The last time a video featured Conor Oberst in a public performance period piece, he was getting clobbered by trash and tomatoes. But that was before he and Mogis recruited Yim Yames on drums and M. Ward on piano to... CONTINUE READING NEW MONSTERS OF FOLK VIDEO - "SAY PLEASE"»
Posted on November 13, 2009 in (9 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst | Jim James | M. Ward | Mike Mogis | Monsters Of Folk | My Morning Jacket | Sleigh Bells
In a very special Halloween edition of the 'Gum Drop, David "Moose" Adamson, aka Jookabox, told us "Evil Nite" -- "a song about the infection taking hold of a pure soul in limbo" -- is an early version of "Zombie... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP CXII: HEAR NEW JOOKABOX, WIN A GUITAR SIGNED BY MONSTERS OF FOLK»
Posted on October 28, 2009 in , (5 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst | Grizzly Bear | Jim James | Jookabox | M. Ward | Mike Mogis | Monsters Of Folk | My Morning Jacket
Conor Oberst, M. Ward, Jim James, Mike Mogis, and Centro-matic's Will Johnson donned their best late-night suits and played Seattle's Paramount Theatre last night. Photographer Laura Musselman was on hand and delivers this set of shots. ... CONTINUE READING MONSTERS OF FOLK @ PARAMOUNT THEATRE, SEATTLE 10/15/09»
Posted on October 16, 2009 in , (21 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Cant | Centro-matic | Conor Oberst | Jim James | M. Ward | Mike Mogis | Monsters Of Folk | My Morning Jacket | Will Johnson
Monsters Of Folk are four dudes better known for other projects, they are the Them Crooked Vultures of the NPR-section of contemporary music, they are like the Traveling Wilburys but not as iconic, all of this is true. But also... CONTINUE READING MONSTERS OF FOLK "SAY PLEASE" ON CONAN, RELEASE "RIGHT PLACE" VIDEO»
Posted on September 23, 2009 in , , (34 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Centro-matic | Conan O'Brien | Conor Oberst | Jim James | M. Ward | Mike Mogis | Monsters Of Folk | My Morning Jacket | Will Johnson
And art it is. On the front sleeve of the forthcoming Monsters Of Folk album is an illustration of the lite-indie superheroes' beatific mugs, just beckoning you to listen to more NPR. Matthew Hollings rendered the drawing, and also scribbled... CONTINUE READING MONSTERS OF FOLK UNVEIL THEIR ALBUM ART»
Posted on September 4, 2009 in (39 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst | Jim James | M. Ward | Monsters Of Folk | My Morning Jacket | The Flaming Lips
The all-star roots troupe of Conor Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward, and Mike Mogis finally let us sample their Monsters Of Folk project with the not very folky "Say Please" the other day. The self-titled LP is due 9/22 via... CONTINUE READING MONSTERS OF FOLK ANNOUNCE FALL TOUR»
Posted on July 23, 2009 in (49 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst | Jim James | M. Ward | Mike Mogis | Monsters Of Folk | My Morning Jacket | Pictureplane
Finally some sounds to round out the months of vague news reports and website launches for Monsters Of Folk, the project that brings Yim Yames + M. Ward + Conor Oberst + Mike Mogis to one set of liner notes.... CONTINUE READING NEW MONSTERS OF FOLK - "SAY PLEASE"»
Posted on July 17, 2009 in (8 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst | Jim James | M. Ward | Mike Mogis | Monsters Of Folk | My Morning Jacket
The previously reported Jim James/M. Ward/Conor Oberst collab project has a release date (9/22). Also a site which doesn't offer much (yet), although the credit to Yim Yames is a nice touch. ... CONTINUE READING MONSTERS OF FOLK COMING SOON»
Posted on June 16, 2009 (15 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst | Jim James | M. Ward | M.I.A. | Mike Mogis | Monsters Of Folk | My Morning Jacket
When we posted "Nikorette" we also included a trailer for Phil Schaffart's One Of My Kind: The Story Of The Mystic Valley Band. The complete 60-minute Oberst-packed documentary's now available for download and streaming at Causecast.org.... CONTINUE READING DOWNLOAD FREE CONOR OBERST DOCUMENTARY»
Posted on April 15, 2009 in (5 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst | Sisters
When Conor premiered this one on Conan last year, we figured it was called "Nicorette" because we spell things correctly and probably don't have an IP lawyer as good as Merge's. Now it's dubbed "Nikorette" (tricksy) and is the second... CONTINUE READING NEW CONOR OBERST AND THE MYSTIC VALLEY BAND - "NIKORETTE" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on April 7, 2009 in , , (15 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst
You were warned, you didn't listen, and so maybe this will help Conor fans reclaim him from the Killers' souled-out dance cover. This is the first studio listen from Oberst and his Mystic Valley Band's new LP Outer South. We've... CONTINUE READING NEW CONOR OBERST - "SLOWLY (OH SO SLOWLY)"»
Posted on March 27, 2009 (14 comments)
Tags: A Place To Bury Strangers | Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst
