Benjamin Cartel, one-half of Kaiser Cartel, is at the Replay Lounge tonight

You may know singer-songwriter Benjamin Cartel as one-half of the Brooklyn indie-folk duo Kaiser Cartel. If not, all you really need to be aware of is that Money and Love, Cartel’s debut solo EP, is a solid-as-a-rock folk-pop creation.

The six-song collection stands on strong guitar legs and fleshes out with Cartel’s expansive vocals as he infuses slow-burning blues with elements of 1960s power-pop. You can hear him smiling through the catchy refrains. Some songs on Love and Money were written as long ago as ten years – here’s hoping we won’t have to wait quite that long for a full-length. 

Details here.