One of the things I love about Ben Kweller is that he always seems to be having so much fun when he records. That hasn't changed at all with his new album Go Fly A Kite . This collection of songs is pretty typical Kweller fare. They are indie pop/rock with a hint of twang. Sure, there are moments that a more rockin' than we're used to ("Mean To Me", "Time Will Save The Day") and there's a maritime sway to "Full Circle", but it's truly the hooks and melodies that rule the [...]
Ben Kweller has always caught my ear. He writes pitch-perfect, simple pop music and I love it. Maybe, because I like to sing along or maybe because I'm a generally happy person. Fellow-writer, Joey K might argue otherwise, but he thinks I only like listening to that all that "sad" music like Bon Iver . What a stupid idiot... but Joey K's stupid brain isn't the topic at hand here. It's new music from Ben Kweller. It's a song called "Jealous Girl" and it is quite the toe-tapper. Somehow, Ben Kweller has turned an the annoying topic of [...]
Ben Kweller Go Fly A Kite The Noise Company [2012] Fire Note Says: Ben Kweller returns with his solid and catchy fifth album Go Fly A Kite . Album Review: What I thoroughly enjoy about the new record from Ben Kweller is that right out of the gate on first track "Mean To Me", Kweller basically states that if you don't like him you can go [...]
Liking Ben Kweller is not dissimilar to liking Ryan Adams, Coldplay, Ben Folds, or for that matter, Bon Jovi. None of those artists have any great sonic or stylistic similarities, but they do all share one common trait. Admitting one's affection for any of them will inevitably result in an eye roll, sneer, look of disgust, or any other number of disapproving gestures from your local scenester. In the same way that Coldplay plays uncool stadium-sized piano ballads and Bon Jovi plays uncool, silly arena rock, Ben Kweller has spent his career making a very uncool style of [...]
One of the most fruitful weeks yet this year for new music releases. We're proud to feature Philadelphia's own Dr. Dog whose Be The Void is out today. We're quite excited about this album, not only because they're from Philly, but their last effort Shame Shame featured some great tracks such as "Jackie Wants A Black Eye" and "Where'd All The Time Go". Lots more to get to this week including The Twilight Sad with their creepy-titled No One Can [...]
Here are a few MP3s of songs from some of the better albums released this week: Bahamas – "I Got You Babe" from Barchords Capybara – "Late Night Bikes" from Dave Drusky Ben Kweller – "Mean to Me" from Go...
This week brings us a slew of highly-anticipated new releases. Check out these: Rococode Air- stream Jim Avett Bahamas- stream Band Of Skulls- Review Capybara- stream Dr. Dog- stream Emma-Lee- Review Francis [...]
We've been waiting forever for the release of V V Brown 's sophomore release, Lollipops and Politics , which is finally out this week (pictured), but that's really just scratching the surface of the great releases out this week. Battles put out the first of their four part 12" series. Long-standing acts like Air , of Montreal , and Ben Kweller all offer up new material this week. We're also excited for Sharon Van Etten 's Jagjaguwar debut. in addition, Owl City has got a DVD, and Goldfrapp [...]
Kentucky natives, Sleeper Agent, plan to head out with Fun. and Ben Kweller on a two month tour starting the end of February. Kicking off in Vermont, the tour hits over twenty markets before finishing out in Colorado. For more information and tickets click here! Check out a full list of dates below: 2/29 – [...]
Album number five from American multi-he-instrumentalist, the BEN KWELLER , has taken a leak on me and nodnoL town is covered in snow this Sunday AM. GO FLY A KITE D.O.B : February 7, 2012 Label : Noise Compa Tracklist : 1. Mean To Me 2. Out The Door 3. Jealous Girl 4. Gossip 5. Free 6. Full Circle 7. Where's the Rainbow 8. Justify Me 9. Time Will Save The Day 10. I Miss You 11. You Can Count On Me via : Rapidshare, Torrents, UploadedTo
Género: Indie Pop, Power Pop, Singer/Songwriter. Go Fly A Kite será el titulo del quinto disco que pondrá a la venta el chico de San Francisco que, como mandan los cánones, está instalado actualmente en Brooklyn. Con cara de no haber roto ningún plato, Ben Kweller ha mantenido con buen tono todos sus trabajos, y por lo que nos adelanta, este Mean to me no va a ser menos. Enérgica y decidida canción pop, que se propulsiona hacia el rock, y que bailaremos [...]
