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...last track on Ben Kweller??s new album is called “Different But the Same,” and the title pretty well describes the feeling of Kweller??s rootsy rock on this follow-up to 2002’s Sha Sha. Kweller??s songs emulate the driving force of 60s and 70s pop-rock, a style which works with mixed results when combined with Kweller??s emo boy lyrics. Much of On My Way makes for pleasant listening, but many of the tracks sound too identical to artists...
...rules, girl / I just wanna get’em wrong,” and notes of a lover, “Yeah, you are living life the way you feel, and that is real.” It’s when this earnestness reaches the right balance with Kweller??s admiration of his musical predecessors that the finer moments of the album occur, as on the title track and the sweetly melodic ballad “Living Life...
...delicious,” was how Farley T. Katz ’06 chose to describe Ben Kweller??s Saturday night concert at the Paradise Rock Club. The combination of infectiously fun music and Kweller??s endearing boy-next-door charm was more than enough to win over the Paradise’s already sold-out crowd. One part bubbles, two parts rock and roll, the band served up a kiddie cocktail that got everyone a little tipsy...
...chorus: “She is a slut but her ex thinks its sexy / Sex reminds her of eating spaghetti / I’m wasted but I’m ready.” Other rock ‘n’ roll numbers were equally energetic, while Kweller??s solos, like “Panamanian Girl,” added a dash of appealing melancholy to the otherwise goofy evening...
...Kweller??s lyrics reflect his eccentric personality; one could argue that they’re either poetically insightful or complete nonsense. “The butterflies are passive/aggressive/ And put their problems on the shelf/ But they’re beautiful” he croons on “In Other Words.” As Kweller, still too young to drink legally, matures and continues his musical experiments, we can look forward to decades of refreshingly unique music. In the meantime, try to hitch a ride to his show when he opens for Dashboard Confessional in Worcester...