Chorus.fm — *Ben Folds Five* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/benfoldsfive) will release their first album in 13 years, The Sound of the Life of the Mind, on September 18th via ImaVeePee/Sony. Check out the band's upcoming tour dates in the replies. more info

Prefix —   Alt-rock veterans Ben Folds Five will finally return this year with their first full-length since 1999’s The Unauthorized ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ben-folds-five-detail-reunion-album-the-sound-of-t/67213/ more info

Consequence of Sound — First album in 13 years arrives in September. more info

Chorus.fm — Another full Bonnaroo stream: Check out *Ben Folds Five (http://www.absolutepunk.net/artists/showlink.php?do=showdetails&l=17842)*'s set in the replies. more info

Totally Fuzzy — There aren't too many things one can count on in this day and age. Alex Young at Consequence of Sound is one of the few exceptions... this is entirely his hard work. Bonnaroo will webcast a number of this weekend’s performances on YouTube, in... more info

Perez Hilton — Time for some melodic gurl power, everyone!! Sara Bareilles is back with a smashing new EP - Once Upon Another Time!! And we have an EXCLUSIVE first-listen to one of brilliant songs in her shiny new collection of musical masterpieces. Produced by... more info

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Chorus.fm — A new (unmastered) * Ben Folds Five* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/benfoldsfive) track has surfaced online. Ben Folds Five is currently in studio recording their first album in over a decade. The song, entitled "Do It Anyway," can be streamed here.... more info

Chorus.fm — For a donation of $88 to the Nashville Symphony (http://www.nashvillesymphony.org/keys), you can get an autographed piano key from *Ben Folds* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/benfolds). The keys were salvaged from pianos ruined in the 2010 Nashville ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Ben Folds offers advice to aspiring musical artists. Morning Edition interviews Robert Caro about the newest volume in his Lyndon Johnson biography series, The Passage of Power. "In my earlier books you see a man looking for power, and utterly... more info