We all love Kickstarter. We all also hate Kickstarter. Especially when it’s for your friend’s band. They’re all the frigging same. “So stoked to be working with this person you’ve never heard of on ...

When Toad the Wet Sprocket decided it was time to create a new album after 16 years, its members turned to Kickstarter to make it happen. They launched a campaign on the crowdfunding site last summer.

What started as a few freshmen playing together in the Just About Music program house will culminate next January in a studio album, due to the over $2,000 student band Kenziek & Friends raised ...