How Toad The Wet Sprocket Kickstarted A Comeback

What do Amanda Palmer, Delta Rae and Toad the Wet Sprocket have in common? They’ve all funded albums through Kickstarter. And in the case of the latter two, they’ve also performed live concert sets in the FORBES newsroom.

Toad the Wet Sprocket, our latest guest, stopped by to play a set that included 1990s alt-rock staple “Walk on the Ocean” along with new songs “California Wasted” and “New Constellation” (see full performances below). The latter is the title track of the band’s latest album,...