Jenny And Johnny Are Having Fun With: Benji Hughes

With I’m Having Fun Now (Warner Bros.), Jenny And Johnny are following in the grand tradition of girl/boy singing duos, a select conga line that stretches as far back as Sonny & Cher and X’s Exene Cervenka & John Doe to more recent warbling tandems like Mates Of State and She & Him. Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice are living proof the trend is still on the boil. Lewis cut her teeth in L.A.-based combo Rilo Kiley and has recently released two exciting solo efforts. Rice, a Scotsman transplanted to America as a teenager, has also issued a pair of solo albums and produced Lewis’ sophomore release, Acid Tongue, before teaming up with her for what could turn out to be the gold standard of indie-rock duos. Jenny And Johnny will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our Q&A with Rice.

Jenny: Benji Hughes is one of my favorite songwriters. But you must see him live tofully understand his genius. He’s like Andy Kaufman meets Randy Newman, Leon Russell or Warren Zevon or something. It is not often that you get a chance to see someone who is destined for great things before the world is even ready for it.

Video after the jump.