Best New Bands » Cage The Elephant https://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Cage the Elephant ‘s New Album “UNPEELED” Out Now https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/cage-the-elephant-s-new-album-unpeeled-now/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/cage-the-elephant-s-new-album-unpeeled-now/#comments Mon, 31 Jul 2017 07:14:39 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=34653 New York – GRAMMY® Award winner Cage The Elephant’s new album, UNPEELED, is out now on RCA Records, and you can listen to it here. This week, to commemorate the release of this new album, Cage The Elephant rolls out 21 live performance videos worldwide, one for each song on UNPEELED.  Highlights include premieres of  “Rubber Ball” on Rolling Stone, “Cry Baby” on Entertainment Weekly,

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/cage-the-elephant-s-new-album-unpeeled-now/feed/ 0 3 Best New Bands Alumni Win Grammys https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/3-best-new-bands-alumni-win-grammys/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/3-best-new-bands-alumni-win-grammys/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2017 18:00:19 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=34129 London – Welcome to a new feature in which we recap some of the week’s music highlights. The week kicked off with the 59th annual Grammy Awards. Adele and Beyonce may have hogged the headlines but it was good to see some Best New Bands alumni get among the mainstream plaudits. It was second time

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/3-best-new-bands-alumni-win-grammys/feed/ 2 Cage The Elephant Wins A Grammy For Best Rock Album https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/cage-the-elephant-wins-grammy-best-rock-album/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/cage-the-elephant-wins-grammy-best-rock-album/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2017 18:03:19 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=34105 New York – Cage The Elephant received their first GRAMMY® AWARD for Best Rock Album for their fourth studio album, Tell Me I’m Pretty, which was produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys and released in December 2015 via RCA. This is the band’s second nomination, following a nomination for Best Alternative Album for

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/sunflower-bean/feed/ 0 Cage The Elephant Captivates Chicago https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/cage-the-elephant-captivates-chicago/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/cage-the-elephant-captivates-chicago/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2016 07:58:23 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=31389 Chicago – I’m not sure what I was thinking taking on a show the night before I was set to leave for Bonnaroo – wait, yes I do: I was thinking, “OMG, Cage The F***ing Elephant!” Who in their right mind would pass up the opportunity to see the Bowling Green, Kentucky rockers who have,

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/featured-artists/cage-the-elephant/feed/ 0 Cage The Elephant Announce Headlining Arena Tour https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/cage-the-elephant-announce-headlining-arena-tour/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/cage-the-elephant-announce-headlining-arena-tour/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2016 17:37:14 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=29318 New York – Grammy-nominated rock band Cage the Elephant announced a run of tour dates with stops in New York, Nashville, Los Angeles and more! Full tour routing is below and tickets will be available for purchase on March 18th – PRESS HERE for ticket info. This tour follows the release of the band’s fourth studio album, Tell Me I’m Pretty, which

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]]> https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/cage-the-elephant-announce-headlining-arena-tour/feed/ 0 Cage The Elephant #1 On ALT And AAA Charts – On Conan 2/3 https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/cage-elephant-1-alt-aaa-charts-conan-23/ https://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/cage-elephant-1-alt-aaa-charts-conan-23/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2016 19:31:32 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=28549 New York – “Mess Around,” the new single from Grammy-nominated band Cage the Elephant’s fourth studio album Tell Me I’m Pretty, tops the Mediabase Alternative and AAA radio charts. This is the Kentucky rock band’s sixth Alternative #1, joining Red Hot Chili Peppers, Linkin Park, Foo Fighters, Green Day, R.E.M. and U2 as one of only seven bands with

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