Though they're clearly still going strong, ten years ago yesterday Oklahoma's favorite sons released their ninth and generally speaking most beloved album The Soft Bulletin. It was the Flaming Lips' moody, poppy, deeply atmospheric followup to 1997's quadruple turntable adventure... CONTINUE READING THE SOFT BULLETIN TURNS 10»
Posted on May 18, 2009 in , (35 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds | Iron And Wine | Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey | Neil Hammon | Nobody | The Bad Plus | The Flaming Lips | The Postal Service
A cappella's been creeping further and further into the indie rock realm: Not necessarily bands who sing without instrumentation behind them, but straight-up college a cappella groups covering Animal Collective and Vampire Weekend, backing Rivers Cuomo. It's like a sickness!... CONTINUE READING BEN FOLDS GOES TO COLLEGE FOR A CAPPELLA LP »
Posted on March 17, 2009 in , , (23 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds | Ben Folds Five | Lucky Dragons
For the third year in a row, we've turned to master bootlegger team9 to take some of our favorite songs of the year and mash them together. On Stereogum & team9 Present... MySplice III you'll hear familiar blog hits from... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM & TEAM9 PRESENT... MYSPLICE III»
Posted on December 16, 2008 in , , (56 comments)
Tags: Albert Hammond Jr. | Arcade Fire | Beck | Ben Folds | Bloc Party | Blondie | Britney Spears | Crystal Castles | Cyndi Lauper | Extreme | Guns N' Roses | Kanye West | Katy Perry | King Creosote | Lil Wayne | Lykke Li | Naughty By Nature | of Montreal | Regina Spektor | Rihanna | Rolling Stones | Stone Roses | T.I. | team9 | The Breeders | The Killers | The Sound | The Three Craws
Before Elton John revisited Yellow Brick Road with Ben Folds and others, Folds revisited The Unauthorized Biography Of Rienhold Messner with his old band. Said performance, which took place at UNC-Chapel Hill's Memorial Hall, was organized as part of MySpace... CONTINUE READING WATCH THE BEN FOLDS FIVE REUNION CONCERT»
Posted on October 23, 2008 in (13 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds | Ben Folds Five | Explosions In The Sky
Last night Elton John returned to Broadway to perform his classic 1973 double album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road start to finish. The event benefited a number of AIDS charitable organizations (tickets ranged from $250 to $2,500) and featured an all-star... CONTINUE READING ELTON JOHN REVISITS YELLOW BRICK ROAD WITH RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, JAKE SHEARS, BEN FOLDS»
Posted on October 21, 2008 in (3 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds | Death Cab For Cutie | Elton John | Jake Shears | Rufus Wainwright | Scissor Sisters
Last night, while you were resting up from all those winks in the Vice Presidential debate, Regina Spektor joined Ben Folds for a playful version of "You Don't Know Me" on Conan O'Brien. As tipster Marc C. points out, there's... CONTINUE READING BEN FOLDS, REGINA SPEKTOR, AND JASON SUDEIKIS'S LEAKY TROMBONE DO CONAN»
Posted on October 3, 2008 in (21 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds | Conan O'Brien | Jason Sudeikis | Regina Spektor | Throbbing Gristle
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... CONTINUE READING BEN FOLDS FIVE PLAY REINHOLD MESSNER REUNION SHOW»
Posted on September 19, 2008 (24 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds | Ben Folds Five
Internet trickster Ben Folds has joined forces with Adult Swim absurdists Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim on a video for "You Don't Know Me." Regina Spektor's not in it, but Eric cross-dresses so attractively you'd never know the difference. Josh... CONTINUE READING TIM & ERIC MAKE A BEN FOLDS VIDEO»
Posted on September 11, 2008 in (3 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds | Josh Groban | Kanye West | Passion Pit | Regina Spektor | SXSW | Tim And Eric
In the comments section of our post on the "Hiroshima" video, reader sean took a moment to disparage the fake leak of Way To Normal before writing: He's squandered all of his stock-piled Ben Folds Five love ... Let's get... CONTINUE READING BEN FOLDS FIVE REUNITE FOR REINHOLD MESSNER»
Posted on September 3, 2008 (31 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds | Ben Folds Five | Bon Iver | Dirty Projectors | Feist | Sharon Jones | Soft Circle | SXSW
When we posted a YouTube stream of "You Don't Know Me," Ben Folds's sitcom-ready duet with Regina Spektor, we also linked to a paragraph at Wikipedia that mentioned the "leaked" version of Way To Normal floating around could, in fact,... CONTINUE READING BEN FOLDS FOOLED YOU»
Posted on August 14, 2008 (11 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds | Ra Ra Riot | Throbbing Gristle
You got a look and listen at the stop-motion antics of a mini-Ben Folds in the "Hiroshima" video the other day. Long before that, we'd been compiling other Way To Normal details and sounds. The other day a commenter mentioned... Way To Normal Album Art'">CONTINUE READING NEW BEN FOLDS & REGINA SPEKTOR - "YOU DON'T KNOW ME" & WAY TO NORMAL ALBUM ART»
Posted on August 7, 2008 in (22 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds
