It has come to my attention that Ben Lee is opening (along with Josh Ritter) for Aimee Mann on her holiday tour. That means on December 14th, Ben Lee will be playing in New York City. I already have a holiday party and class that day, but let's see if I can squeeze in an hour to see everyone's favorite Australian singer who has a button with a picture of me on it. Oh, and here's the video for the first single off his latest album: [...]
Ben Lee released his latest album of pop greatness, Ripe , this past Tuesday via New West. The first video off the LP is for the radio-friendly single "Love Me Like The World Is Ending," and by the looks of it, this very well may have been the greatest video shoot to be part of. Ben Lee was a brave soul, standing right smack in the middle of a massive water balloon fight. Now why weren't we invited? Watch the chaos below. "Love Me Like The World Is Ending" [...]
Ben Lee released his latest album of pop greatness, Ripe , this past Tuesday via New West. The first video off the LP is for the radio-friendly single "Love Me Like The World Is Ending," and by the looks of it, this very well may have been the greatest video shoot to be part of. Ben Lee was a brave soul, standing right smack in the middle of a massive water balloon fight. Now why weren't we invited? Watch the chaos below. "Love Me Like The World Is Ending" [...]
STONE THE CROWS! It's another week of multiple noteworthy new releases! Huzzah for new Ben Lee! Let's hit the jump for the weekly rundown... (more...)
We've been none too shy about our fondness for Against Me!'s major label debut. As if dating Claire Danes for a bunch of years wasn't enough, Ben Lee went and one-upped our AM! love by ably covering New Wave start to finish -- on top of that, he's graciously offering it as a free download over at his blog. Why the homage to a record that's only been out a month? Lee explains: A couple of weeks ago I downloaded the new Against Me! album New Wave . I didn't really know too much [...]