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Conor Oberst — Conor Oberst

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) August 6, 2008 12:44 pm
Bright Eyes and Conor Oberst would seem nearly synonymous, but given that Bright Eyes have other members, they're not the same thing, and so Oberst has released his first solo album since 1996's The Soundtrack To My Movie. It's filled with folky indie rock and is very akin to Bright Eyes' I'm Wide Awake It's Morning. Slow numbers like "Cape...
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Bright Eyes — Cassadaga

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) April 10, 2007 11:02 am
Six albums into his career, Conor Oberst's experience is woven gracefully throughout Bright Eyes' new LP, their most adventurous and accomplished to date. Some of the songs could rank as instant classics. "Make A Plan To Love Me," with it's '60s girl group harmonies and lush orchestration, shows a maturity far beyond Oberst's years. "If The...
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Bright Eyes Play Through The Semi-Silence

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) February 28, 2007 5:30 pm
It's hard to put your finger on it, but Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst has somewhat of an infamous reputation. Maybe it's the voice, maybe it's the fact that girls between the ages of 14 and 22 cry when he plays "Lua." Or maybe his critics are all a bit jealous that he's been hanging out with the musical elite since his teens. Hard to say...
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Bright Eyes — Noise Floor (Rarities: 1998-2005)

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) October 24, 2006 11:43 am
What a strange and prosperous journey it's been for Conor Oberst, known to most as Bright Eyes. From his humble early teenage beginnings to the release of two successful records in 2005, he's constantly left fans and critics guessing. What's truly surprising is that with the vast wealth of material he's released since 1998, he had an astonishingly...
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Bright Eyes Choose A Direction

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) June 16, 2006 3:00 pm
Three years ago, Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst was a blip on the indie rock radar — a kid who clearly had some talent, but whose penchant for grandiose posturing (touring clubs with full orchestras, for example) tended to leave him stuck on novelty status. The ridiculously titled Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground,...
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Bright Eyes — I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning/Digital Ash In A Digital Urn

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By Brian Wong (CHARTattack) January 25, 2005 11:15 am
Give a hand to Conor Oberst, who pulls off the double-disc trick without any half-assed songs. The traditional country emo of Morning and its electronic counterpart, Urn, are filled with Oberst's obsessions — incessant loneliness, death and temporality and starry-eyed hope — but the themes are now grounded in modern warfare. Heading the fight is...
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I Read The News Today... For July 13, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 13, 2011 4:13 pm
The Drums are back with a sophomore album called Portamento on Sept. 13. Regardless of what it'll sound like, Manic Street Preachers bassist Nicky Wire will probably still say there's "no soul in that band." The third in Radiohead's series of 12-inch vinyl remixes of tunes from this year's The King Of Limbs is out "in two weeks." Yeah, there's no...
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I Read The News Today... For June 15, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 15, 2011 3:51 pm
The End Records have released a summer sampler that's available for free download through Amazon now. Guano Apes, Art Brut and The Charlatans UK are some of the artists who are on it. Morrissey has unleashed three new morose, depressing songs into the world. They'll all appear on his upcoming new album and you can hear them below. It goes without...
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Bright Eyes — The People's Key

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 24, 2011 5:55 pm
Don't get confused when you hear some type of "shaman" commenting on how humans came to be, the cosmos and Hitler on The People's Key, Bright Eyes' first studio album in four years. Exploring different types of religion and beliefs is something Conor Oberst's been doing for a while; just remember that 2007's Cassadaga was named after a...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 31, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 31, 2011 4:27 pm
Nova Scotia's Juno Award-nominated rapper Classified will release his Hand Shakes And Middle Fingers album on March 22 through Sony. He's also announced a tour for O-O-O Canada that'll take place in March and April. —classifiedofficial.com The Toronto Star takes a look at the decline of the turntable. DJ Kool Herc, who basically founded hip-hop,...
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I Read The News Today... For Dec. 15, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 15, 2010 4:01 pm
Alexisonfire will play a secret (well, not anymore...) surprise free show on Friday at Toronto's Sonic Boom record store. It starts at 3 p.m. Oh, and it'll be streamed live on Facebook for everyone who can't make it there.Bright Eyes will tour North America throughout March in support of their The People's Key album, which comes out Feb. 15. —...
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I Read The News Today... For Dec. 1, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff December 1, 2010 3:06 pm
The Dears are offering a free download of "Blood," from their upcoming Degeneration Street album. All you have to do is give 'em your email addy. —dangerbirdrecords.com Wanna see some photos from Hard Core Logo II? You know you doooooooo... Bright Eyes will release a new album, The People's Key, on Feb. 15. It could be the band's last record,...
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Monsters Of Folk — "The Right Place"

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By CHARTattack Staff September 23, 2009 3:52 pm
Monsters Of Folk's black-and-white clip for "The Right Place," the first single from their self-titled debut album, places the supergroup's members — My Morning Jacket's Jim James, Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst, M. Ward and producer Mike Mogis — in a studio in a trailer. Monsters Of Folk is out now.
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Monsters Of Folk Tour Starting In Vancouver

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) July 23, 2009 4:01 pm
Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst, My Morning Jacket's Jim James, M. Ward and producer Mike Mogis — who are collectively known as Monsters Of Folk — have announced a North American and European fall dates in support of their upcoming self-titled debut album. The tour kicks off mid-October and runs until mid-November. Canadian dates in Vancouver and...
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Free Monsters Of Folk MP3 Available On Their Site

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) July 20, 2009 1:54 pm
Monsters Of Folk — the supergroup of Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst, producer Mike Mogis, My Morning Jacket singer/guitarist Jim James and M. Ward — are offering a free download of a track that will appear on their upcoming self titled debut album. "Say Please" is the first single from Monsters Of Folk, which comes out Sept. 22 through...
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Pumping: Bright Eyes - Noise Floor

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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) October 10, 2008 12:55 pm
You kids are stupid. This album's no good and Conor is overrated. I know you're all going through puberty right now and have all these confused feelings and frustrations, but 10 years from now you'll be embarrassed you cared so much.
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Conor Oberst Solo Album

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) July 3, 2008 11:04 am
If you thought Conor Oberst was busy enough with Bright Eyes and his Saddle Creek and Team Love record labels, he'll be even busier when he drops a self-titled solo album on Aug. 5 through Merge Records. The album is Oberst's first solo release since 1996's The Soundtrack To My Movie, which was released on (gasp!) cassette when Oberst was just (...
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The Faint Are Fasciinated By Doing Things On Their Own

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By CHARTattack Staff May 13, 2008 4:00 pm
Omaha, Neb. Dance-rock band The Faint have left Bright Eyes’ Saddle Creek label and will release their fifth studio album, Fasciinatiion, on their own Blank.wav imprint on Aug. 5. Since the quintet wrote, recorded, produced and oversaw the artwork, releasing it themselves was obviously the next logical step. Todd Fink (vocals), Joel Petersen (...
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Bright Eyes Are Sick Of Toronto

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Photographer: 
David Leyes
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The Docks
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Toronto
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May 23, 2005

Bright Eyes Adopts The Felice Brothers

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By Jessica Lewis (CHARTattack) February 4, 2008 6:00 pm
Team Love Records, the label co-founded by Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst in 2003, has adopted a new set of brothers. The Felice Brothers, to be exact, who will release their self-titled third album through the label on March 4. Simone, Ian and James Felice are the three eldest of seven children in a family from New York's Catskill Mountains region...
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