We mentioned Way To Normal when talking about the songs Ben Folds premiered at Bonaroo and the further details he unveiled after unretiring "Bitches Ain't Shit." Now there's a stop-motion video for first single "Hiroshima." It includes sundry toys like... CONTINUE READING NEW BEN FOLDS VIDEO - "HIROSHIMA" »
Posted on August 5, 2008 in (12 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds | Peelander-Z | SXSW
The last we heard from Ben Folds, he was at Bonnaroo with Amrit, premiering new tracks and retiring others. Since then, a Folds interview in Paste lets us know that the new album Way To Normal, the first since 2005's... CONTINUE READING BEN FOLDS REVEALS ALBUM DETAILS, UNRETIRES "BITCHES AIN'T SHIT"»
Posted on July 8, 2008 (12 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds
Between all the ranting (Kanye) and raving (Sigur Rós) we didn't get a chance to talk about Ben Folds's set at Bonnaroo. He's still abusing his Baldwin (a string broke on "Landed") and putting the audience to work on vocal... CONTINUE READING BEN FOLDS PREVIEWS NEW MATERIAL»
Posted on June 19, 2008 in , (21 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds | Bonnaroo
A prank five years in the making. With Ben's help, Improv Everywhere pulls a Ben Folds Fake at Hammerstein, and a 10Hz Frequency gag at Beacon. Just read the story, before you watch the video... Any of you Folds fans... CONTINUE READING BEN FOLDS PUNKS NYC»
Posted on November 21, 2006 in (10 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds | Conan O'Brien | Triumph The Insult Comic Dog
Sony BMG was paying attention to Rob Walker's "Consumed" a few weeks back.Sometimes this life seems so cluttered with marketing and sales pitches that it’s enough to make you want to flee to another world. And you can. A second... CONTINUE READING ONE ANGRY DWARF AND 200 SOLEMN AVATARS»
Posted on October 17, 2006 (3 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds | Second Life
But first you have to talk shit about the Dresden Dolls, Streets or Sufjan. Posted Monday on Mr. Folds's MySpace blog:speaking of neediness in music or lack thereof... amanda of the dresden dolls, my new favorite band of all time,... CONTINUE READING BEN FOLDS WILL DRAW A DICK ON YOUR WALL»
Posted on August 30, 2006 (10 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds | Sufjan Stevens | The Dresden Dolls | The Streets
Hey kids. Lots of craziness since my last Bonnaroo update. Let's start with Friday afternoon. A press conference with Jim James, Lewis Black, Ben Folds, Robert Randolph and Jack from Steel Train featured lots of left-field questions (i.e., "What's your... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM AT BONNAROO PT. 2»
Posted on June 18, 2006 in (8 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds | Bonnaroo | Cat Power | Death Cab For Cutie | The Streets
Korrespondant Kevan reports from Last Night's Party:Several hundred people packed into Crobar. Ben Folds performed a few songs -- [something I didn't know], "Philosophy," "Brick," and "One Angry Dwarf," which he let the audience vote for "in the spirit of... CONTINUE READING BEN FOLDS & BILL CLINTON»
Posted on December 7, 2005 (5 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds
Why am I not surprised Captain Kirk likes the sound of his own voice? (Via iTunes.) At least we can applaud his restraint with exclamation points. And I admit his Pulp cover is awesome. William Shatner & Joe Jackson -... CONTINUE READING WILLIAM SHATNER'S CELEBRITY PLAYLIST»
Posted on December 6, 2005 in (4 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds | Joe Jackson | Pulp | William Shatner
Ben Folds is scheduled to play a free show today at 7 pm at the Apple Store in SoHo. Here's what you need to know: The Apple Store will distribute 400 wristbands starting at 3PM on Tuesday, September 6. All... CONTINUE READING FREE BEN FOLDS SHOW»
Posted on September 6, 2005 (3 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds
Sorry these don't work on Macs. Dude, get a Dell?Caesars Paper Tigers eels Blinking Lights & Other Revelations Ben Folds Songs For Silverman New Order Waiting For The Siren's CallHaven't listened to Caesers yet, but I can honestly recommend the... CONTINUE READING STREAM NEW CDS: CAESERS, EELS, BEN FOLDS, NEW ORDER»
Posted on April 19, 2005 (18 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds
From Mr. Folds' mailing list...Hi, friends & fans! It's official ..... Ben is back with his first full new album since 9/11! * It's called Songs for Silverman and will be out April 26! * "Landed", the first single, is... CONTINUE READING BEN FOLDS NEWS»
Posted on January 28, 2005 (28 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds
Ben Folds and The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon cover The Flaming Lips on English radio. Thanks Bedroom Dancing (again) for the link. Ben Folds & Neil Hannon - "Race For The Prize"... CONTINUE READING I LOVE RACE FOR THE PRIZE»
Posted on October 4, 2004 (13 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds
Has Been has been growing on me, and not even in an ironic way. It's unlike anything else you'll hear this year. Ben Folds did an amazing job with the arrangements. This lovely track was co-written by Ben and author... CONTINUE READING BILL SHATNER NO LONGER A JOKE»
Posted on September 30, 2004 (15 comments)
Tags: Ben Folds | Grizzly Bear
