Ben Kweller

Ben Kweller mixes Beck, the Pixies and Jonathan Richman into an odd-but-endearing sound overflowing with attitude. His adolescent-like delivery skims the lean, stripped-down surface of his music, creating space for his poignant lyrics. Start with "Hear Me Out," "Different But the Same," and "I Need You Back."

In 1995, Ben Kweller was a wunderkind Nirvana knockoff, leading the teen-angst band
Radish. On his grown-up solo debut, 2002's Sha Sha, he was an alt-rock whiz kid, trafficking
in Seventies-style radio-pop charm. With On My Way, the twenty-two-year-old Kweller
goes for the toughest tag of all: "career artist." Abetted by producer Ethan Johns, Kweller
switches off between meticulously crafted songs about heartbreak and loose liv... More >