Jive Recording artists Cage the Elephant announced that they will be joining Silversun Pickups for a string of North American dates this summer.

The band has also secured key festival spots at All Points West (8/1), Lollapalooza (8/9) and Outside Lands Music Festival (8/30).

Cage The Elephant’s current single “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked” continues to grow at radio where it is #3* on the Alternative Rock charts.

In addition to being featured as an MTV Buzzworthy artist, the Kentucky rockers’ video for their single has been on rotation at MTV, MTV2 Subterranean, MTVu, and Fuse.

Don’t miss the band’s U.S. television debut on The Late Show With David Letterman scheduled to air on Thursday, July 30, 2009.

Cage the Elephant are Bowling Green, Kentucky natives Matt Shultz (vocals), his brother Brad (guitar) and their friends Daniel Tichenor (bass), Lincoln Parish (guitar) and Jared Champion (drums).

2009 North American Summer tour dates:

(Dates and information subject to change.)

06/28 Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest
08/01 Jersey City, NJ @ All Points West
08/03 Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live *
08/04 Richmond, VA @ The National *
08/06 Columbus, OH @ The LC Pavilion *
08/07 Lakewood, OH @ Lakewood Civic Center *
08/09 Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
08/10 Minneapolis, MN @ State Theatre *
08/12 Winnipeg, MB @ The Garrick Center *
08/13 Saskatoon, SK @ Louis’s Pub *
08/14 Edmonton, AB @ Edmonton Event Centre *
08/15 Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall *
08/17 Victoria, BC @ The Royal Theatre *
08/18 Vancouver, BC @ The Commodore Ballroom *
08/19 Vancouver, BC @ The Commodore Ballroom *
08/30 San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival

* with Silversun Pickups

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Cage The Elephant left crowds staggering after outrageous performances on their latest US tour with stops at Coachella and Bamboozle.

Rolling Stone annointed the band to be the “Next Big Thing” and Entertainment Weekly describes the band’s live show as “…good clean spastic fun.”

Fans will have another chance to experience Cage The Elephant’s exuberant live show at Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and All Points West this Summer.

The first single “Aint No Rest For The Wicked” has been one of the most added tracks at Rock & Alternative radio over the past few months, and the song’s video has been on rotation at MTV2 Subterranean, MTVu, and Fuse.

Now you can check out a new track, “Tiny Little Robots,” off their new self-titled album.

Download “Tiny Little Robots” MP3

May 2009 UK shows:

Tues 19 – Newcastle University – www.gigsandtours.com
Fri 22 – London KOKO – www.bigwheeltickets.com

For music, the latest tour dates and information, go to:

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Making huge strides into the mainstream, hotly tipped Kentucky quartet Cage The Elephant return with the new single “In One Ear” on October 6th, 2008 on Relentless.

“In One Ear” is taken from the band’s debut album and follows the recent single “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked”.

A stomping, swaggering blast of classic rock ‘n’ roll attitude that adds fresh impetus and pays homage to influences such as Jimi Hendrix, Kings of Leon, The White Stripes and Red Hot Chili Peppers, “In One Ear” demonstrates why Cage The Elephant have become one of 2008’s most promising new bands.

“In One Ear” will be available on CD, 7″ and download formats. The 7″ is backed with an exclusive b-side in the shape of the Wicked Devil’s Remix of “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked” that features a sample of Max Romeo and The Upsetter’s 1976 cult classic “I Chase The Devil”. This remix was recently named Zane Lowe’s Hottest Record in the World.

The single will be also available as a special £10 ticket bundle from www.recordstore.co.uk/cagetheelephant that offers a ticket for the band’s forthcoming UK tour and 3 single formats, including an exclusive Recordstore 7″ that’s backed with a Radio 1 session recording of Iggy & The Stooges’ “I Wanna Be Your Dog”.

Having recently relocated to London, the band’s incendiary live shows have graced the road alongside a diverse selection of bands lead by Cage The Elephant admirers Queens of the Stone Age as well as bands including Pigeon Detectives, Foals, The Subways and Simple Plan.

Cage The Elephant also proved to be a resounding and undeniable highlight of The Great Escape following their killer British TV debut with a live performance on Channel 4’s Nokia Green Room. Previously b-listed at Radio 1, Cage The Elephant were also awarded Single of the Week by both Edith Bowman and Jo Whiley.

Having recently played an Ibiza Rocks show with The Streets, Cage The Elephant’s rising momentum continued with blinding performances at Reading and Leeds. The band kicked off the festival weekend initially with a campfire acoustic set in the Reading campsite.

The band will follow the festival shows with an extensive UK headline tour in November.

