Chorus.fm — *Ben Folds* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/benfolds) is streaming his new album on myspace (http://www.myspace.com/benfolds). more info

Chorus.fm — *Ben Folds* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/benfolds) will be teaming up with (http://www.spin.com/articles/ben-folds-collaborate-high-fidelity-author) Nick Hornby. more info

Paste Magazine — Last week, music collaborator extraordinaire, Ben Folds, told News.com.au about plans to possibly do a record with Nick Hornby. And it wouldn't be the first time ; Hornby helped Ben Folds write a song called "That's Me Trying" for a William Shatne... more info

Rolling Stone — • Metallica, the Stooges, Run-DMC Lead Rock Hall Nominees • Fall Preview: The Killers, 50 Cent, More • Travis Barker, DJ AM Injured in Plane Crash • Ben Folds Five Make Triumphant Return • Lars Ulrich: “Napster Wasn’t About Money” •... more info

Rolling Stone — • Fall Preview: The Killers, 50 Cent, More • Travis Barker, DJ AM Injured in Plane Crash • Ben Folds Five Make Triumphant Return • Lars Ulrich: “Napster Wasn’t About Money” • Franz Ferdinand Talk “Sinister” New Album • Weekend R... more info

Altsounds — Following the success of their debut EP, *Met a Man on Top of the Hill*, Toronto's *The Midway State* is back with their debut LP *Holes*. Due out in the US in 2009 via Remedy/Interscope, *Holes* is already turning a lot of heads in Canada. Both "N... more info

Altsounds — Following the success of their debut EP, *Met a Man on Top of the Hill*, Toronto's *The Midway State* is back with their debut LP *Holes*. Due out in the US in 2009 via Remedy/Interscope, *Holes* is already turning a lot of heads in Canada. Both "N... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Emily Shur One of the highlights of the Ben Folds Five reunion show Thursday night on the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill came during the band’s performance of its final single, “Army.” It’s the quintessential colleg... more info

Stereogum — A couple weeks (and change) ago we reported that despite their other projects, Ben Folds Five were reuniting as part of MySpace Music's "Front To Back" series to play The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner in its entirety at UNC-Chapel Hill'... more info

Rolling Stone — • AC/DC Unveil New Video, Ticketing System Top stories from the last three days: • Page, White, Edge Join Up For Guitar Doc • Ben Folds on The Five Reunion • Indie Labels Cry Foul on MySpace Music • James Hetfield Invades The Stones’ Cate... more info