His hugely prolific career now extends more than two decades: through solo albums and various bands, including Bright Eyes, the protest-minded Desaparecidos and the songwriters' alliance Monsters of Folk, among others.
'There are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of ways to get through the day - just find one,' Conor Oberst counsels on his new solo album, 'Upside Down Mountain.' Oberst may not have hundreds of styles, but he's multifarious enough.