Recent blog posts about Ben Folds from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/benfolds/ 2012-02-15T05:42:15+01:00 text/html 2012-02-14T17:31:22+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4060853/bonnaroo-2012-includes-radiohead-the-beach-boys-ben-folds-five/
Here's the full line-up for Bonnaroo 2012. Click image for larger size. Ticket information etc, found here .]]> text/html 2012-01-30T17:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4024238/ben-folds-five-reunite-recording-new-album/
'90s rock act Ben Folds Five have reunited to record a new album, according to several tweets from the band's eponymous ringleader. Folds posted a picture of himself along with Robert Sledge and Darren Jessee, with the tag "NewBenFoldsFiveRecord," and a second tweet anticipating a spring release. The trio is set to be in the studio through March of this year. No label has been announced as of yet. Ben Folds Five rose to popularity in the late '90s with their single "Brick." They reunited to record a handful of [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-30T15:30:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4024101/ben-folds-five-returns-an-essential-playlist/
The eight-year run of '90s indie act the Ben Folds Five was fruitful in many ways. We got the most catchy song about a Christmas abortion ever in 1997's "Brick", three excellent studio albums f... Continue reading "Ben Folds Five Returns: An Essential Playlist" >]]> text/html 2012-01-27T19:53:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4019218/a-ben-folds-five-reunion/
Always a trio, never a quintet, Ben Folds Five-- Ben Folds , Robert Sledge, Darren Jesse-- have announced that they're back in the studio with an eye toward a late spring release. As Folds rather offhandedly put it on his Twitter feed : "It's happening fo sho - Day 1 in studio with Robert and Darren through March #NewBenFoldsFiveRecord". So there you go. As you may recall from your youth, BFF once serenaded us with piano-backed ballads of abortion drama (okay, just once), scoring a rather unlikely hit with "Brick" in 1997 from their second album [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-26T20:01:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4016967/ben-folds-five-anuncia-reunin-y-nuevo-disco/
Debe ser que 2012 apela al espritu de las reuniones porque en este mes han sido unas cuantas las que hemos conocido. De la ltima de la que tenemos constancia es la del grupo de rock alternativo Ben Folds Five . Tras trece aos sin publicar material nuevo, el tro compuesto por Ben Folds, Robert Sledge y Darren Jessee ha decidido volver a la carga. Fue el lder de la formacin, Ben, quien tuite una fotografa junto a sus dos compaeros en la que, adems, anunciaba que la grabacin para el nuevo lbum haba [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-26T18:25:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4016710/el-regreso-de-ben-folds-five/
En 2008 los tres miembros de Ben Folds Five se reunieron en el escenario para interpretar su tercer y ltimo disco The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner , que fue lanzado en 1999. A partir de ah, el cantante y pianista Ben Folds ha seguido en la brecha sin la compaa de su banda original, lanzando su cuarto lbum solista Way to Normal en 2008 y otro lbum llamado Lonely Avenue , en colaboracin con el autor de la novela High Fidelity , Nick Hornby. Aunque, hasta donde sabemos, Ben Fold Five se [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-26T16:54:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4016432/ben-folds-five-announce-reunion-album/
We don't typically report on the goings-on of piano-rocker-turned-TV-persona lity Ben Folds, but it looks like he, too, is getting is ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ ben-folds-five-announce-reunio n-album/60995/]]> text/html 2012-01-26T14:33:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4016128/ben-folds-five-recording-new-album-to-be-released-this/
They're back!]]> text/html 2012-01-14T01:38:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3988175/the-ultimate-together-thing/
Ben Folds headlines a concert for the Fund for Civility, Respect and UnderstandingBen Folds cleared his schedule, dropped all other projects and dedicated this month to focusing on writing songs for what will be the first Ben Folds Five record in 13 years.Then the call came from Ron Barber's Fund for Civility, Respect and Understanding, requesting a benefit performance. Without hesitating,]]> text/html 2012-01-14T01:38:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3988176/the-ultimate-together-thing/
Ben Folds headlines a concert for the Fund for Civility, Respect and UnderstandingBen Folds cleared his schedule, dropped all other projects and dedicated this month to focusing on writing songs for what will be the first Ben Folds Five record in 13 years.Then the call came from Ron Barber's Fund for Civility, Respect and Understanding, requesting a benefit performance. Without hesitating,]]> text/html 2011-12-30T00:54:54+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3956265/ten-qs-with-craig-greenberg/
