Ben Kweller

The Five Best Shows In Dallas This Weekend

Ben Kweller Friday, October 26, at The Kessler Theater, $22.50-$30 Texas native Ben Kweller is currently finishing up the handful of shows on his 62-date worldwide tour, in support of his February release, Go Fly a Kite. A now happily-married father of two, Kweller's most recent album is a little mo ... More >>

This Week's Top Show Announcements: Ben Kweller, Will Johnson, Kreayshawn, Sleigh Bells and More

KreayshawnFriday, November 2, at Palladium Ballroom, $17.50The controversial rapper, whose proper debut album Somethin' 'Bout Kreay is out in late September, will be here in early November. It's one of Parade of Flesh's biggest shows yet.

Homegrown Festival - Main Street Garden Park - 5/26/12

When I finally set foot in Main Street Garden Park on Saturday afternoon, I knew what Homegrown Fest organizer Josh Florence was talking about. The strip of downtown green is beautiful, well-designed and forces interaction, like any good, walkable park should. Looking up at the old Grand Hotel, wh ... More >>

Preview: Homegrown Festival at Main Street Garden Park

Saturday, May 26, at Main Street Garden Park

Review: Ben Kweller Flies his Kite

Go Fly a Kite (The Noise Company)

This Week In Print: Tiger Dick, Dallas Distortion Music and More Ringing in the Ears

This week in print, I check in with Sarah Alexander and Nevada Hill, two Denton musicians who host Tiger Dick, a weekly radio show devoted to the unheard and unseen. Dallas Distortion Music chats with Alan Ayo about their first year in business. Kelly Dearmore asks Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial ... More >>

Greatest Version of "Bingo" Ever Played? Ben Kweller and Two-Year-Old Son Collaborate

And Bingo was his name-o. Taken from a 2009 encore of Ben Kweller's set in Salt Lake City, Utah. At least that's what the Youtube tag says.

John David Kent and the Dumb Angels: Letting the True Artist Shine Through.

Watch: Ben Kweller Collaborates With Conor Oberst in Brooklyn

​ Greenville's Own Ben Kweller has had his fair share of collaborators over the years -- and, in this coming week's paper, we'll meet one of them, John David Kent, his former Radish bandmate, who is starting to make waves on his own thanks to his new outfit, John David Kent and the Dumb Angels. Th ... More >>

Good Friday: Ben Kweller, Rhett Miller, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Os Mutantes, Deerhunter, Best Coast, Monotonix, Delorean, Magic Kids, Alejandro Escovedo, Bill Frisell, Suicidal Tendencies, DJ Shadow, Merle Haggard, Tumbledown & More!

Ben Kweller punching the bottom of Rhett Miller's head--for Cystic Fibrosis​This weekend's concert calender is abnormally full to the brim, but the show we're maybe most excited about is Ben Kweller and Rhett Miller's Cystic Fibrosis benefit concert at Granada Theater. Two of the biggest local ind ... More >>

Q&A: Ben Kweller Talks Production, His New Album, Parenthood and Finding Out That an Old 97's Song Was In His Wedding Video

Ben Kweller​The story of Ben Kweller has been documented pretty relentlessly around these parts--from forming the band Radish at the age of 12 to signing with Mercury Records at 16 after being hailed by critics as "the next Nirvana" to then following his girlfriend to New York where he'd end up re ... More >>

Way More Than One Week

Listomania: A Sountrack for Your Swine Flu Sickness

So, lately, pretty much the only thing on the minds of, well, everyone seems to be ways of refraining from getting any small strain of any sort of sickness--especially the infamous H1N1. Those who haven't been infected, pat yourself on the back and keep soaking up the Purell. Those who weren't so lu ... More >>

Over The Weekend: Second Annual Dia de Los Toadies Festival

Dia de Los ToadiesRough Creek Ranch, Glen RoseAugust 29, 2009Better than: planting your ass at a sports bar in the asphalt jungle. Keep an eye out for a slideshow from the event, coming later today.​ Rough Creek Ranch is a scenic patch of olive Texas prarie centered around a modest ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets To Dia de Los Toadies (Third of Four Chances!)

​OK, you know what the deal is by now: Twice already this week, we've passed out a free pair of tickets to Saturday's Dia de Los Toadies festival out in Glen Rose--a deal we're pretty impressed by, mind you--and we're gonna be doing it twice more, too. And one of those times: Well, how 'bout right ... More >>

Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets To Dia de Los Toadies (First of Four Chances!)

