Tagged: Bright Eyes

Conor Oberst + Jim James + M. Ward + Mike Mogis = Monsters of Folk

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! Sorry. read more »

POSTED June 11, 2009 3:09PM IN THE TRIPWIRE TAGS: , , ,

Lady Luck – An Interview With Maria Taylor

Sitting up for six hours until the sun came up playing music with Michael Stipe, it was just really wonderful. I was in my pajamas, it was surreal. read more »

POSTED May 26, 2009 2:50PM IN THE TRIPWIRE Comments (2) TAGS: , , , , , , , , ,

Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band Release Free Documentary Online

Conor Oberst has been quite busy over the past year and a half. The songwriter has dropped his Bright Eyes alias, picked up the Mystic Valley Band, and is releasing yet another album on May 5, but even better, Oberst is giving us an inside scoop into the past 18 months of his life on the road and recording with his new project, with his new documentary that will be released online on April 15. read more »

POSTED April 8, 2009 1:12PM IN THE TRIPWIRE TAGS: , , , , , , ,

LCD Sounsystem, My Morning Jacket, RJD2 and Others Collaborate for Charity

A slew of awesome artists are lending their talents to charity, making a compilation album called Causes 2, to try and help benefit charity organizations aiding in the effort to stop the mass genocide occurring in Darfur. Among the artists participating in the project are, My Morning Jacket, LCD Soundsystem, RJD2, and Gnarls Barkley. read more »

POSTED February 26, 2009 4:03PM IN THE TRIPWIRE TAGS: , , , , , , , , , ,

Conor Oberst Announces New Tour Dates With The Mystic Valley Band

After taking a temporary break from his main musical project Bright Eyes, singer/songwriter Conor Oberst released his first solo album and coinciding tour in 12 years last summer. The quirky, bright-eyed musician known for his help launching Saddle Creek Records to prominence, will be heading out on the road with The Mystic Valley Band starting in early April for one more go at a “solo” tour. read more »

POSTED January 27, 2009 12:12AM IN THE TRIPWIRE TAGS: , ,

NYC: Thurston Moore & Bright Eyes at Radio City

There aren’t many things we can think of that are more New York than seeing Thurston Moore at Radio City Music Hall with the bigass Christmas tree up (but dark) right down the street at … read more »

POSTED November 19, 2007 6:08PM IN OTHER EVENTS TAGS: , , ,

Wonder Twin

Young Conor planned for two seperate tours this year – one jaunt for each piece of his stylistically disparate double record set that dropped this past January (lead-off cuts from both topped the singles chart … read more »

POSTED March 28, 2005 10:42AM IN MUSIC TAGS: ,