Take it away, @BenFolds: It's happening fo sho - Day 1 in studio with Robert and Darren through March #NewBenFoldsFiveRecord twitter.com/BenFolds/statu…— benjamin folds (@BenFolds) January…   Read Story »

According to Ben Folds superfan Scott Lapatine, Ben Folds Five only played their Robert Sledge-penned song "Tell Me What I Did" live once: At Scranton University in April 2000. (Do not ask me how he…   Read Story »

It's been a second since we had any news on the Ben Folds front -- the last of it was Chatroulette-related, remember Chatroulette?! -- but he's posted a new track on his The Sing-Off profile page…   Read Story »

For background: A couple weeks back a guy named Merton started posting videos of himself improvising piano tunes on Chatroulette. NY Mag's Vulture guessed that Merton was actually Ben Folds. He's not…   Read Story »

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'…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »