
So Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes) has been shedding the hype of his younger years and stepped out of it all as a true musician, and his most recent self-titled album Conor Oberst is no deviation from that. In high school I could never fully get on board the Bright Eyes train (though I tried numerous times my heart beat more punk than emo). However, his new album has really surprised me! His style shares most commonalities with Ben Kweller with both doing an indie-folk-country thing, and let me just say, it's great. I also happen to have [...]