Blog: Consequence Of Sound

It's no secret  Brendan Benson  plays in the shadow of Jack White within The Raconteurs, so it's unfortunate timing that his on/off bandmate is releasing his highly anticipated debut solo album (ahem, Blunderbuss ) the same week as he unleashes his fifth and latest LP, What Kind of World . But through '70s power pop and honey-soaked, AM radio vocals, Benson offers a worthy argument to view him as a peer rather than a protégé to Mr. White. It's also just in time for highway cruising with the windows down, but that's besides the point. With 12 tracks [...]