Watch Ben Folds Five on Conan
Ben Folds Five brought their beloved indie piano rock to the stage on Conan last night, wowing audiences with track “Draw a Crowd” from their 2013 release The Sound of the Life of the Mind. You can watch the video in the player above. As a special treat to online viewers, Folds and the band also played “Erase Me” as a web-exclusive clip. Check out that video, below. ... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe 25 Best Music Videos of 2012
Here are the 25 music videos that brought humor, insight, opinions, and often just plain fun into the world of music this year. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayWatch Ben Folds Five on The Colbert Report
Ben Folds Five recently released The Sound of the Life of the Mind, their first full-length release in 13 years. Last night, the band made an extended stop at The Colbert Report to promote the new record.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBen Folds Five: The Smart Kids Grow Up
The Ben Folds Five was a trio, a “bad math joke," as the namesake singer-pianist-leader once put it. They were an anomaly in the late ‘90s, a piano band in a guitar universe, playing six-chord songs in a three-chord world, writing uncool lyrics in a cool scene, lyrics about dwarves, abortion and narcolepsy. They released one masterpiece (Whatever and Ever Amen) and two pretty good albums (plus an odds-and-ends compilation) between 1995 and 1999 and then called it quits in 2000. And although many of their songs, from “Song for the Dumped” to “Battle of Who Could Care Less," described... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesDeLuna Fest Day One : Photos and Recap
Every once in a while you get a day when the temperature is a perfect 80 degrees and the blue skies are barely grazed with clouds; it was on one of these perfect days that Deluna Fest began. Pulling into Pensacola, a massive Farris wheel spun in front of the bay and the Pensacola Beach water tower stood like a beacon for the masses coming to town for three days of music, sand and sun. The gates opened at 2:05 and the crowd stampeded in like a parking lot Pamplona. Hungry patrons dined on delicacies, like the “Damn it to... read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsBen Folds Talks New Album, BF5 Reunion
Chatting with singer/songwriter, pianist and drummer Ben Folds last week was life-affirming and giddiness-inducing, but also an exercise in evaluating irony. When the last Ben Folds Five album, The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, came out in 1999, Folds, Robert Sledge and Darren Jessee didn’t have iPhones to tend to between songs. Twitter obviously didn’t exist yet, so interacting with fans in up to 140 characters would have been incomprehensible. Few people, much less musicians, owned laptops, and no one existed in a bubble of Wi-Fi. Buzzwords like “digital crowdsourcing” and “fan-funding” had not yet pervaded the public’s lexicon.... read more
Found in: Music, News22 Awesome Break-Up Songs
Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore. Zooey Deschanel and Ben Gibbard. Kim Kardashian and that really tall sports dude. It seems like there's been a slew of celebrity splits lately... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the Day10 Terrific Covers of Rap Songs (And 10 We Want to See Happen)
There are million YouTube videos of people covering rap, hip-hop and R&B songs, and it can be overwhelming to sift through them all—so we've done it for you. Here are 10 songs that you should hear. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayCelebrating the Ultimate Muse: An A-Z Look at Great Songs Named After Women
There are a few factors to take into consideration when reading this list, which was immense in its scope and terribly difficult to whittle down. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayDavid Lynch Releases Compilation Album for Charity
Award-winning filmmaker David Lynch has released a digital music compilation, Download For Good: Music That Changes The World, to benefit his non-profit organization the David Lynch Foundation.... read more
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