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Benign launches "Martha" with Tonic gig

Published Feb. 21, 2012

The Mike Benign Compulsion has a new disc and celebrates with a release party this weekend at Tonic Tavern.

New Harmony Indiana balances life and music

Published Nov. 20, 2011

Matt Krajewski and his bandmates - fellow Hoosier Joe Vent and Brian Wendtlandt - are all dads and all have full-time jobs. But New Harmony Indiana isn't a hobby. All three have long been involved in the Milwaukee music scene and NHI is just the latest entry on three long local music resumes.

Mikes - Mills & Benign - collaborate

Published May 31, 2011

When The Mike Benign Compulsion took the stage at Turner Hall on Saturday night, the four veteran musicians knew that one of their heroes - REM's Mike Mills - was in the house. The band was opening for The Baseball Project supergroup that - for the tour at least - includes Mills.

Benign's compulsion melds strong songs with fine musicians

Published May 10, 2010

The Mike Benign Compulsion started as a solo project and grew into a band. "Rollicking Musical," the group's debut CD, is launched with a party gig on Friday, May 14, at Shank Hall. The non-smoking show starts at 8 p.m.

Benign's latest musical compulsion bears its first fruit

Published Dec. 23, 2009

Former Umbrella Man, Arms & Legs & Feet and Blue in the Face frontman Mike Benign and his band -- the Mike Benign Compulsion -- release their debut single today. "All The Married People" is available through iTunes, Amazon, Napster and other digital sources.

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