Arguably, the best thing to come out of Kentucky since bourbon, Slint and fried chicken, Cage The Elephant are a gang of punky/trippy blooze-rockers currently wreaking their own brand of testosterone-addled, rock-havoc on the world. Currently, they are as popular as they are obvious — early on you could hear undigested chunks of Pixies, Janes, Pumpkins and White Stripes in the mix — but since when was that a bad thing in rock and/or roll? Besides, they’ve since added ’60s Brit-pop (Kinks, Hollies, Zombies) and ’70s Krautrock (Can, Neu, Amon Duul) to their plunder. Think a Kentucky-fried Dr. Dog. Plus, you can just look at them and see they are doing this for all the best reasons, chief among them, they are patently unqualified for any other kind of employment, with the possible exception of Freshman dorm weed dealer or professional hackysack player. The best rock n’ roll always comes from people with no back up plan.
We have a pair of tix to see them at the Skyline Stage of the Mann Center on Thursday May 12th — along with Portugal The Man and Broncho — to give away to some lucky duck. To qualify, all you have to do is sign up for our mailing list (see right, below the masthead). Trust us, this is something you want to do. In addition to breaking news alerts and Phawker updates, you also get advanced warning about groovy concert ticket giveaways and other free swag opportunities like this one! After signing up, send us an email at PHAWKER66@GMAIL.COM telling us a much, with the words PACHYDERM in the subject line. If you are already on our mailing list, just send us an email saying as much. Either way, please include your full name and a mobile number for confirmation. The 13th Phawker reader to email wins! Good luck and godspeed!
CAGE THE ELEPHANT PLAYS THE MANN CENTER ON THURSDAY MAY 12TH