Thursday, January 27, 2005

Catch Conor

Indie Rock's Dark Prince

I'm not ready to review this week's dual releases from Bright Eyes--the alt-country I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning and the self-categorizing Digital Ash in a Digital Urn--but I am ready to tell you that if all the media hype regarding the group's leader, Conor Oberst, has made you even a little bit interested in hearing more, both CDs are at Best Buy this week for $7.99 each. Reviewers seem to like one or the other--the Washington Post called Digital Ash an early album of the year contender, while the Los Angeles Times called I'm Wide Awake a "simmering masterpiece"--so why not get both and decide for yourself?

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