
Brendan Benson . Jack White . Raconteurs . Fame. So now that's out of the way. On his fourth solo album, Benson continues trying to escape cult hero status and graduate to indie (if not mainstream) stardom on his own terms, evident in his choice employment of producer Gil Norton ( Pixies, Echo and The Bunnymen , but also Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard Confessional ) to give him his most accessible sound yet. But asides from MOFF sounding noticeably smoother than his previous work, it's business [...]