{"id":279991,"date":"2025-10-05T17:48:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T17:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/279991\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T17:48:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T17:48:38","slug":"cage-the-elephant-showed-off-its-evolving-sound-at-electrifying-san-antonio-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/279991\/","title":{"rendered":"Cage the Elephant showed off its evolving sound at electrifying San Antonio show"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday night, acclaimed alt-rock act Cage the Elephant treated fans at Boeing Center at Tech Port to a full-on rock show.<\/p>\n

Although the six-piece ensemble visited San Antonio as a sidequest from its performance at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, its tight 80-minute set felt like anything but sloppy seconds.<\/p>\n

Formed in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Cage the Elephant rose to prominence with a bluesy garage-rock sound that showcased frontman Matt Shultz\u2019s gritty voice and weary, street-smart storytelling. The band hit it big on the alternative charts in 2009 after relocating to London prior to the release of its self-titled debut.<\/p>\n

Cage\u2019s Boeing Center performance started with a bang as pyro illuminated the near-capacity crowd and the band tore into \u201cBroken Boy.\u201d An early run of deeper tracks was highlighted by the crunchy trip of \u201cCry Baby\u201d and the \u201960s-rock throwback \u201cSpiderhead.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

After Shultz briefly introduced the members of the band, Cage dove into the singles that drove its popularity and comprised much of its setlist as it opened for Oasis this summer. \u201cCold Cold Cold\u201d met with a roar of approval as the crowd leaned in for more.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cage showed off its evolving sound and style as the set continued. \u201cReady to Let Go\u201d served as a bridge between the group\u2019s raw, ballsy early sound and the polished alt-rock of recent track \u201cNeon Pill,\u201d which bordered on psychedelia.<\/p>\n

Lead guitarist Nick Bockrath got showcase moments on \u201cMess Around\u201d and \u201cAin\u2019t No Rest For the Wicked\u201d.<\/p>\n

The audience stayed engaged as Shultz and company moved quickly from song to song. At one point, he told the crowd that he twisted his ankle, which may have accounted for his lack of banter.<\/p>\n

After returning for an encore, Bockrath took another searing solo on \u201cBack Against The Wall.\u201d Cage closed with a ripping rendition of \u201cCome A Little Closer,\u201d which sent the crowd out, pumped for the rest of the night\u2019s possibilities.<\/p>\n

All photos by Jaime Monzon. <\/p>\n

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This article appears in Oct. 2-15<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Saturday night, acclaimed alt-rock act Cage the Elephant treated fans at Boeing Center at Tech Port to…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":279992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[53915,5229,144758,144759,27478,144760,89977,7202,115484,115485,7203,116419,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-279991","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-acl","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-austin-city-limits","11":"tag-boeing-center","12":"tag-cage-the-elephant","13":"tag-cage-the-elephant-photos","14":"tag-concert-reviews","15":"tag-san-antonio","16":"tag-san-antonio-concerts","17":"tag-san-antonio-music","18":"tag-sanantonio","19":"tag-tech-port","20":"tag-texas","21":"tag-tx","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-united-states-of-america","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115322822868832488","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}