Desaparecidos might sound like a Latin alternative band concerned about the disappearance of innocent citizens by some repressive South American regime, but this aggressive rock and roll outfit hails from Lincoln, Nebraska. And these Nebraskans are pissed about the disappearance of the American landscape beneath mammoth chain restaurants and stores, about the substitution of shopping for individuality. "It's sad to watch mom-and-pop stores get replaced by corporate chain stores," says guitarist/songwriter Denver Dalley, who founded Desaparecidos with Conor Oberst, acclaimed frontman of the kinder, gentler pop group Bright Eyes. "There are many more examples [of the ills of consumer society]," Dalley continues over the phone. "It's a very confusing situation that I think about a lot. It can be very... More >>>