"To me, Conor Oberst resembles Patti Smith a great deal," R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe told me in an interview back in 2008. "As a performer, as a magnet. He's just got that thing that she's got." The…   Read Story »

On August 13, 2002, Saddle Creek Records released the third full-length album by Bright Eyes: Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground. Conor Oberst -- the band's sole constant…   Read Story »

Conor Oberst has been touring and playing some new stuff, and last night's set Newport Folk Fest warmup gig in Fairfield yielded this bootleg of two new songs, "You Are Your Moms" and "Kick" (this is…   Read Story »

Jesse Harris is a longtime New York music-scene insider, and he'll probably be rich forever just on the strength of writing Norah Jones's "Don't Know Why." But Harris also has a career of his own,…   Read Story »

A day after news of an impending Desaparecidos reunion for Omaha's Maha Maha Fest, a secret show went down at Omaha's Slowdown featuring Conor Oberst and Co. They led off with a new song, "Left Is…   Read Story »

Conor Oberst and Omaha music buddy Phil Schaffart will open a bar in their hometown, reports The Omaha World-Herald. It's going to be called Pageturner's Lounge, an homage to the used bookstore…   Read Story »

Though harmonious Swede sisters First Aid Kit first established notoriety through a viral video, their first two releases on Wichita Records showcased a group rapidly improving and growing more…   Read Story »

If you're into Conor Oberst's work, you've likely heard "Shell Games" and “Haile Selassie" -- and maybe those 30 second samples -- but today the tease is over: Stream The People's Key (2/15, Saddle…   Read Story »

Bright Eyes's Conor Oberst told the Omaha World-Herald back in 2009 that he'd do just one more album under the Bright Eyes name in 2010 before retiring it. The People's Key sounds like that album,…   Read Story »

In his open letter to an Arizona promoter about SB1070 and the state boycott, Conor Oberst mentioned a similar law passing in Fremont, Nebraska. Writes Oberst: Our situation requires immediate legal…   Read Story »