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  Ben Folds Five Reunion Births Band's First-Ever Live Album

  April 18, 2013 – When Ben Folds Five returned from a 13-year gap between studio albums with 2012's The Sound of the Life of the Mind, SPIN's David Peisner noted that "Folds sounds invigorated to have a rock band behind him again, making him play harder, sing harder, be harder." Now the North Carolina piano man is looking to extend that hot streak with Ben Folds Five's first-ever official live album.The collection, appropriately dubbed Ben Folds Five Liv …
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  Watch Ben Folds Five Crack Dick Jokes on 'Conan'

  January 31, 2013 – Ben Folds Five cracked some jokes on Conan last night (January 30) during a rendition of their foul-mouthed wink "Draw a Crowd," from last year's reunion album, The Sound of the Life of the Mind. "Oh, if you're feeling small / And you can't draw a crowd / Draw dicks on the wall," Folds sings while smirking at a piano. …
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  Who Charted? Pink Wins First No. 1, Grizzly Bear Roar

  September 26, 2012 – First! After 12 years of fussing with the Billboard 200, Pink finally scores a No. 1 with The Truth About Love. Her sixth platter sold 280K (Nielson SoundScan), which makes it the third biggest debut in 2012 behind Madonna (!) and Justin Bieber (!!). She's also holding on to No. …
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  Wayne Coyne and Ke$ha Make Fwends With Ben Folds Five In Nashville

  September 18, 2012 – Who's BFF with BFF? Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne and electropop partygirl Ke$ha are! …
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  Ben Folds Five, 'The Sound of the Life of the Mind' (ImaVeePee/Sony Legacy)

  September 13, 2012 – "Oh, if you're feeling small / And you can't draw a crowd / Draw dicks on the wall," Ben Folds sings on The Sound of the Life of the Mind, his first album with bassist Robert Sledge and drummer Darren Jessee in more than a decade. He's spent the majority of his career doing just that, of course: Whether it's been his own tunes ("Army," "Rockin' the Suburbs") or someone else's (he turned Dr. …
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  Ben Folds Five Return With 'Erase Me': Preview Their First LP in 13 Years

  September 5, 2012 – It's been 13 years since seminal piano-poppers Ben Folds Five released a proper album, but the ringing silence (is that a diminished seventh we hear?) shall come to an end on September 18 with the arrival of The Sound of the Life of the Mind. …
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  Bring It On: 8 Essential Teen-Pop Soundtracks

  August 8, 2012 – "What do you do with a soundtrack?" James Hunter wondered 27 years ago in "Start Making Sense," a Village Voice roundup. "You listen to it — it might also be a record." One of the most comprehensive surveys of its kind ever published, Hunter's piece tallied scores of movie soundtracks that were indeed records, but none of their track lists seemed specifically aimed at a tween audience. …
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  Ben Folds Explains Why He Reunited the Five

  July 27, 2012 – Ben Folds was literally in the dark in regards to the idea of reuniting with bassist Robert Sledge and drummer Darren Jessee and bringing their beloved irony-laden, piano-pop trio Ben Folds Five back to life. (The band had amicably parted ways in 2000.) "At some point it just occurred to me that that's something I would like to do," says singer-pianist Folds, 45, who recorded three solo albums in the decade BFF disbanded. …
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  Ben Folds Five's First Album in 13 Years Due in September

  July 16, 2012 – The Five returneth! After over a decade filled with solo projects, collegiate a cappella recording sessions, ill-fated singing competitions, and collaborations with authors and Internet-savvy cohorts keeping them apart, Ben Folds Five are finally getting the gang back together again. …
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  Ben Folds Five Reunion Album 'Happening Fo Sho'

  January 26, 2012 – In 2008, the three members of Ben Folds Five (yes, we know) reunited onstage for the first time in almost a decade to perform their third and final album, 1999's widely underrated The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner. …
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