Ben Lee: Deeper Into Dream
Ben Lee has always been interested in dreams and has been a constant theme with his music. With Lee’s eighth full-length album, “Deeper Into Dream”, Lee focuses on making an album that is as dreamlike as possible, and the results are just as exciting and surprising. read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsDangerbird Records Signs Butch Walker and Ben Lee
Dangerbird Records has added a pair of multitalented singer-songwriters to their roster of artists.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsOur Favorite Daytrotter Portraits
If you, like us, are a big fan of Daytrotter... read more
Found in: Culture, FeaturesMargaret Cho Talks New Album, Working With Jon Brion and Andrew Bird
Margaret Cho didn’t really pick up a guitar and start playing music until about a year and a half ago, when she decided it would be a good idea to record an album... read more
Found in: Culture, FeaturesBen Lee Talks Resurrecting Old Band With New, Free Album
A young songwriting veteran of sorts, Ben Lee has managed to release seven solo albums by age 30. But after 17 years of solo success, he decided that he just wanted to be a kid again.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBen Lee: The Rebirth of Venus
Aussie crooner Ben Lee has been steadily releasing sticky-sweet... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsBen Lee announces The Rebirth of Venus
Ben Lee has announced plans to release his seventh studio album, The Rebirth of Venus, on Feb. 10. He is dedicating the album to Venus, the Goddess of Love and Beauty, because he realizes that "the strongest feminine qualities such as compassion, nurturing, creativity, spontaneity, intuition, playfulness, tenderness and warmth...are qualities that we all, men and women, need to cultivate." ... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBen Lee: Ripe
Once upon a time there was “radio-friendly” rock—an ultra-accessible, hook-laden pop style that was almost guaranteed airplay... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsBen Lee announces North American tour
Aussie, aussie, aussie! Oi, oi, oi! Ben Lee is coming to town! All you fans of the Australian singer/songwriter can get excited, because he's about to embark on a North American tour in support of his latest album Ripe. Lee will be joined by the Cary Brothers and Kate Voegele. If you are friends with Ben Lee on MySpace, or if you friend him today (Oct. 9), then you will have a special chance to pre-order tickets to his shows. Otherwise, you can just wait until tomorrow (Oct. 10), when tickets go on sale to the general public. Released... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBen Lee goes New Wave
In a remarkably swift and deconstructivist move, Ben Lee has remade Florida rock band Against Me!'s latest, New Wave. "As heavy and gnarly as it sounds at times, [New Wave] is unmistakably a pop masterpiece," Lee gushed in a MySpace bulletin earlier this week. "I was on a flight from Sydney to Melbourne and had the thought, 'I'd love to cover this album.' The whole thing. Beginning to end. So I did." That Lee would cover an entire album of songs by another artist (and do it well) is not surprising, nor is the fact that his super-melodic take on... read more
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