Elbow, “Audio Vertigo.” Some fans of Elbow found the U.K. band’s previous album, pandemic-era Flying Dream 1 (2021) to be a little too quiet and sleepy. They’ll be glad to hear that its newest outing, Audio Vertigo, is louder, darker, heavier and wittier. Audio Vertigo Elbow Polydor/Geffen, March 22…

If you followed Elbow during the early days of the pandemic, you saw the British band create “elbow rooms” online but in real-time. It was new, quieter versions of their older songs, recorded separated by lockdowns but connected via Zoom. They remained busy through 2020 releasing acoustic album “Live…

RIFF photographers’ best work in 2020 included these shots of Poppy, Seventeen, The Struts, Colony House, Little Image, KISS, Injury Reserve, Suzi Analogue, Elbow, Tones & I, Thundercat, Thrice, Tove Lo, George Clinton and Ramblin’ Jack Elliot. In this abbreviated year of concerts, we asked our photographers to provide…

Elbow performs at the Fox Theater in Oakland on Jan. 20, 2020. Martin Lacey/Staff. OAKLAND — Elbow frontman Guy Garvey was admittedly in a peculiar mood at his band’s show at the Fox Theater on Monday. “I’m really enjoying this,” the chatty Garvey said halfway through. “Full disclosure: I’ve…

Elbow, “Little Fictions.” Formed in 1997, Manchester, England group Elbow is back with its sixth full-length release, Little Fictions. Having found their overall sound in the beginning, Elbow never veered too far away from what it showed on its 2001 debut, Asleep in the Back. Little Fictions Elbow The band…

Sofi Tukker As I finish this list from across the ocean in Australia, I can’t help but reminisce on what an unpredictable, and oftentimes sad year 2016 has been for music fans. Starting with the tragic passing of David Bowie in January: A fearless visionary, iconoclast and personal hero.…