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 ...

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 ...

When it comes to the delicious dessert food, most people would prefer cake to be moist. The band, Cake, on the other hand, is notoriously dry, especially lead singer John McCrea's droll lyrics and ...

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 ...

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 ...

It didn’t take a tree on the center of the stage with alternative rock band Cake on Sunday at Levitt Pavilion SteelStacks in Bethlehem to realize the group isn’t like most bands. Lead singer John ...

When those Tijuana horns blow over that twangy guitar noodling and that funky bass starts walking and that spare drum beats. . . . When a voice eases dryly into the grove sing/speaking a sardonic spin ...

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 ...