Eight years since his last studio album, Ben Folds is back with another collection of emotionally-charged piano pop tunes. But like all of his work, going back to the brilliant
Ben Folds will release his new album What Matters Most on June 2 via New West Records. The 10-song set was co-produced by Folds and Joe Pisapia (K.D. Lang, Guster) in East
Bob Weir will take his TRI Studios talk show on the road this fall + The National will play one song over and over
Overall, The Sound of the Life of the Mind stands up to the band's back catalogue, and should leave any BF5 fan who might have feared a by-the-numbers reunion album pleasantly surprised.
Ryan Adams is putting out a monster 15-LP, vinyl-only box set tomorrow.
Two big stories from Bonnaroo / Great GoogaMooga organizers Superfly Presents.
The fallout from this past weekend’s Vomitgate continues to bring some more less then wanted attention on the Kings Of Leon. First came the news that the cancellation of the
And for a finale Folds played his role of Glee conductor and divided the audience into three part harmonies to sing “Not the Same,” his retrospective to an acquaintance’s acid trip turned born again. 28 songs in two hours is nothing to complain about, especially for a guy on less than six hours sleep, with plenty of dust storm related improv. It might be too early in the game too coin Folds as an "American Original," but there's no argument that his hows certainly fall into the unique category.
In 2003 power-pop act Fountains Of Wayne became household names behind their seemingly ubiquitous hit Stacy’s Mom from their highly recommended album Welcome Interstate Managers. The New York-based quartet, whose
Odd musical pairings aren’t something new, in fact NPR’s All Songs Considered recently did an entire podcast dedicated to them. The latest duo to be added to this list is
