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Lollapalooza 2009 Was For The Kids

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By Mike McCann (CHARTattack) August 14, 2009 3:54 pm
Festivals like last weekend's Lollapalooza are supposed to be irresistible to music fiends. You know, like Yogi Bear can't say no to a picnic basket. I attended the first seven Lollas back when it was a) a traveling carnival and b) more culturally relevant, so I've struggled the last few years between wanting to go to the new "destination...
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Ben Folds — Way To Normal

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) October 17, 2008 10:50 am
While listening to Way To Normal, Ben Folds' third album since dropping the Five in 2000, there's no question he's a talented musician, but his songwriting has become incredibly hit and miss. The 42-year-old piano man, who recorded the album in his Nashville studio with producer Dennis Herring (Modest Mouse, The Hives), is still singing geek rock...
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Ben Folds — Songs For Silverman

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By Brian Wong (CHARTattack) April 26, 2005 11:38 am
Ben Folds has always been the smart-alecky guy with a squishy heart, capable of dissing exes and suburban white boy angst while delivering irony-free tearjerkers dedicated to members of his family. Although his first solo disc turned down the smarty-pants charm in favour of big-sounding pop-rock, Folds' long-awaited follow-up (after a trio of mail...
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Ben Folds Five Reunite For New Album, Spring Release

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By Colton Eddy (CHARTattack) January 26, 2012 10:30 am
In the spirit of 2012 reunions from the likes of Van Halen, Black Sabbath, At The Drive In, Beach Boys, No Doubt, Refused, Mazzy Star, and Pulp, Ben Folds Five have now confirmed that a fourth studio album is set for a spring release.Folds tweeted yesterday, "It's happening fo sho - Day 1 in the studio with Robert and Darren through March #...
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I Read The News Today... For July 13, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 13, 2010 1:32 pm
Women have made "Eyesore," the first single from their upcoming Public Strain sophomore album, available for free download. Morrissey's Bona Drag singles compilation will be reissued on Sept. 27. —NME Here's quite possibly the nerdiest collaboration we've heard of in a while: Ben Folds and High Fidelity author Nick...
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Ben Folds Collaborates With Nick Hornby, William Shatner

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By CHARTattack Staff April 17, 2009 3:43 pm
Piano pop tunesmith and producer Ben Folds and music-loving British novelist and screenplay writer Nick Hornby (High Fidelity, About A Boy) are collaborating on an album. Hornby is writing the lyrics, while Folds is composing the music. "[Hornby's] written like 18 pieces, I think, so far," Folds recently told Paste magazine. "I'm...
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Ben Folds Goes Back To College

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) March 25, 2009 4:26 pm
Ben Folds went back to college to record his next album — but it's not quite what you think. The piano man enlisted college students from across the U.S. to sing a capella versions of his songs. Ben Folds Presents: University A Capella! will be released on April 28 via Epic Records. When word got out about the idea for the project, Folds was...
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Ben Folds Laughs With Dre

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By Jared Morano (CHARTattack) February 24, 2009 5:10 pm
Most Ben Folds fans can't imagine the singer/songwriter as anything but a jaw-dropping pianist, but piano wasn't his first choice. Folds' first attempt at a music career was as a bassist. "I took bass really seriously for a while because I wanted to be a musician and make a living at it," says Folds. "There didn't seem to be many...
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Ben Folds At Kool Haus

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Joe Fuda
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Kool Haus
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Toronto, ON
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February 17, 2009
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Ben Folds At Kool Haus

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Photographer: 
Joe Fuda
Venue: 
Kool Haus
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
February 17, 2009
Ben Folds

Ben Folds At Kool Haus

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Photographer: 
Joe Fuda
Venue: 
Kool Haus
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
February 17, 2009
Ben Folds

Ben Folds At Kool Haus

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Photographer: 
Joe Fuda
Venue: 
Kool Haus
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
February 17, 2009
Ben Folds

Ben Folds At Kool Haus

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Photographer: 
Joe Fuda
Venue: 
Kool Haus
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
February 17, 2009
Ben Folds

Ben Folds At Kool Haus

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Photographer: 
Joe Fuda
Venue: 
Kool Haus
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
February 17, 2009
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Ben Folds: BFF With Former Band

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 4, 2008 1:45 pm
As Ben Folds readies the release of his third solo album, he's also getting ready for Ben Folds Five's first performance in almost 10 years. Folds, bassist Robert Sledge and drummer Darren Jessee will reunite for a one-off gig in Chapel Hill, N.C. on Sept. 18 to perform 1999's The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner in its entirety. The...
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2008 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival

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Manchester, TN
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June 14, 2008
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New Releases: My Chemical Romance Lead The Parade

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By CHARTattack Staff October 23, 2006 5:00 pm
Record companies are officially moving into the Christmas rush, so beyond greatest hits packages there are few big releases on the horizon. Chief among them is My Chemical Romance's The Black Parade, which comes out on Tuesday. All we can really say about this is, what the hell is up with Gerard Way's bleached hair? Who thought that was a good...
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Ben Folds Rarities Coming This Fall

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By CHARTattack Staff August 22, 2006 5:00 pm
Ben Folds has collected a variety of original songs from rare EPs, B-sides, covers and film soundtrack contributions for an Oct. 24 Epic release. The 12-track Supersunnyspeedgraphic, The LP is named after three Folds EPs — Super D, Sunny 16 and Speed Graphic — that were originally only available through his website. Songs from those records...
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William Shatner Sings Again

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By Stephanie Lagopoulos (CHARTattack) July 8, 2004 4:30 pm
William Shatner is about to go where several have gone before. Thirty-five years ago, the Star Trek veteran released his debut solo album and, on October 5, Shatner will release a new album, the appropriately titled Has Been, through Shout! Factory. Captain Kirk teamed up with Ben Folds (yes, that Ben Folds) to create this pop-driven new...
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Ben Folds — Rockin' The Suburbs

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By Evan Newman (CHARTattack) September 11, 2001 11:08 am
Ben Folds returns without his five — well, actually two. After feeling they had reached their creative peak, the power-pop trio broke up in October of 2000. On Rockin' The Suburbs, Folds still rocks out on the piano, churning out sweet pop melodies written in his unique narrative style (five of the 12 track titles contain first names). Ben Folds...
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