Ben Folds Five continue their reunion with a major summer 2013 with Barenaked Ladies and Guster, and the new Ben Folds Five Live album in stores June 4th.
Check out the dates below the jump and click play to hear their interviews and live tracks from a 2012 NPR World Cafe session.
Our Mad Season episodes conclude with Mike and Barrett remembering their other late bandmember, bassist John Baker Saunders. He and McCready met at rehab, but sadly overdosed in 1999. They then finish the piece by detailing how Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees) came to add his signature howl to “Locomotive” and two other unfinished instrumentals for the new release.
Mad Season – Above 2CD Legacy Edition – in stores now from Legacy Recordings
The Searching for Sugar Man podcast series concludes with Rodriguez own comments about his triumphant South African concert tour. Stephen ‘Sugar’ Segerman and Craig Bartholomew Strydom add their memories of how people still didn’t believe he was really alive, even after they bought tickets.
Searching for Sugar Man Soundtrack in stores now from Legacy Recordings
Mad Season’s classic riff from “I Don’t Know Anything” kicks off episode 3, setting the dark tone that leads into Barrett Martin’s discussion of Layne Staley’s demons. “It might be dark,” he says, “but it’s a dark beauty…Layne was able to conjure that in his voice.
Mad Season – Above 2CD Legacy Edition – in stores now from Legacy Recordings
Mike McCready and Barrett Martin look back on they eventually named the band “Mad Season,” and the Moore Theater (Seattle) show, It was previously immortalized in video form, and its audio is now available on the Above deluxe reissue.
Mad Season – Above 2CD Legacy Edition – in stores now from Legacy Recordings
Episode 3 features more from Stephen ‘Sugar’ Segerman and Craig Bartholomew Strydom, on how they prepared a mid-90s CD release of the 2nd Rodriguez album, Coming from Reality. Which was surprisingly easier to do than tracking down any information on the artist, himself, so they dug into the lyrics to hopefully find some clues.
Searching for Sugar Man Soundtrack in stores now from Legacy Recordings
The “Searching for Sugar Man” series continues with backstory on how conditions in South Africa were ripe for a socially conscious artist like Rodriguez to appeal to the country’s liberal whites – especially the musicians.
Searching for Sugar Man Soundtrack in stores now from Legacy Recordings
The four part Mad Season podcast hosted by Matt Pinfield tells the story of this Seattle supergroup and their one album, Above. Mike McCready (Pearl Jam), Barrett Martin (Streaming Trees) and the late Layne Staley (Alice in Chains) describe how McCready’s rehab stint with late bassist Jon Baker Saunders inspired this acclaimed side project.
Songs in the series include their mid-90s radio hits “River of Deceit,” “I Don’t Know Anything,” and newly released live recordings featured on the Above Deluxe 2cd Reissue in stores now from Legacy Recording. You’ll also her “Locomotive,” featuring Mark Lanegan on brand new vocals laid over a previously unfinished instrumental track. Matt Pinfield hosts.
Mad Season – Above 2CD Legacy Edition – in stores now from Legacy Recordings
The “Searching for Sugar Man” series explores the amazing story of Detroit singer/songwriter Rodriguez, as featured in the Oscar-Winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man. Includes clips from the film and tracks from the soundtrack.
Searching for Sugar Man Soundtrack in stores now from Legacy Recordings
The Strange Euphoria podcast concludes with how exicted they were to work with John Paul Jones on “The Long Road,” leading into a the acoustic version of “Never” recorded for that album but never released. We also hear what inspired their recent fan-favorite “Sand,” and the first taste of “Fanatic” a brand new song from an album set for release in Fall 2012. Host: Maria Milito (WAXQ – New York). Producer: Joyride Media.
Heart – Strange Euphoria.
Heart’s first career-spanning deluxe box set with hits, deep cuts, outtakes, demos and other rarities, Live DVD features 1976 televised concert, Amazon Exclusive box includes bonus Led Zeppelin covers CD. In stores June 5, 2012 from Legacy Recordings.
