Blog: Direct Current

Alternative - Bright Eyes guy and indie icon Conor Oberst reassembles the team of scruffy white dudes who accompanied him on his eponymous LP from last year, a set of solid folksy rock songs tinged with longing and wanderlust that Rolling Stone called "A rough-hewn, death-haunted travelogue." While no one GUSHED over it, the album received solid reviews all around, cementing Oberst's reputation as a consistent and compelling talent at the height of his relatively long (half of his 28 years) recording career. Paired with 2007's outstanding Cassadega , recorded under his Bright Eyes moniker, Conor [...]