What happens when indie heroes go major?

Great new single from Omaha’s finest

Some kind of Omaha supergroup

This album is an interesting listening experience falling somewhere between Digital Ash In A Digital Urn by Saddle Creek label lords Bright Eyes and the eclectic intellectuality of Woven (but without the pretentious insanity).
The songs on offer on Inside/Absent are quirky, sparse and claustrophobic. You will find nothing epic in scale here. But it is […]

Conor Oberst has always been a little self-indulgent. Listening to previous Bright Eyes records it is easy to find yourself not paying attention and tuning out of his pointless monologues or noisy excursions only to have your attention snapped back when a song of unbelievable beauty kicks in.
I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning begins with one […]

The Sound The Faint have been placed in many genres, including electroclash, discopunk, rock, pop, dance and many others in between. None of this really means anything though. A more satisfying description is, “80s-influenced electronic music with the urgency of punk and the dynamics of rock.” […]