Cage The Elephant 2008 tour dates:

September 2008

6th – Bestival

Headline shows

November 2008

1st – Coventry, Kasbah
2nd – Oxford, Academy
3rd – Cambridge, Junction
4th – Brighton, Concorde 2
5th – Plymouth, The Hub
7th – Manchester, Club Academy
8th – Leeds, Cockpit
9th – Liverpool, Academy 2
10th – Bristol, Thekla
12th – Dundee, Fat Sams
13th – Glasgow, King Tuts
14th – Aberdeen, Moshulu
15th – Inverness, The Raigmore
17th – Nottingham, Rock City
18th – London, Scala
19th – Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
21st – Stoke, Sugarmill
22nd – Middlesbrough, Empire
23rd – York, The Duchess

“Inexplicably exciting” – NME

“The best musical moment of the year thus far” – The Fly

“A Mick Jagger-fronted Rage Against The Machine” – Clash

“Animated singalongs that aggressively mix rock and funk” – Mail on Sunday

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Cage The Elephant just released their self titled debut album on Monday (Relentless Records / DSP) and now they’re set to appear on Zane Lowe, Radio 1 in session at Maida Vale tonight (June 25)!

Tune into Zane Lowe on Radio 1 this evening to hear the band in session at Maida Vale.

Friday, June 27th, 2008 sees Cage The Elephant hit up FOPP in Bristol for an instore launch before heading to Glastonbury for a Friday night performance.

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On Oatmeal TV, fresh off the heels of covering SXSW, Russ and Tom bring to your attention the ‘Horror Episode’…which is literally full to the brim with hauntingly accurate recreations of your favourite horror movies like Psycho, Blair Witch Project and Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Amid Tom being killed with a chainsaw and becoming a zombie, though, there’s the more serious stuff of the boys having some crazy times with your favourite artists, so they’ve been terrorising the Camden Crawl to bring you the finest music interviews from across the land – Jonathan Ross eat your heart out.

Amongst the action you can see Sam Sparro talking about getting hot and sweaty at his gig at the Electric Ballroom, Soulja Boy dissecting the meanings of his latest hit “Yaaah!”, Cage The Elephant talking about exploding pants on microphone stands and The Hives about working with some music tech bloke called Pharell.

There’s plenty of other stuff as well – Russ at home with The Metros, Noah and the Whale discussing getting mud in their furry shoes, and Enter Shikari indulging in some gentlemans lunges – basically more entertaining things than you can shake a stick at. You can even check out Bono practically begging Russ for a slice of the action over the phone. Nuff said…

Whilst the world’s being taken over by zombies, we can take comfort from the fact that Oatmeal TV is getting some fantastic press. The website’s been featured in the Sun and the Guardian in the last couple of weeks, as well as in Esquire magazine in March – hell, even the Daily Mail want a piece of the action!

“The presenters are hotter than a roast chicken. And that is f**king hot” – TV PLUS SUPPLEMENT – DAILY MAIL Tues 19th Feb 2008.

“Oatmeal TV is a spicy televisual feast. Full of hot sharp rock and dark musical pepper. Sheer healthy golden magic.” – ESQUIRE MAGAZINE March 2008

“The shows are slick and well-edited, and if nothing else, you’ve got to admire their cheek – after all, they do manage to slap Josh Homme on camera” – THE SUN Friday 2nd May 2008

Oatmeal TV won’t rest on its laurels, though. Like the bang-up-to-date type of concept it is, Oatmeal’s now got some new ‘Extra Bits’, where you can check out the best bits of previous episodes, such as Lightspeed Champion giving an impromptu acoustic performance.

For more information and to watch episodes, go to:

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Bowling Green, Kentucky’s finest, Cage The Elephant stopped by the Altsounds HQ during their recent UK tour. They performed two brand new, exclusive and unheard acoustic tracks and chatted to Altsounds.com about life and music.

The 8 minute feature was Produced and Directed by Chris Maguire (Ben’s Brother, Fiction Plane, Fightstar) and was filmed after spending a complete day with the wild and crazy Cage The Elephant boys and showcases the real personalities that make up the band!

Discover all the glorious grit and grime and find out exactly what happens backstage at a Cage The Elephant show after they have successfully torn the venue apart with their unique and raucous stage show.

Watch Cage The Elephant “A Day In The Life Of” video feature

There is a completely exclusive Altsounds.com acoustic track which underlies the feature, showcasing a completely different and more intimate side to what people have come to expect from this Kentucky quintet. The track “Cover Me Again” was written and arranged one day prior to it being recorded and produced at Screamadelica Studios in Cardiff and subtly demonstrates one of Matt’s biggest influences, Bob Dylan. For critics that have, or are looking to pigeon hole Cage The Elephant as “just another dumb rock band” this 8 minute insight shatters all of these pre-conceived opinions and proves there is a lot more to Cage The Elephant than meets the eye.