​We've hardly hid how impressed we are by the lineup at this year's Dia de Los Toadies festival, which, in addition to the namesakes, will also feature The Secret Machines, Ben Kweller, Bowling For Soup, Eleven Hundred Springs and The Boom Boom Box out at Rough Creek Ranch in Glen Rose (about an h ... More >>

Another Band's Been Added To The Already Impressive Dia De Los Toadies Lineup...

...and it's another nationally recognized band from the DFW region: Bowling for Soup. The band joins the already stacked, nine-hour event bill featuring the Toadies, The Secret Machines, Ben Kweller, Eleven Hundred Springs and The Boom Boom Box. Tickets to the event, which will be held Saturday, Au ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Paul van Dyk, Ben Kweller, Boys Like Girls, Leftover Crack

Paul van Dyk at Lizard Lounge on Thursday, June 25Although electronic music may have lost some ground in Dallas music scene since the 1990s, nearly 1,000 people made it out to Paul Van Dyk's dance party set at the Lizard Lounge.

Ben Kweller To Participate In Granada Theater Tweet-up In Anticipation Of Tonight's Show

Greenville's own Ben Kweller brings his recently cocuntry-flavored jams (and, no doubt, some of his older, less country fare, too) to town tonight for a performance at the Granada Theater. But before that--at about 2 p.m., I'm told--Kweller will participate in the theater's first "Tweet Up, ... More >>

Ben Kweller, Jones St. Station

Friday, June 26, at the Granada Theater

Show Announcements: Metallica, B.B. King, Lucero, Ben Kweller, more

Not a big list of announcements this week, but think of it as quality over quantity. In venue news, watch out for the Hydrant in Denton. The coffee shop snuck its way into this post two weeks in a row--and it looks as if it's working with Spune Productions to bring more shows to its cozy confines. ... More >>

Cute Is What We Aim For, Meg & Dia,Every Avenue, Breathe Carolina, AnarborSunday, March 8, at House of Blues

Sunday, March 8, at House of Blues

Ben Kweller

Changing Horses (ATO/Red)

Check Out The Video For Ben Kweller's "Fight"

The video for Ben Kweller's "Fight"--the same song he performed on Letterman earlier this week--premiered on Myspace today and, well, it's quite a literal translation of the lyrics (at the start at least). But what country song isn't? And, yes, it is a little silly. Borderline stupid, even. But the ... More >>

Ben Kweller On His Own Sound: 'The Mix Of Eagle, Edge and Young Country'

Years ago, area legend Ben Kweller was dubbed a wunderkind by nearly every music publication in the country. Today, the child has grown into a husband and father--and says he's eager to reconnect his family and career to the place he still calls home: Texas.His fourth major solo album, Changing Hors ... More >>

Ben Kweller To Play Letterman Tonight

Greenville native Ben Kweller's new full-length album, Changing Horses, will see the light of day next Tuesday (February 3), and, as we already told you, those excited about the release can go ahead and pre-order that sucker to get some extra goodies from the shaggy-haired redhead. Oh, and those fo ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Ben Kweller, Hot Chip, Del Tha Funky Homosapien, The Black Keys, Psycho Pony

Red Monroe, Baboon, Pikahsso and Tahiti with Glen Reynolds

Saturday, September 6, at Club Dada

Kweller Kwestions

"Today" is the Greatest Day But Still One of the Most Overrated Songs Ever

Ben Kweller

Monday, February 26, at Gypsy Tea Room

Still at Work?

Austin City Limits: You Read It Here First

On His Way

Ben Kweller grew up. Ben Kweller got better.

Best Place to See Dallas Musicians

New York, apparently

Ben Kweller with Centro-matic

February 27

Ben Kweller

July 19

Launch Ramp

Five years later, Ben Kweller is taking off on his own.

Not Wasting Any Time

Dallas duo creates an online record label

Mission Accomplished

Wrapping up the North Texas New Music Festival; plus, The Beat turns one

Scene, Heard

If it is a joke, the Reds are doing their best not to laugh.

Scene, Heard

Robert Jenkins is getting the word out

Scene, Heard

Holiday schmoozing

Scene, Heard

Counting down the days 'til February

How it should be

Ben Kweller will eventually release another record, but it won't be Sha Sha

Ben there, done that

Radish may be loosening their label's restraining bolt

Free Radish

Mercury Records will be making a huge mistake if it doesn't release Sha Sha

Lady sings the Blues

Chonita "N'Dambi" Gilbert is a back-up singer no more

Take me home, country roads

Producer Dave Willingham makes noise in the middle of nowhere

1998 Dallas Observer Music Awards Nominees