Artist Brendan Benson
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Brendan Benson
Brendan Benson had a devoted following of his own for years before he ever strapped on a guitar to play with Jack White and Co. in The Raconteurs. The Michigan-born songwriter had been weaving his own practiced power-pop since the mid-'90s, and while his second solo album, Lapalco, tends to get more attention (Jack White even included a cover of "Good To Me" on the 2003 "Seven Nation Army" single), 2005's The Alternative To Love is arguably stronger—all of his songwriting quirks somehow click to produce a catchy, genre-hopping masterwork. Then, White and his first supergroup intervened, and the only outlet for Benson's solo material was his MySpace—until 2009, which saw the release of My Old, Familiar Friend.
Updated 11/23/2009
Related Contests
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Milwaukee:
The Posies at Turner Hall
August 23, 2010
Related Holiday Undercovers
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Brendan Benson covers "Merry X-Mas Everybody"
December 2, 2010
Related Interviews
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Washington D.C.:
Of mulch and pop hooks: Brendan Benson on the state of his career and garden
December 8, 2009
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Twin Cities:
Of mulch and pop hooks: Brendan Benson on the state of his career and garden
November 17, 2009
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Milwaukee:
Of mulch and pop hooks: Brendan Benson on the state of his career and garden
November 16, 2009
Milwaukee:
Bruce Springsteen, Rob Zombie, Fiery Furnaces, Brendan Benson/Cory Chisel