The unexpectedly verbose Craig Greenberg was kind enough to do an interview for RCSC, so let's see what he had to say... How do your songs get written? Is it ever a collaborative effort or are you the musical mastermind behind it all? About 95% of the time I start with a musical idea, whether it be a melody, chord progression, riff/groove. Sometimes I'll just have a melody circling around in my head, but most of the times it comes sitting at the piano. From there I generally [...]]]> text/html 2011-12-05T07:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3907065/ben-folds-does-the-best-imitation-of-himself-an-interview/
When not reforming bands, judging a cappella groups on TV, or collaborating with Nick Hornby, Ben Folds somehow found time to not only look back on his entire career, but also sit down with PopMatters to tell us all about it ... While I wait for Ben Folds' publicist to connect me to the venerable singer-songwriter-TV personality, I wonder what Folds is up to in those few minutes of down time he has. Is he writing another of his trademark, sardonically pithy songs that manage to sucker-punch you while you laugh hysterically? (Check the line about the diapers in [...]]]> text/html 2011-11-29T15:43:31+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3894928/2011s-best-albums-idolators-favorite-10-out-of-11/
Since January, our ears have been privy to the latest LPs from several big-name pop stars, promising debuts from up-and-coming artists and noteworthy releases from overseas. Of course, there was also one juggernaut from a power-house Brit vocalist that shattered all expectations. Naturally, over the months, many of these have sound-tracked the daily duties we here at the Idolator office go about each and every week. And so, like at the end of 2010 , each of the three editors recently took it upon themselves to strap on their pumped up kicks and sift through the records [...]]]> text/html 2011-11-11T15:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3855255/the-friday-five-november-11-2011/
Friday Five : \'fr-(,)d,-d 'fv\ : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes, then share the first five tracks and thought for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, occasionally we'll have a guest, but most of the time it's just me. The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments. The Five: " God Is Love " by Marvin [...]]]> text/html 2011-11-10T15:38:15+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3852840/ben-folds-entrevista-ao-av-club-e-apresentao-da-faixa/
O A.V. Club j havia extrado os detalhes da composio de duas boas msicas de 2011, Surgeon , de St. Vincent e Holy Holy , do Wye Oak , atravs do interessante projeto One Track Mind. Mas para o terceiro episdio da srie, o site norte-americano fez a excelente escolha de olhar para o passado e convocar Ben Folds para comentar e apresentar ao vivo uma das msicas mais romnticas da dcada passada, The Luckiest , do lbum Rockin' The Suburbs . Direto de seu estdio em Nashville, que [...]]]> text/html 2011-11-08T14:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3846686/listendownload-new-ep-by-bad-passion-doin-it/
Tweet I've been itching for more from Bad Passion since we first featured them back in July . That feature was on the basis of just one track, "Rockin' Your Beats" , but their new EP "Doin' It Slow" confirms for any doubters that Alt and Lesley have something quite special going on here. It follows very much in the same footsteps, mixing fairly R&B-esque lyrics with altogether more minimal electronica arrangements (they themselves describe it as dream-pop meets [...]]]> text/html 2011-11-03T19:33:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3837404/music-review-ben-folds-the-best-imitation-of-myself/
The same guy wrote all these songs? Pretty incredible.]]> text/html 2011-10-28T16:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3823134/tim-fitz-beforetime-ep/
Click image to download full album Sounds like: Ariel Pink, Jonathan Boulet, Ben Folds, Caitlin Park "Tim Fitz - The Line" What's so good? The brilliance of Sydney musician Tim Fitz first came to my attention earlier this year when he played at a friends birthday. After doing some investigation, I got hold of his first release, The Infinite Space EP [...]]]> text/html 2011-10-17T19:12:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3796598/music-review-ben-folds-the-best-imitation-of-myself/
Ben Folds releases a retrospective of his career, from Ben Folds Five to his solo stuff.]]> text/html 2011-10-14T21:27:02+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3790568/ben-folds-best-imitation-of-myself/
It seems that Ben Folds is everywhere these days. Turn on your TV and you'll see him as one of the judges on The Sing Off (currently in its third season), he recently appeared as a cohost on the fourth hour of the Today Show filling in for Kathie Lee Gifford, and he's heavily promoting his new album, The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective . He even appeared on The Nerdist podcast with Chris Hardwick making my geek girl heart squee with delight. Mr. Folds has taken the media by storm (if my mom knows who you are, [...]]]>