The Killers are headlining Lolla and Coachella, Conor's also headed to Coachella, they both are suffering for their recent fashions, how about a track to celebrate all that. The Las Vegans are releasing a single/EP thing for Day & Age's... CONTINUE READING THE KILLERS COVER BRIGHT EYES »
Posted on March 27, 2009 in (121 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst | The Killers
For the forthcoming Outer South, Conor Oberst's left the eponymous cave and woken up from his solitary nap in his best hammock to put on a pink sweater and a blindfold and make time with his Mystic Valley Band in... CONTINUE READING CONOR OBERST & THE MYSTIC VALLEY BAND'S OUTER SOUTH ALBUM ART»
Posted on March 24, 2009 in (10 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst | Peter Bjorn And John | Sufjan Stevens
A year ago Conor dropped the Bright Eyes for his birth name, ditched Mogis (but not Walcott) for some other dudes, and headed off to Tepoztlán, Morelos, México to make an eponymous LP. It went well, and by November he... CONTINUE READING CONOR OBERST & THE MYSTIC VALLEY BAND RETURN WITH OUTER SOUTH»
Posted on February 19, 2009 in , (14 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst | The Like
Oberst's eponymous solo album just came out a few months ago, but the man and his Mystic Valley Band are already folding new songs into their set. There were a couple new ones (and a Paul Simon cover) in Austin... CONTINUE READING CONOR OBERST PLAYS A NEW SONG FOR CONAN»
Posted on November 12, 2008 in (13 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst | HEALTH | Vampire Weekend
Eponymous solo artist Conor Oberst played Austin City Limits with his Mystic Valley Band this past Saturday. Those in attendance heard a couple new songs -- "10 Women" and the extended Rolling Stone-referencing "I Got A Reason #2" -- along... CONTINUE READING CONOR OBERST COVERS PAUL SIMON, PLAYS NEW SONGS IN AUSTIN»
Posted on September 30, 2008 in (23 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst | Paul Simon
It's been awhile since we dressed you guys. Lucky for you shirtless folks, Neighborhoodies approached us about designing some new swag as part of their Think Ups collaboration with bloggers. We have been watching Project Runway so we accepted the... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM X NEIGHBORHOODIES THINK UPS T-SHIRT #1»
Posted on September 8, 2008 (15 comments)
Tags: Barack Obama | Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst | Dinosaur Jr | SXSW | The Thermals | Think Ups
After all that Ryan Adams blog drama, she'd supposedly given up blogging (via a Burroughs reference or two), but thankfully the cease and desist didn't last because Courtney Love's riffing on the "so fucking Urban" 2008 VMAs is some of... CONTINUE READING COURTNEY LOVE ON THE 2008 VMAS: "Y'ALL NEED SOME PUSSY AND SOME COCK AND SHUT THE HELL UP"»
Posted on September 8, 2008 (25 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst | Courtney Love | Ryan Adams
In "Eagle On A Pole" Conor Oberst sings "I never could get used to happy sounds," but his new self-titled album is actually plenty full of happy sounds. Take the brief clap-a-long march of "NYC - Gone, Gone." With a... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: CONOR OBERST - CONOR OBERST»
Posted on July 24, 2008 in (29 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst
Bright Eyes' frontman's new album with The Mystic Valley Band (out 8/5 on Merge) is now streaming at conoroberst.com.... CONTINUE READING STREAM CONOR OBERST»
Posted on July 21, 2008 (2 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst's self-titled LP is scheduled for release 8/5, but it was available on CD in Brazil last week. At least that's what the folky told his audience after spotting a copy at Studio SP in Sao Paulo on the... CONTINUE READING CONOR OBERST DEBUTS NEW TUNES IN BRAZIL»
Posted on July 21, 2008 in , , (9 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst seemingly will be more Mystic Valley than it will "When The President Talks To God," but that hasn't stopped CO from stumping, and that's where the HuffPo picks up in this recent Q&A. Read it here. ... CONTINUE READING THE HUFFINGON POST MEETS CONOR OBERST»
Posted on June 30, 2008 (6 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst
As mentioned in April and then seconded last week via a couple of album tracks, Conor Oberst's first solo collection in a lucky 13 years is just around the corner. Oberst is calling it Conor Oberst, so it makes good... CONTINUE READING CONOR OBERST'S CONOR OBERST ALBUM ART»
Posted on June 23, 2008 in , (7 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst
Calling Conor Oberst "Bright Eyes" has never been fair to Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott, although yes I could look at Conor for days and see the light (nullus). The good news for Mike and Nate: that misnomer that probably... CONTINUE READING NEW CONOR OBERST - "SOULED OUT!!!" & "DANNY CALLAHAN"»
Posted on June 17, 2008 in (8 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst
