Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant

Fall is in the air. Mornings are cold, afternoons hot. Playoff baseball returns (although my Phillies again have gotten screwed. Two consecutive home games at 2:37? Bullshit). And with the coming of fall comes Pitt's newish fall break.

With no classes on Friday and Monday off, the obvious plan for the weekend is a road trip. But not just any road trip. This is a trip to my second home - the Jersey Shore. After working down the shore for three summers and going down weekends since birth, a trip to the coast is just what I need after the madness in Oakland for G-20. A few days surfing and hanging on the beach is just what I need to get my head together for the rest of the semester.

But with a road trips, quality music is a necessity. And while the trip should take around 6 hours, I have at least 37.7 minutes covered in the form of Cage the Elephant. Best known for their song 'Aint No Rest For the Wicked,' Cage the Elephant's self titled album brings the long forgotten 70s guitar rifts, unique voice, and relaxing-yet-intense sound back into the musical world.

I first heard of Cage the Elephant after hearing a radio promo for a Sliversun Pickups tour that was coming to "Pittsburgh." Well it turns out the venue is like an hour away. Automobileless, I cant attend (Anger! Rage! Weeping!) but I did hear 'Aint No Rest'. The song was catchy enough, so I thought I'd give it a shot.

And Cage does not disapoint. Mixing quick paced songs like 'Aint No Rest' and 'James Brown', songs that make you want to jump around and singm with slower jams like 'Back Against the Wall,' which makes you wanna melt into a couch and sing, Cage is a band that makes you want to look up the lyrics to the songs as soon as your hear for the first time.

But as started earlier, Cage is the perfect road trip band. Listening to the album and closing my eyes, I can picture myself moving down the Turnpike at 85MPH singing along and looking forward to feel and taste of salt water once more.