Brendan Benson

Brendan Benson
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Styles: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Pop Underground, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Pop
Biography: On the rockier end of the power pop spectrum (more Who than Raspberries, that is), Michigan-born, Berkeley, CA-based singer/songwriter Brendan Benson debuted at the age of 26 with a sterling first album, 1996's One Mississippi. Unfortunately, record company troubles both before and after the fact damaged ...Read full biography
Lapalco
Released: 2002
Label: Startime International Records
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On Lapalco, Brendan Benson enlists help from like-minded popster Jason Falkner for a golden power pop record reminiscent of Matthew Sweet's best work on albums like Girlfriend. Five years in the making, ...Read full review
The Alternative To Love
Released: 2005
Label: V2 Records
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Each decade has a handful of power pop icons to call its own, each working from the template that the Beatles and the Who constructed in the '60s, adhering to that melodic, guitar-driven sound but subtly ...Read full review
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