Rollo & Grady — Monday, May 18th Robert Francis and Ceci Bastida @ The Echo Golden Animals @ Fold Telekinesis! and Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s @ Troubadour Tuesday, May 19th Allman Brothers Band @ The Greek Theatre Horse Stories @ Bootleg Theater Wednesd... more info

Pop Tarts Suck Toasted — All the rumors and legends romanticize the hidden messages in some of rocks hardest tunes. People conspiring that bands like Black Sabbath and AC/DC were sending out subliminal devil worshipping messages. Get real folks, we all know those were only f... more info

The Vinyl Villain — Something slightly different to start the merry month of May. What links Father Ted, Tomorrow’s World and The IT Crowd? Yes, easy – all have Divine Comedy written theme tunes. Aha! The Divine Comedy!An old housemate of mine created a ne... more info

CNN Showbiz — Ben Folds didn't realize how great his music was until he heard a bunch of college students singing it. more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — First came the Ben Folds Five, which was really a trio, and now we have the Ben Folds Multitudes delivering the piano man's quirkiest album yet. more info

Instrumental Analysis — Looks like a preview of summer is heading our way, with highs getting close to 90 in some places. The unexpected heat is not going to keep the weekend show line-up from happening. It's another full weekend, so I'm going to have to split it up into ... more info

JamBase — Lollapalooza | 08.07 - 08.09 | Grant Park, Chicago Depeche Mode, Tool, Killers, Jane's Addiction, Beastie Boys, KOL, STS9, TV on the Radio Set to go down August 7-9 in Chicago's Grant Park, the Lollapalooza festival has announced the lineup for the... more info

My Old Kentucky — Wow Wow Wow...(click to enlarge)Depeche Mode * Tool * The Killers * Jane's Addiction * Beastie Boys * Kings of Leon * Lou Reed * Ben Harper and Relentless7 * Thievery Corporation * Snoop Dogg * Rise Against * Andrew Bird * TV on the Radio * Vampire W... more info

411 Mania — Folds talks about college kids and work on yet another new album... more info

Buzzgrinder — :: Ben Folds has an a capella album coming out April 28. :: My Bloody Valentine will be curating All Tomorrow's Parties: Nightmare Before Christmas, which is happening Dec. 4-6. :: Geezer Butler seems to prefer working with Dio over Ozzy. :: Looks... more info