Cage the Elephant performs at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco on July 2, 2024. Chloe Catajan/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — Cage the Elephant shows are not for the faint of heart. Flames, flashing LEDs and a BPM over 150 were in full force within the first song at…

Cage the Elephant, “Neon Pill.” Cage the Elephant had an eventful five-year break between Social Cues and the rock band’s new album, and not in a good way. First, brothers Matt (vocals) and Brad (guitar) Shultz lost their father. Then Matt was arrested in a New York hotel room…

Cage the Elephant, “Social Cues.” After winning a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album with 2015’s Tell Me I’m Pretty, expectations are high for Cage The Elephant‘s fifth album. Social Cues introduces the band’s most toned-down and subdued collection of songs. It gets personal with singer Matt Schultz’s personal life, detailing the unraveling…

Lady Gaga, probably singing about our editor. I’ll be honest with you, I kinda cheated on this one. Two of the songs are from one of my favorite video game series, two were generously provided by a friend, and one is Lady Gaga, which is basically the 21st century…

Cage the Elephant performs at Golden Gate Park at Outside Lands on Aug. 12, 2017. Photos: Alessio Neri It was not until I showed up at Golden Gate Park on Aug. 11 at 10 a.m. and walked the length of the Outside Lands Music Festival grounds that I fully grasped…

Attendees at Outside Lands on August 12, 2017. Photos: Alessio Neri. Day two of Outside Lands is in the books so it’s time for the second edition of my best and worst! See if you can pick up on the subtle theme. Best: Metallica — Not even just the show. Just…

While there was disappointment about A Tribe Called Quest’s postponement turning into a total (and mysterious) cancellation, Metallica’s spectacle of a performance more than made up for it. A band that’s been touring off and on for more than 35 years doesn’t really have bad shows anymore, but even by…

Photos: Paige K. Parsons MOUNTAIN VIEW — Neil Young sat in with Metallica and My Morning Jacket served as Roger Waters’ backing band on the first day of the 30th annual Bridge School Benefit Saturday. Nine different artists performed at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View. The benefit aids…

Metallica, Roger Waters, Dave Matthews and Willie Nelson were among the 10 artists announced Monday for this year’s installment of the annual Bridge School Benefit concert. The event, now in its 30th year, brings together popular musicians to benefit the Bridge School, a Hillsborough, Calif. facility serving children with…

Cage the Elephant performs during Not So Silent Night at Oracle Arena in Oakland on Dec. 13, 2014. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. The weather behaved and rain took the day off, saving event promoters from worry over attendance on the second night of the two-night event at Oracle Arena. The performances…