Ben Kweller

Ben Kweller plays Brudenell Social Club in Leeds on 11 June 2026. Texas–raised and first noticed with his teen band Radish, Kweller made his name solo by blending indie rock bite, power-pop hooks and a folk streak carried by plainspoken lyrics. From the melodic rush of Sha Sha and On My Way to the tighter, guitar-led Ben Kweller, he’s built a catalogue that swings between crunchy riffs and laid-back confessionals.

On stage, he moves easily from electric jangle to stripped-back songs on acoustic, letting the writing lead: compact choruses, unguarded stories, and a sense of melody that sticks without the gloss. Changing Horses opened a country-leaning chapter he still revisits, while Go Fly a Kite brought him back to a more wired sound; both threads tend to surface live, sometimes in the same breath. Longtime fans will catch familiar cuts alongside deeper picks, and newer listeners get a quick tour of two decades of songwriting that sits somewhere between American indie, pop instinct and a touch of americana.