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...Kweller is not your run-of-the-mill child prodigy. Born in 1981 in Greenville, Texas, he formed his first band at the age of 13, and was signed by a local record company the next year. In 1996, his band, Radish, was the subject of a bidding war that garnered national attention. The band broke up in 1999 and Kweller moved to Brooklyn to begin his solo career. In the years following he opened for Guster and Evan Dando tours, while also releasing the short EP Come Home. Finally, at the golden age of twenty, he has released...
...long awaited album, produced by the experienced Stephen Harris (Dave Matthews, U2), is an original, catchy and downright enjoyable debut that lives up to Kweller’s immense potential. Kweller displays his versatility with song styles ranging from acoustic folk on “Family Tree” to pop on “Walk On Me” to rock with “Commerce, TX”, effectively defying categorization. Some songs, particularly “Wasted and Ready” are reminiscent of Weezer, but the most apt comparison is to singer-pianist Ben Folds, particularly...
...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 on April...
...upbeat, and younger artists are filling that gap," says Patti Galluzzi, senior vice president of music and talent at MTV. Three tot-pop acts have new albums: Hanson has just come out with Middle of Nowhere (Mercury); pop-grunge band Radish (led by 15-year-old singer Ben Kweller and the object of a bidding war) has issued Restraining Bolt (Mercury); and 16-year-old blues-rock guitar prodigy Jonny Lang has sold more than 150,000 copies of his debut album, Lie To Me (A&M Records), an impressive total for almost any bluesman but even more...