Watch 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, FeaturesPaste's Top 5 Music Videos of the Week
We count down our favorite new videos of the week, TRL-style. read more
Found in: A/VSong Premiere: Ben Folds Five-“Hold That Thought”
Ben Folds Five will donate a portion of the proceeds from the album and merchandise ordered from PledgeMusic to Music Education and Music Therapy. read more
Found in: Featured AudioListen to New Ben Folds Five Song "Draw a Crowd"
The song is a perfect combination of the band's sense of humor and their established sound. It features Folds dishing out great advice like, “if you're feeling small and you can't draw a crowd/ Draw dicks on a wall,” while being backed by the band’s signature piano. read more
Found in: Music, NewsBen Folds Five Announce Release Date of New Album
Ben Folds Five fans can finally stop holding their breath, because the band is back and ready to play. According to Consequence of Sound, they will release their first album in 13 years on Sept. 18.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBen Folds Five Releasing First Album in 13 Years
Piano-dominated trio Ben Folds Five will be reuniting for their first album in 13 years, The Sound of the Life of the Mind.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBen Folds Five Announce Tour, Album
Ben Folds Five took the stage at New York’s Mountain Jam Festival last Saturday— their first concert in years. The indie rock veterans are setting out on their first tour in 12 years, and they will release their first album since 1998 this September. You can read all about it in an interview with Folds himself here.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBen 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, NewsThe 20 Best Bonus Tracks
Thanks to the slightly wonky Gregorian calendar system, February is a bit longer this year. So to celebrate the bonus day, we’re highlighting 20 of our favorite bonus tracks on albums. read more
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