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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