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We sent out the same set of Halloween-related questions to a bunch of different musicians. All Halloween week we are posting their responses.
Omaha indie pioneers Neva Dinova have announced their first new music in more than a decade — since Jake Bellows’ 2013 solo album New Ocean. Following their 2022 rarities collection Demos And C-Sides, “Something’s Out There” features just Jake Bellows on vocals, guitar, drums, and keys, and Adrienne Verhoeven on additional keys. Neva Dinova are also set to join Cursive on tour. On the May 14 date in Tulsa, they’ll share a stage with Cursive and Bright Eyes, making it a full-on Saddle Creek reunion of sorts.
On August 4 Conor Oberst will release his new self-titled solo album, which was recorded in Tepoztlán, Mexico with a small group of musicians at the dawn of this year. In a relatively similar fashion to our reassessment of the Manic Street Preachers’ back catalogue earlier this year, DiS considers how a barely pubescent Oberst traversed from four-track recordings in the basement of his family home to standing at the cusp of unleashing one of 2008’s most anticipated records. Almost every song Oberst has recorded since he was but a wee one is out there somewhere if you look hard enough. T...