Eels

Readers recommend playlist: your songs about finishing

It’s not quite the end of the world as we know it, with a playlist including Alice Cooper, Eels, Speech Debelle and the Sundays. And, as you’d hope, it rounds itself off nicely

Sarah Chappell

15, Dec, 2016 @12:00 PM

The song never remains the same: 11 versions of Eels' My Beloved Monster

Mark Oliver Everett’s 1996 album track became a staple of Eels’ live shows, and a new career-spanning box set lets us anatomise its dynamics

JR Moores

19, Oct, 2015 @4:42 PM

On my radar: Harry Hill’s cultural highlights

The comedian tells Kathryn Bromwich about Tim Pigott-Smith as Prince Charles, Revolutionary Road, the rock band Eels and the magic of Gogglebox

Kathryn Bromwich

16, Nov, 2014 @12:05 AM

Eels' E on Journey's Steve Perry: 'He started showing up to rehearsals'

Singer describes how Perry's regular appearances during the band's tour practices turned into his first public performance in nearly two decades

Sean Michaels

29, May, 2014 @7:50 AM

Journey frontman Steve Perry breaks 19-year silence

After retiring from music for nearly two decades, the reclusive singer joined Eels on stage in Minnesota, for two Journey songs as well as an underground Eels track

Sean Michaels

27, May, 2014 @7:41 AM

Why Eels' The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett is the one album you should hear this week – video review

Alexis Petridis recommends the 11th album by Eels, a self-lacerating look at the relationship-related 'assholery' of singer-songwriter Mark Oliver Everett

Presented by Alexis Petridis

25, Apr, 2014 @5:30 AM

The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett review – Eels in confessional mood

The Eels frontman returns to more familiar territory after the rockier sounds of Wonderful, Glorious, writes Phil Mongredien

Phil Mongredien

19, Apr, 2014 @11:05 PM

Eels: The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett review – 'Familiarly bleak ground'

Mark Everett's got a broken heart again – and he's venturing nowhere new with this regretful collection

Tim Jonze

17, Apr, 2014 @8:15 AM

Cavern Of Anti-Matter, Eels, Pet Shop Boys: this week's new tracks

Cavern Of Anti-Matter | Eels | Pet Shop Boys | Goldfrapp | The Strypes

David Stubbs

30, Aug, 2013 @12:00 PM

My top 10 swimming songs

Sally Goble: From a folksy Frank Turner ballad to an REM classic via a funky oddity by 10CC, here's my pick from the pool of tunes about taking a dip in the drink. What are your favourites?

Sally Goble

23, Aug, 2013 @10:40 AM

Eels – review

Anyone who came to see Eels hoping for a heavy dose of despair might well grumble, as good vibes and light comedy reign, writes Malcolm Jack

Malcolm Jack

20, Mar, 2013 @6:32 PM

Eels: Wonderful, Glorious – review

Mark Everett remains in unusually high spirits on Eels' impressive 10th album, writes Phil Mongredien