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 Sufjan Stevens - Come on Feel the Illinois
  The Hold Steady - Separation Sunday
 Nickel Creek - Why Should the Fire Die
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Thursday, May 05, 2005
Stop or Oberst!!!  I need some help with this whole Bright Eyes phenom going on in the states right now. I just don't understand the appeal. A breakdown for the Aussies: Bright Eyes is basically the vehicle of Coner Oberst, a 24 year old singer/songwriter from Nebraska, who started getting noticed by the indie world back when he was 14. In late 2004, Oberst had the top 2 number one singles in the Billboard hot 100, from two different albums, even mentioned in a 'blink and you miss it' quip from Seth Cohen, on last week's O.C. The sales, I assume, were based on the quite obsessive following of glassy eyed young women, similar to that of tattooed Dashboard Confessional front man Christopher Carrabba. The similarities stop at the fan base, however, since Carabba sings acoustic emo love songs with such singable lyrics as "up the corners of your lips, part them and feel my finger tips," and Oberst sings about things like President Bush's use of religion in his warmongering. This all culminated last week with Oberst's performance on the Tonight Show, dressed in Cowboy regalia. (Link via Stereogum). If you haven't had the chance to listen to Oberst, your missing out on naive protest, over thought metaphors, somewhat sarcastic attempts at pseudo country, and a truly cringeworthy singing voice. Ted Leo, he is not. Maybe I'm just getting old, I'm sure people said the same about Dylan. 'When the President Talks to God' Free from itunes (no soup for you, Australians) 'Lua' - from I'm Wide Awake and its Morning 'Take It Easy (Love Nothing)' - from Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
... Seppo 12:26 pm...
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