Alec Benjamin

Armed with a BoomBox decked out in pen-sketched cartoons and a skateboard, Alec Benjamin might just redefine what it means to be a singer-songwriter. Yes, the 20-year-old Los Angeles-based troubadour writes all of his own music, and you can certainly catch him behind a piano or wielding an acoustic guitar on stage. However, he merges that timeless approach with warm production, and his own ambitious animations and artwork. In other words, you’ve never seen or heard anybody quite like him.