Bright Eyes: Tina McClelland / RetnaUK
Bright Eyes
THE BUZZ Foppish guitar prodigy Conor Oberst emerged fully formed from Omaha with a fleet of booze-soaked songs about elusive romance and a punishingly pretentious album title, ''Lifted or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground.''
THE HYPE The new Dylan -- so said a four-star review in Rolling Stone and a four-page feature in The New York Times Magazine. And his agit-punk side project Desaparecidos made him a hero of the downtrodden.
THE IMPACT Though ''Lifted'' debuted in the Billboard 200 and hit No. 2 on the Heatseekers chart, it remains a cult treasure at 42,000 copies sold.
THE VERDICT The beginning of something great, but still just the beginning.
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