Front to back, and a little bit more: Ben Folds Five reunites in Chapel Hill
One song into Ben Folds Five's first show in eight years, the regrets were already pooling up. "If I'd known about this gig, I'd have sequenced the album differently," Folds heaved, grabbing for a water bottle as the last notes of "Narcolepsy" were swallowed by the crowd's applause. Fair enough: The song works beautifully as the opener of The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner, the band's last album, which they played in its entirety last night at UNC Chapel Hill's Memorial Hall at the behest of MySpace and for the benefit of Operation Smile. But in terms of ideal set-list... read more
Found in: Blogs, Ctrl-VBen Folds Five is reuniting tonight, and Paste will be there
I'm hitting the road in a few minutes, heading up to Chapel Hill, N.C. for Ben Folds Five's first live show in eight years, which I still kind of can't believe is actually happening.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Ctrl-VHotel Lights - "Blue Always Finds Me"
Click above to watch "Blue Always Finds Me" from Hotel Lights' new album Firecracker People, out now on Bar/None Records. Related Links: Hotel Lights on Myspace... read more
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