Gotta like the niche that Cake has carved for itself. Too sensitive for classic-rock stations, too well-produced for the indie crowd and too literate for most teen-pop consumers, the band nonetheless ...

After seven years, Cake owes its alternative-rock audience an explanation on new album Comfort Eagle. Is the band a smart lab rat experimenting with sounds that sometimes go bad or a Dr. Demento ...

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"I gotta be honest with you, I almost called in sick," Cake singer- guitarist John McCrea informed a packed house at the Warfield last night. Then, as if to contradict himself, he led the band and ...

Cake, Comfort Eagle (Columbia): Cake’s droll blend of melody, irony and postmodern romance remains intact, despite the exit of half the original band to feisty offshoot Deathray. Singer John McCrea ...

John McCrea was waiting to perform on a TV show he never watches and trying to figure out why anyone ltens to h band's music. Which just about what you'd expect from the wry, witty and sardonic leader ...

From the opening track in which frontman John McCrea declares (as opposed to “sings,” as that would not match his style) “I am an opera singer,” to his search on “Short Skirt/Long Jacket” for a girl ...

Train, the fast-rising San Francisco band that recently signed with Bruce Springsteen's management, leads the balloting for the California Music Awards with six nominations. Other bands with multiple ...

Cake is a luxury item. That’s the conclusion of John McCrea, who sees his band’s blend of sharp irony, romance and spare, playful melody as hopelessly out of place. But Cake, which headlines the Mayan ...

When Cake emerged with 1994's Motorcade Of Generosity, the Sacramento band sounded like a fresh-for-the-moment novelty, and certainly not a group likely to be turning out a high-profile fourth album ...

Cake’s droll blend of melody, irony and postmodern romance remains intact, despite the exit of half the original band to feisty offshoot Deathray. Singer John McRae decorates his Beat-style phrasing ...