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Friday, March 19, 2010

Music Menu / News Bens tonight — Folds and Davis (03/19/2010)

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Benjy Davis Project With over-emotive vocals, paint-by-number melodies, predictable dynamics and sentimental narratives, this AOR-ready Baton Rouge outfit naturally finds its Lost Souls Like Us record on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. A dash of yawn folded into a heap of dullness, as a wise friend once described something similarly generic. But they should appeal to the Shawn Mullins, James Blunt and Rob Thomas crowd. Me? I'm gonna crank some Bob Mould and Big Star to remind me what this stuff's supposed to sound like. With Sequoyah Prep School and Todd Carey. The Evening Muse (John Schacht)

Ben Folds Although silly at times, the biting lyrics, written after what seem like lengthy peeks inside shades-drawn rooms, unwrap the follies of human nature as only pop singer/songwriter Ben Folds can write. Take the drunken tale "Bitch Went Nuts," along with a long catalog of similar observations where Folds' wry wit and natural piano tingling make for a neurotic, but a fun, date night. With Zach Williams. Fillmore (Shukla)

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