{"id":1998,"date":"2011-03-20T16:16:57","date_gmt":"2011-03-20T23:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=1998"},"modified":"2011-03-20T16:16:57","modified_gmt":"2011-03-20T23:16:57","slug":"cage-the-elephant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2011\/03\/cage-the-elephant\/","title":{"rendered":"CAGE THE ELEPHANT"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/CAGE-THE-ELEPHANT-M-Review-JanFeb2011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1999\" title=\"CAGE-THE-ELEPHANT-M-Review-JanFeb2011\" src=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/CAGE-THE-ELEPHANT-M-Review-JanFeb2011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/CAGE-THE-ELEPHANT-M-Review-JanFeb2011.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/CAGE-THE-ELEPHANT-M-Review-JanFeb2011-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>C<\/strong><strong>AGE THE ELEPHANT<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>Thank You, Happy Birthday<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[Jive]<\/p>\n<p>With just two albums under its belt, Kentucky\u2019s Cage the Elephant has transformed itself from a Lou Reed-meets-Red Hot Chili Peppers funk-punk outfit into something a bit darker. Trading away vocalist Matt Shultz\u2019s previous raps for jarring screams will probably result in the band being less of a frat-house favorite, but it should also make it clear that this is a lead singer to keep an eye on. Like Peter Wolf, Shultz can boogie and pout equally well in the same song (\u201cAround My Head\u201d). And though his sneering and sarcasm aren\u2019t close to Jagger territory, they\u2019re charismatic enough to get the Hives\u2019 Pelle Almqvist looking over his shoulder. Extra points go to whoever decided to slip the harshly mocking \u201cIndy Kidz\u201d onto the track list. If you\u2019re going to spend a good chunk of your time throwing musical tantrums, you might as well let people know you\u2019re in on the joke. \u2013David Styburski<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAGE THE ELEPHANT Thank You, Happy Birthday [Jive] With just two albums under its belt, Kentucky\u2019s Cage the Elephant has transformed itself from a Lou Reed-meets-Red Hot Chili Peppers funk-punk outfit into something a bit darker. Trading away vocalist Matt Shultz\u2019s previous raps for jarring screams will probably result in the band being less of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[196,1536,1538,1059,1353,1537],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998\/revisions\/2000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}