“Bad for Me” is the first track we are making available from Brendan’s new upcoming release What Kind of World.  Our friends over at Stereogum recently premiered the song. Download it now by entering your email address below to opt-in for all Brendan related updates as we’ll have a lot of music, news and info coming at you.  Enjoy!

FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM WHAT KIND OF WORLD DUE OUT APRIL 21st

UPCOMING U.S. ALBUM RELEASE SHOWS AND SXSW APPEARANCE

ANNOUNCES NASHVILLE’S YOUNG HINES FOR RELEASE OF DEBUT ALBUMGIVE ME MY CHANGE TO BE RELEASED APRIL 10^Th

Beloved musician, songwriter/producer and co-founder of The Raconteurs, Brendan Benson is thrilled to announce the launch of his own record label and publishing company, Readymade. This spring, Readymade will make its debut on the international stage with new releases from Benson (What Kind of World - 4/21 through BrendanBenson.com to coincide with his son’s 2^ndbirthday with a 4/24 street date) and the first artist signed to the label, Young Hines (Give Me My Change - 4/10). Benson will be showcasing his new album at SXSW 2012 as well as on May tour dates where Young Hines will support in the U.S.

Readymade was born in the 90′s when Benson released the Wellfed Boy demos under the imprint as a 12″ vinyl. At the time Readymade was merely a concept due to a lack of resources to build a proper record label. Over a decade later Benson partnered with manager Emily White, who brought the idea to fruition, making Readymade a legitimate label around Benson’s musical output. Says White, “Brendan produced 5 albums in 2011, including his own. Launching Readymade gives us the option of a release platform tailored to each album under the same home. We wanted a way for Brendan to be able to create music when and how he wants and be able to put out the music sans any barriers. The answer to what we were looking for is Readymade.”

Upcoming Brendan Benson Album Release Shows w/ Young Hines supporting:

MARCH

13 – 16 – Austin, TX – SXSW (Brendan Benson only)

APRIL

28 – Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge (Additional support by The Howling Brothers) *

MAY

03 – Philadelphia, PA – World Café Live*

05 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom**

10 – San Diego, CA – Casbah*

12 – Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour*

*On-sale Friday January 6^th

**Amex Pre-sale Wednesday January 11^th, General on-sale Friday January 13th

Brendan Benson’s “Upstairs at United Vol. 1″, recorded inside the United Record Pressing Plant in Nashville, Tennessee is now available for sale through the Brendan Benson webstore.  This vinyl record features Brendan’s covers of songs by David Bowie, The Kinks, Randy Newman, and Elvis Costello.  Get your copy here today.

Brendan will be signing copies new album “Upstairs at United” at Grimey’s today at noon.  Come by Grimey’s to pick up your copy and meet Brendan.  Click here for more information.

Brendan is doing an in-store signing for “Upstairs at United” release at Grimey’s on Black Friday (Nov. 25). Head on over to pick up your copy of “Upstairs at United” and meet Brendan!

Hey all,

I’ve been working on my new solo record and am happy to say that it’s just about finished. It has taken me a while because I’ve also been busy with a few other projects, of which I’m very proud.  And it gets better; I’m making Readymade Records a legitimate label.  It has been a  concept for a long time, but now is becoming a reality.  It’s very exciting, but more about that later.

I want to introduce you to Readymade recording artist, Young Hines.  A friend turned me on to his demos some years back and I’ve been stalking him ever since.  We’ve just finished his record and it’s due out early next year.  Originally from Atlanta, he’s now based here in Nashville.  And those fortunate to live in his home town have the chance to say “I saw him when…”.  He’s opening for The Raconteurs November 13th at The Tabernacle.

Brendan

On Black Friday (Nov 25) for Record Store Day, United Record Pressing and 453 Music will release Upstairs at United, a series of all-analog vinyl records recorded inside the historic United Record Pressing Plant in Nashville, TN.  Volume 1 features Brendan and Volume 2 features Cory Chisel. Brendan covered hand-picked songs by David Bowie, Randy Newman, The Kinks and Elvis Costello. Five autographed copies of each title will be randomly shipped like a golden ticket. Many more details can be found HERE!

Brendan will be unable to perform at next week’s Petty Fest due to a recording project that has been re-scheduled in Nashville.  Our deepest apologies if this causes a problem for anyone.  We’re working on new music for you all this month that we’ll be announcing soon, so stay tuned!

Don’t miss Brendan with Cory Chisel, Norah Jones, Har Mar Superstar,  Nicole Atkins, Jesse Malin, Sammy James Jr. (The Mooney Suzuki), Jody Porter (Fountains of Wayne), Tad Kubler of The Hold Steady, Josh Lattanzi of The Lemonheads, Jessie Baylin and others paying tribute to Tom Petty on October 5th and 6th in NYC.

Tickets are available HERE.  See you there!

In April of 2011, Esquire Magazine commissioned Brendan and Ben Blackwell  to compose songs about Detroit with the theme of “Last Night in Detroit.” The A-side is Brendan’s song with that title with Blackwell’ penning “Bury My Body at Elmwood” for the B-side.

The 7″ is now available through Brendan’s webstore!  It has individually hand-stamped paper sleeves and is limited to 100 copies through Brendan’s webstore and 1,000 worldwide. The digital files are exclusively available through Brendan’s webstore.

CHECK IT OUT HERE and ENJOY!