Ben Kweller has launched his own record label, The Noise Company. The 30-year-old singer-songwriter will release his fifth studio album on Noise Co. February 7th. Go Fly a Kite is heartwarming and deeply personal, and is available to stream in full below. Read more »
Ben Kweller makes a welcome return to turntables and iPods with the release of his new album Go Fly A Kite (out Feb 7th). It is the follow up to his excellent 2009 offering Changing Horses . It has been a while coming, but the rather more rocking taster track Mean to Me suggests something of a different direction and that the wait will be well worth it. The album is out on his own Noise Company label. Pre-order here . Download Ben Kweller - Mean To [...]
From forthcoming LPGo Fly A KiteDue 7 Feb onThe Noise CompanyBen Kweller has one of the most affecting voices in rock, and if the samples at Amazon mp3 are any indication, we can't wait till next Tuesday for the full affect [sic].*Here's a fave from Sha Sha.Wasted And Ready by Ben Kweller on GroovesharkMySpace | Amazon | iTunes | eMusic*Not sure if it's apropos to sic a sic on ourselves, but, hey
mom+pop music's Sleeper Agent today announced live U.S. dates this spring supporting Ben Kweller, kicking off March 20th in Hartford, CT. The Bowling Green, KY natives and Rolling Stone "Band To Watch" will also perform both weekends of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival on April 15th and 22nd. Released on September 27th, Sleeper Agent's riotous debut album Celabrasion quickly garnered immediate features and stellar reviews from the blogosphere straight to the top of the national music media. The...
Haha I have never seen that word spelled out before. It looks silly. Here's a new countdown. Hopefully no new songs will go on the chart until I figure out how to get my computer fixed after it suddenly found itself sitting in a pool of soapy water. Pray that it's just the power cord that's fried, people! Countdown #87 ***Featuring*** Ben Kweller The Black Keys Blink-182 Bush Cage the Elephant Chevelle Coldplay Foo Fighters Red Hot Chili Peppers Switchfoot Young the Giant
La storia narra che Ben Kweller, nato a San Francisco nel 1981, si trasferì da bambino in Texas con la sua famiglia, e proprio dal padre prese la passione per la musica. A 19 anni, un nuovo trasloco, a NY, da dove iniziò la sua carriera solista. Nel 2012, un nuovo passo importante, il quinto album, Go Fly a Kite , il primo prodotto unicamente dalla sua etichetta, The Noise Company . Secondo interviste precedenti, il disco sarebbe dovuto uscire tra Marzo e Aprile 2011, ma la data è stata posticipata vista la separazione dalla precedente etichetta, ATO [...]
Today's selection of free and legal - because: official - downloads.... Dirty Three - Rising Below Fatalgroove - Most Wanted (techno Podcast/Mixtape) Girl Band - Second One Black Marble - Pretender Italian Japanese - Two Islands Korallreven - Sa Sa Samoa (For Real For Sure For You Version) AU - Solid Gold Ben Kweller – Mean to Me Cold War Kids – Minimum Day / Minimum Mistake Youth Lagoon - Montana Poor Moon - People In Her Mind Click Read More below, listen... and [...]
Ben Kweller - Mean to Me Spin dropped this yesterday, and I'm so excited to finally get to hear more music from one of my favorite artists Ben Kweller. I feel like I've been listening to him for multiple decades, and its pretty wild that he's on his 5th studio album, titled Go Fly a Kite , due out on Feb 7th. This first track "Mean to Me," is an all out power-pop tune with a blown-out guitar solo that is going to make you mouth water, horn ornamentation, and some really smooth [...]
A decade ago Ben Kweller was undoubtedly one of my favorite things going. But then a funny thing happened; I grew up. Like Wooderson might say, I get older and BK's music stays the same. When I was last able to speak with Ben about his upcoming album Go Fly A Kite! I let myself be suckered into the belief that this time would be different. Finally he had written his bigger, louder 'Fuck Off and Die' album. Finally he'd learn to be mean --or at least learned to be real. But alas as [...]
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