Super Bowl weekend isn't just about watching the big game, and there will be dozens of music events in San Francisco before the Broncos and the Panthers take the field. Verizon's go90 Live free concert series at The Regency Ballroom will kick off Thursday, February 4 with performances from Fall Out Boy, Skrillex and Hunter Hayes. The night before the Super Bowl, Metallica and Cage The Elephant will play a sold out show at AT&T Park, and tickets are currently averaging $210, with the cheapest ticket available for $87. Read More »
Cage The Elephant have returned with the first single off of their upcoming new album Melophobia and it is an interesting depature from the band's typical brand of balls-out southern fried rawk. "Come A Little Closer" is a spacy number with mellow ahhhs throughout. That's not saying that Cage The Elephant have gone experimental- the track stays grounded in that it sounds like a David Bowie track had Bowie been a member of a Kentucky bar band- but it is a compelling turn from a band known for songs like "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked" and "Back Against The Wall." Read More »