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Top Ten First Dance Songs

By Kate Kiefer on 7:00 AM on August 6, 2009

I’m getting married in a few months, and so far, the only topic of contention has been music. My fiancé and I are determined to get every song right, and we haven’t agreed on a first-dance song yet. I present to you my top ten choices—you can listen to most of them below....  read more

Found in: Blogs, List of the Day

Manchester International Festival: Elbow with Hallé Orchestra

By Josh Jackson on 9:55 PM on July 9, 2009

I've long been a fan of Atlanta rock band Manchester Orchestra, but tonight I got a new appreciation for the real Manchester orchestra, The Hallé, as it played back-up band to hometown heroes Elbow at spectacular Bridgewater Hall....  read more

Found in: Blogs, High Gravity

Elbow very, very happy about Mercury Prize win

By Jeffrey Bloomer on 2:38 PM on September 17, 2008

Unless you’re Kanye West, the customary acceptance speech for a top culture award is a combination of humble thanks and I-can’t-believe-it incredulity. For those 45 seconds on stage, you’re self-detractingly funny, in awe of your opponents’ talents and just so honored even to be there....  read more

Found in: Music, News

2008 Mercury Prize nominees announced

By Henry Freedland on 9:40 AM on July 23, 2008

[Above: Perennial nominee Alex Turner (here representing the 2006-winning, 2007-nominated Arctic Monkeys) accepts a Mercury. His project The Last Shadow Puppets is up for nomination this year.]For many award events, the fervency of surrounding discussion seems as influential as the actual bestowing of accolades. The Mercury Prize, given to the best album by a British or Irish artist made in the previous year, is no exception....  read more

Found in: Music, News

Elbow announces new album, U.S. tour

By Eric Lach on 12:00 AM on March 4, 2008

The British indie rockers of Elbow have a new album, The Seldom Seen Kid, coming out April 22. The follow up to 2005’s Leaders of the Free World, the new record heralds several new changes for the group: a major label deal (Fiction/Geffen), its own studio space at Salford’s Blueprint Studios, and even fatherhood for several of the band members. It seems Elbow is all growns up. The band has announced a handful of tour dates, with more expected shortly. Dates: April 26 - New York, N.Y. @ Webster Hall 27 - Washington, D.C. @ Sixth & I Historic Synagogue...  read more

Found in: Music, News

Elbow - Leaders of the Free World

By Chris Dahlen on 12:00 AM on March 27, 2006

The sunniest, least ambitious Elbow album yet—and it suits them  read more

Found in: Music, Reviews

Elbow

By Tom Lanham on 12:00 AM on February 1, 2004

So who is that sharp-dressed man over there, lunching on the posh hotel patio? Some visiting CEO, calling up his weekly appointments on his Palm Pilot? A traveling sales rep, working up his latest bargain-basement pitch?...  read more

Found in: Music, Features