Ben Folds - Ben Folds To Release New Record
Ben Folds is due to release a new album 'Way To Normal' in the UK on September 29th 2008 through Columbia Records. This is Ben Folds' third solo album since parting ways with ...

Ben Folds and Nick Hornby Album
Nick Hornby Makes Sweet Love to Ben Folds' Music ... OMG *Head Explode* Dreams Do Come True / Dustin Rowles

Star Trek - Ben Folds To Work With Nick Hornby
Ben Folds has announced he is to collaborate on a musical project with British writer Nick Hornby.The US singer-songwriter has proclaimed himself a fan of the ...

Ben Folds Five Reunites and Performs Exclusive Concert to Benefit Operation Smile on September 18 in Chapel Hill, NC
On Thursday, September 18, alt-pop band Ben Folds Five will perform a concert and proceeds will benefit Operation Smile, a worldwide children’s medical charity that provides free reconstructive surgery to children born with facial deformities.  MySpace, the world’s premier social network, has launched its newest music program, Front to Back, celebrating iconic albums that have helped shape the MySpace Generation.  MySpace kicks off this program by reuniting beloved alt-pop band Ben Folds Five

Tuesday, September 30
We need heros and we’ll even take one from the earnest, naïve late ’90s: Ben Folds plays at Terminal 5, providing a reprieve for those of us getting by on Klonopin and vodka until November. (Note to self: Flights to Toronto leave J.F.K. daily.) [Ben Folds at Terminal 5, 610 West 56th Street, 7 p.m., www.ticketmaster.com] mbryan@observer.com0 comments PrintEmail Related    ArticlesMonday, September 29Sunday, September 28Saturday, September 27Friday, September 26Thursday, Septe

Amanda Palmer: Amanda tours to support debut solo album
Get out your corset,  your theater make-up and your thigh-highs: Amanda Palmer's going on tour. The Dresden Dolls lead singer will be supporting her first solo effort, Who Killed Amanda Palmer, which features production from Ben Folds, and a companion book with work from graphic novelist Neil Gaimen. [Brooklynvegan]   Amanda Palmer tour dates: 09.19 New York, NY: Sound Fix Records Brooklyn 09.27 Dublin, Ireland: Academy 09.28 Belfast Ireland: Auntie Annie's Porterhouse 09.30 Edinburgh, Scotland: C

Ben Folds Five Play Reinhold Messner Reunion Show
A couple weeks (and change) ago we reported that despite their other projects, Ben Folds Five were reuniting as part of MySpace Music's "Front To Back" series to play The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner in its entirety at UNC-Chapel Hill's Memorial Hall. We weren't lying, it happened last night. It was Darren Jesse, Robert Sledge and Tim & Eric bud Ben F's first performance together in almost a decade. So far we only have the words of hardcore fans to go by, but it sounds like they did a good job

Ben Folds Five Revive “Reinhold Messner” at Inaugural MySpace “Front to Back” Show
One of the highlights of the Ben Folds Five reunion show Thursday night on the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill came during the band’s performance of its final single, “Army.” It’s the quintessential college-rock song in which the protagonist ponders leaving school. When Folds sang the line, “I thought about the Army — I dropped out and joined a band instead,” the packed house of college students and longtime followers let out a deafening roar of a

Snaps: Beat Bitches Up
Nick Hornby is teaming up with Ben Folds; and as a result, Dustin is teaming up with a tube sock. (Pajiba)The Spears Family, Wal-Mart and Kiddie Porn: An American Tale. (Yeeeah!)Katy Perry may not have kissed a girl, but she got made to eat dirt by one, which is -- let's face it -- much sexier. (The Blemish)Posh Spice is running four miles a day. Whatever. If I didn't have to fucking sit in front of a desk all the time I'd probably run four miles a day, too. (Celebitchy)What?! Celebslam gets to go to the Em

New Releases: Ben Folds, Dear and the Headlights, Bleeding Through
I’m always ready for a new Ben Folds release. Anberlin has released the same album four times now. The Nightwatchman (a.k.a. Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello) has a new album that’s sure to be protest-a-licious. And I’m admittedly a fan of Joshua Radin’s Zach Braff-core. Other than that, maybe I’ll check out the new T.I. and Bleeding Through albums for kicks. Nothing else looks very interesting. :: Absentee, Victory Shorts (Memphis Industries) :: Amon Amarth,

Audience bends to Ben Folds' new tunes
Nimble-fingered piano man and lovable eccentric Ben Folds remains a consummate entertainer. With stints writing commercial jingles on his resume, along with forays into...

A Grand Design: Ben Folds
Way to Look More Dorky: hatchet lighting, incomprehensible photograph, ugly typeface. But it’s Ben Folds, so real music connoisseurs have already issued a free pass. AGD EDIT: More detail on the Jesu cover posted a bit ago: Jason Hellman took the photo, someone else did the actual design. Written by Jay DiNitto > A Grand Design, Music | 2:00 pm | More on: Ben Folds ADVERTISEMENT Leave a Repl

DINNER’S READY!: 9/30/08 New Releases
The clear winner in this week’s new releases round-up has to be T.I. with his newest album Paper Trail.  While it may not rival Lil’ Wayne’s The Carter III in units sold, it certainly is the best rap album to be released since Kanye’s Graduation.  An incredible collection spanning from dance floor to radio and everywhere in-between.  Check for my review later this afternoon, but for now, here’s a list of some big names coming out today (I love the beginning of the last sales

Week in Preview: [September 30, 2008] Heading to the record store? Here's what's new.
Absentee: Victory Shorts (Memphis Industries) Ani DiFranco: Red Letter Year (Righteous Babe) Beaujolais: Love at Thirty (Parasol) Becoming: Becoming, Vol. 1 (Tooth & Nail) Ben Folds: Way to Normal (Epic) ...

¡Feliz cumpleaños Tegan y Sara Quin!
Tegan y Sara nacieron en Calgary, Alberta. Empezaron haciéndose llamar PLUNK y no tenían batería ni bajo. En 1997, empezaron a utilizar el estudio del colegio para grabar dos demos: Who’s in Your Band? y Play Day. En 1998, ganaron la Garage Warz Battle of the Bands, una competición local en Calgary. Desde entonces, las dos han estado de gira con Neil Young, Rufus Wainwright, Kaki King, The Pretenders, Ben Folds, The Killers, Rachael Cantu, Vivek Shraya, Cake, Gogol Bordello, Hot Hot Heat, Ryan Ada