Features
Thursday, March 10 2011
The Age We're At: An Interview with Elbow
Elbow had been labouring at their craft for years, before making the breakthrough of a lifetime with 2008's The Seldom Seen Kid. Now, Elbow's Pete Turner talks about the success of their last album and how they set about following it with their new release, Build a Rocket Boys!.
Friday, December 19 2008
The Best Albums of 2008
PopMatters presents our 60 best albums of 2008, highlighted by the return of British trip-hop legends and some infectious American indie rock by way of the Cascade Mountains.
Tuesday, December 9 2008
The Best of Britain 2008
British music in 2008 was for once every bit the match of its American equivalent, and tantalisingly suggested there's much more to come.
Tuesday, August 26 2008
"A Language That Nobody Else Could Understand": An Interview with Elbow
With their new album The Seldom Seen Kid fresh on shelves, the guys in Elbow sit down with PopMatters to reflect on the losses, tragedies, and hopes that got them to where they are now, all while celebrating the music that continues to unite this group over nearly two decades of existence.
Reviews
Friday, September 21 2012
Elbow: Dead in the Boot
A fire is by its very nature a tantrum of elements -- instability made manifest. As it approaches equalization through conversion, it approaches calm. This is the same conceptual space occupied by Elbow’s Dead in the Boot.
Tuesday, March 22 2011
Elbow: Build a Rocket Boys!
With their precise songs and patient delivery, Elbow continues to be worth close examination.
Wednesday, April 23 2008
Elbow: The Seldom Seen Kid
Elbow has once again proved that it’s a band that’s looking forward and doing things in its own inimitable way.
Thursday, May 11 2006
Elbow
supporters may be content to keep their favorite British import to themselves, but when I see that pile of unsold tickets, it makes me want to shout.
Blogs
Tuesday, November 29 2011
Elbow Providing Musical Theme for London 2012 Olympics
A special piece of music created by British alt rock band elbow for the 2012 Olympics in London is now in the final stages of…
Friday, July 31 2009
Elbow - Live on Morning Becomes Eclectic (video)
PopMatters loved Elbow's latest album, The Seldom Seen Kid, placing it at #9 on our top 60 album list last year. The Manchester band stopped…
News
Wednesday, August 26 2009
Alternative rock band Elbows its way to the top of the British music scene
The British alternative rock band Elbow finally finds itself "mercifully free of the pressures" of anonymity. All it took was three brilliant records, followed by…
