloween hangovers: Cage The Elephant, this is what it’s like to be sent to Coventry. Genial guitarist (and Matt’s brother) Brad aside, they look like they’d rather be anywhere but the West Midlands tonight....full text |
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Just when you thought the primal energy of rock ‘n’ roll had been drained from its wrinkled husk, along come Cage The Elephant to re-affirm your faith in three chords and an attitude problem. On record, Cage The Elephant make an impressive Stones-influenced racket, with recent single ‘In One Ear’ a superb blast of snarling rock ‘n’ roll. Live, however, the group’s music takes on a whole new deranged yet inspiration façade....full text |
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Did I ever mention how much I love singles? Especially from bands I'm unfamiliar with; they are often the most sound (economically and musically) ways of making introductions. That being said, I think I'm holding one of the most surprising and enjoyable singles in a long while. Cage The Elephant are a Kentucky/UK-Based outfit playing a maxed-out, loud-as-hell spirit of rock that owes plenty to classic punk and modern rock acts like Queens of the Stone Age, Muse, and even Rage Against The Machine (mostly for the intensity and raw speed of these two tracks). Their promo sums it up nicely with this comparison; "A Mick Jagger-fronted RATM". Side A is "Free Love", and it is the lesser of the two songs here, all the while being a great fucking tune. Extremely catchy riffs, guitars swirling and jangling all around, lustful and enigmatic lyrics much in the vein of a Mick Jagger or Robert Plant but in tone having more in common with Wolfmother's vocals. They infuse their sound with sudden tempo shifts, time changes and a very undermined progressive edge. This is pure go-nuts dancehall music, baby-making music at it's finest. ...full text |
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