With a slew of UK dates ahead of them and many more audiences to scintillate, Cage The Elephant prove that “There Ain’t no Rest for The Wicked”!

Cage The Elephant will also be hitting up the Camden Crawl over the weekend (April 18 & 19, 2008). Chris Maguire was asked to direct and animate a 45 second looping video only art installation that will be shown in it’s full glory across 8 TV’s all weekend at the Camden Crawl. We have also included this video to give all you Cage The Elephant fans a quick sneak peek into what you can expect to see from this Art Installation this weekend:

Watch Camden Crawl Art Installation video

Cage The Elephant bring their incendiary live show back to the UK in May and June as main support on The Pigeon Detectives‘ upcoming tour as well as their own headline dates.

May/June UK tour dates:

Dates could be added or changed! Go to Cage The Elephant’s Official Website for the latest tour dates and information.

May 2008:

Thursday 15th Brighton, The Great Escape @ King & Queen
Friday 16th Brighton, The Great Escape @ Audio
Saturday 17th Glasgow, Academy w/ The Pigeon Detectives
Sunday 18th Newcastle, Academy w/ The Pigeon Detectives
Monday 19th Lincoln, Engine Shed w/ The Pigeon Detectives
Wednesday 21st Sheffield, Academy w/ The Pigeon Detectives
Thursday 22nd Glasgow, King Tuts
Friday 23rd Manchester, Apollo w/ The Pigeon Detectives
Saturday 24th Cambridge, Corn Exchange w/ The Pigeon Detectives
Sunday 25th Nottingham, Dot To Dot Festival
Tuesday 27th Liverpool, Sound City @ Korova
Wednesday 28th Bristol, Academy w/ The Pigeon Detectives
Thursday 29th Plymouth , Pavillions w/ The Pigeon Detectives
Saturday 31st Bridlington, Spa Theatre w/ The Pigeon Detectives

June 2008

Sunday 1st Birmingham, Academy w/ The Pigeon Detectives
Tuesday 3rd London, Monto Water Rats
Wednesday 4th Southampton, Joiners
Thursday 5th Brighton, Freebutt
Friday 6th London, Brixton Academy w/ The Pigeon Detectives
Saturday 7th Inverness, Rockness
Tuesday 10th Leeds, The Cockpit
Wednesday 11th Manchester, The Roadhouse
Thursday 12th Sheffield, The Boardwalk
Saturday 14th Aberdeen, Cafe Drummonds
Tuesday 17th Birmingham, Bar Academy
Wednesday 18th Northampton, Roadmender
Friday 20th Cambridge, Barfly

Cage the Elephant are:

Matt Shultz – Vocals
Brad Shultz – Guitar
Jared Champion – Drums & Percussion
Daniel Tichenor – Bass/Vocals
Lincoln Parish – Lead Guitar

The debut album ‘Cage the Elephant’ is out in the UK June 16th, 2008 proceeded by new single “Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked” on June 9th.

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Cage The Elephant (average age of 20) are a five piece from Bowling Green, Kentucky who are set to win hearts and minds in the UK in 2008 as they bring their incendiary live show back to the UK.

Like Beck’s anti-hero anthem “Loser”, Cage The Elephant’s first single “In One Ear” is a tounge-in cheek riposte to any possible doubters: “They say the devil is my pal / I do a lot of drugs / The crowd will only like me if they’re really f*@k!ing drunk”. Ushered in by a bass line of Herclean proportions, it soon becomes apparent Cage The Elephant don’t just want to rock hard, they want to make people dance.

Onstage fights and broken amps being hurled into the audience are just some of the elements likely to occur at a Cage the Elephant show. Most importantly, the staple of all of their live performances is brilliant rock ‘n’ roll music: as thrillingly aggressive as the Stooges and as anthemic and raw as the Kings of Leon’s first LP, coupled with the groove of Rage Against The Machine, this is a band that will remind you why you fell in love with rock ‘n’ roll.

Led by brothers Matt and Brad Shultz, the band create a real sense of drama, tension and heart-in-mouth thrills with their onstage love-hate relationship. A recent show saw lead singer Matt compliment his brother by launching him across the stage, face first, into the front row barrier: Brad returned the favour with an equally affectionate gobful of spit to his brother’s face.

The band are one of the buzz acts in the US going into 2008. This is off the back of their explosive performance at Lollapalooza last summer and some riotous gigs during main tour supports with Queens of the Stone Age and Wolfmother. On the QotSA North American tour last year, Cage won over many of the Queens’ fans and struck up a strong rapport with the band during their time together on the road.

