Showing All "Conor Oberst" Posts
Mar 9th 4 Comments
Conor Oberst is all grown up -- after listening to Monsters Of Folk you might even think he's your dad -- but Omaha's favorite indie-rock son still slides into his Bright Eyes angst rather easily.…   Read Story »
Feb 9th 4 Comments
The original collaboration record One Jug of Wine, Two Vessels came out back in 2004, but the groups reunited last fall to write and record new songs at Mike Mogis's Omaha studio. The ten-track album…   Read Story »
Nov 13th, 2009 9 Comments
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.…   Read Story »
Oct 28th, 2009 5 Comments
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…   Read Story »
Oct 16th, 2009 21 Comments
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…   Read Story »
Sep 23rd, 2009 34 Comments
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,…   Read Story »
Sep 4th, 2009 39 Comments
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…   Read Story »
Sep 1st, 2009 4 Comments
Some 30,000 people over two days crammed into the six-block area in San Diego's East Village that hosted the 25th annual Street Scene this past weekend. That's a strong number, albeit down from last…   Read Story »
Jul 29th, 2009 14 Comments
The Paste-y supergroup of Conor, Matt, Yim, and Mike drop another pair of tracks from their forthcoming mindmeld. These aren't as free as was "Say Please," you'll have to pony up a couple bucks at…   Read Story »
Jul 23rd, 2009 49 Comments
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…   Read Story »



























