Now you might say we ought to use this slot to champion new, upcoming, thrusting young bands. And you'd be right. And I think that's mostly we do. Ben Folds is not new. He's been around for a while. But a) he is a CMU favourite of favourites, and b) he's shortly to release an album of rarities glorying in the name of 'supersunnyspeedgraphic, the lp' and what better way for you to sample what's on it than by going to his MySpace page and listening to the tracks streaming there? Three of the songs are from that upcoming release, plus there's 'Landed', a single release, if I remember rightly, from Folds' most recent album 'Songs For Silverman'. Which is great, by the way. I find it hard to believe that any of you, the CMU readership, might not have heard of Ben Folds. Not least because we here at CMU bang on about him quite a bit. But that one person, who has heard his name, but still doesn't really know what his music sounds like, please check him out. Put in a bit of effort. Not all his songs are immediately catchy, but after a couple of listens, you'll understand why he's a genius. And those of you who know me will know that I do not use the term 'genius' lightly.
http://www.myspace.com/benfolds