Cage The Elephant then came across the pond to support Foals, The Ravonettes and Wombats on their respective UK Autumn / Winter tours. Some legendary nights were had and friendships struck as Cage proceeded to tear up venues and win many new friends up and down the country.

Lock up your daughters: Cage The Elephant are coming to town…

Upcoming show: NME Show with 9 Black Alps – Koko, Camden, London – Friday 8th February, London

More UK live dates to be announced shortly.

Their proper first single “In One Ear” is set for release March 10th, 2008 on Relentless / DSP. Format: CD single / 7″ vinyl / digital download (download release: March 2nd).

“Who needs indie whimsy when you’ve got scorched-earth desert punk as venomous as this?” – NME

Cage The Elephant are: Matt Shultz – Vocals; Brad Shultz – Guitar; Jared Champion – Drums & Percussion; Daniel Tichenor – Bass/Vocals; Lincoln Parish – Lead Guitar

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A good New Year’s resolution for 2008 could be to support more live music! If any of these acts happen to be playing in a town near you, go and check them out – you’ll be glad you did!

Cage The Elephant

I really can’t wait for 2008, as it will be the year that the world discovers Cage The Elephant. A five piece from Kentucky, the young quintet are residing in London for the next year or so. This year saw them tour with The Wombats, Foals, Queens Of The Stoneage and The Ravonettes. The band also released their first ever limited edition 7″ of double A side single “Free Love / Tiny Little Robots”. With amazing early support from Gigwise, Click Music, Clash Magazine, NME and everyone else that happens to see them live, CTE are surely the one to put your money on for 2008. Not since Kings of Leon / Foo Fighters / Rolling Stones have we seen a band like this. Lock up your daughters, for Cage The Elephant are loose! They return in 2008 with second single “In One Ear” which has already been getting a lot of Zane Lowe love.

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Dawn Kinnard

A weird yet wonderful Pennsylvanian, Dawn Kinnard will be one of those surely to get into the Mercury Shortlist in 2008. With songwriting that breaks all current trends, Dawn is as original as she is incredible. With excellent live shows in London, Dawn picked up features from the Guardian Music online and Q4 Music along with that vital word of mouth ’secret for 2008′ vibe. Always surprising the audience with her guest performer for sublime track “Clear The Way”, Dawn recently was joined on stage by Cerys Mathews in London’s Soho Revue Bar. Dawn Kinnard’s debut single “Fortune Teller / Devils Flame” has already had Radio 1, 2 and 6Music spins and is due for release in January 2008 with the album ‘The Courtesy Fall’ set for an April 2008 release.

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Harrys Gym

A Norwegian quartet with a front woman oozing enough cool kid charisma to match that of Karen O, Anna Lise can easily hold a room full of male music critics, and aspiring musicians in the palm of her hand – and in awe! Creating music that slips perfectly into the indie pop rock dance category, Harrys Gym music could be filled in between Bowie and Blonde.

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KT Tunstall

Not much introduction needed for the Scottish lady with the shiny silver guitar. KT released her second album proper ‘Drastic Fantastic’ in September 2007, along with the two singles “Hold On” and “Saving My Face”. A total album chart resident, “Eye To The Telescope” set the bar for KT’s recent offering, and unsurprisingly, ‘Drastic Fantastic’ has also kept the standards high. KT will be back in 2008 with another single and a massive April UK tour.

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Ben’s Brother

A five piece London band with the songs that will have you getting back in touch with your emotional side – Ben’s Brother’s music is powerful with emotive lyrical content. Having recently been forced to rush release their album in the US, the band are set to take the States by storm in 2008. Having had syncs in Greys Anatomy, the band’s new single “Stuttering, Kiss Me Again” was also used in a chewing Gum Commercial that sent the Myspace and YouTube hits through the roof! Their debut album ‘Beta Male Fairytales’ was released in July 2007 and the band will enter the new year in March 2008, with this new single.

Ben’s Brother on Myspace
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Justin Nozuka

A Canadian singer songwriter that has all the young girls cutting off their arms for a piece of him, Justin Nozuka has surprisingly taken on this audience by default. Writing mature and complex old school R&B mixed with modern pop, Nozuka strums a guitar like an old time pro. At just nineteen, he has a long career ahead of him and this year will be the one to take notice of such a talent. Ready to properly release his album and concentrate on his music, Justin has just finally finished College.

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Joss Stone

Joss will be releasing her third single of the new album ‘Baby Baby Baby’ in February 2008. She performed at Fashion Rocks, Live Earth, Glastonbury and many others this year, along with her version of “Love” being used in the new Coco Chanel perfume commercial.

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Union Of Knives

This Scottish indie dance band will return in 2008 for the first time since 2006.

Union Of Knives on Myspace
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