Culture Bully — Audio and video of Brendan Benson's performance of "A Whole Lot Better" on the Sept. 9 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live. more info

Rollo & Grady — Vivian Girls Tuesday, September 8th The Silent Years with Gringo Star @ The Roxy Theatre AC/DC @ The Honda Center Wednesday, September 9th Emily Wells @ Echo Cass McCombs @ Bootleg Theatre Health @ Troubadour Thursday, September 10th Soulsavers @ Tr... more info

Rollo & Grady — Amoeba Records - Hollywood 1.) Soundtrack - Inglourious Basterds 2.) Dead Weather - Horehound 3.) Jay Reatard - Watch Me Fall 4.) Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix 5.) Soundtrack - (500) Days Of Summer 6.) Brendan Benson - My Old Familiar Friend 7.)... more info

Stereogum — As record stores shutter across the country, Jack White's delightfully retro Third Man Records & Novelties is thriving. It's a simple strategy for retail success: keep the store open for only three days and host free performances by the Dead Weath... more info

MTV.com News — Kings of Leon continue to hold strong on Billboard, nearly a year after album's release.By Gil Kaufman Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind Photo: Neilson Barnard/ Getty Images Congrats to country queen Reba McEntire for notching her second ... more info

Twangville — Twangville readers picked fan write-in My Old Familiar Friend by Brendan Benson as their favorite release for week of August 18, 2009. With his fourth solo LP Brendan Benson teams up with producer Gil Norton (Pixies, Maximo Park, Foo Fighters, Gomez)... more info

Stereogum — Surprising nobody, folks are more keyed in to the fact that Brendan Benson has released a solo album this time around. His last three LPs paved the way for successful runs with the Raconteurs, and in turn that fun with Jack has paved the way for t... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Brendan Benson has had quite the time the last few years. After releasing three critically heralded solo records, he joined long time friends Jack White of the White Stripes and Patrick Keeler and Jack Lawrence of the Greenhornes to form the Raconteu... more info

Rolling Stone — Rolling Stone’s Kevin O’Donnell breaks down two recent hot releases — Brendan Benson’s My Old Familiar Friend and Jay Reatard’s Watch Me Fall — in this week’s new music podcast. Up first, Raconteur Benson returns with his fourth solo LP... more info

Allmusic Blog — Brendan Benson - My Old, Familiar Friend My Old, Familiar Friend is Brendan Benson’s first album since becoming Jack White’s lieutenant in the Raconteurs, but the group’s raucous classicist guitar rock isn’t readily apparent on this, Bensonâ€... more info