Subject: Conor Oberst

• Philanthropy vs. Marketing

  February 1, 2007

• Bright Spots

  April 24, 2007

• Future Shock: Horns up, Metallica is coming

  September 12, 2008

• Concert Review: The Faint at Marquee Theatre on Nov. 1

  November 2, 2008

• Sage Francis

  Not even Gandhi is safe

  October 27, 2005

• Neva Dinova

  May 22, 2008

• Conor Oberst

  September 4, 2008

• Matthew Reveles: A Glass of Whiskey and Some Sad-Bastard Music Are All He Needs

  June 4, 2009

• Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

  By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen Trapper's fantastic Furr smells more like the Kinks than Neil Young. [Editor's note: That's why we put it on our indie-rock list.] We likewise discarded Shearwater's near-masterpiece Rook, despite the

  December 28, 2008

• Conor Oberst Is Coming to the Marquee on April 14

  Conor Oberst, a.k.a. the guy from Bright Eyes I know my excitement about this show is going to give people a chance to give me shit, but fuck it: Conor Oberst and the Mystique Valley Band are coming to the Marquee on Tuesday, April 14. Already, you can feel the excitement building. Witness this conversation between my friend Ashley and me: me: conor oberst is coming :) Ashley: ? me: bright eyes Ashley: ohhhh cool me: super cool!Ahem.Also announced by Stateside Presents are Bonnie Princ

  January 26, 2009

• You Asked For It: Matthew Reveles

  One of the things I love best about Bright Eyes (and yes, I unapologetically love Bright Eyes) is the way the band mingles so many rootsy sounds in songs that end up being totally contemporary. It's for that reason, and not just Matthew Reveles' vulnerable, emotive vocals, that I compare the Tempe singer-songwriter to the Omaha outfit fronted by Conor Oberst.Reveles' impressive album We'll Meet Halfway is full of old-timey instrumentation: guitar, upright bass, jazz bass, drums, harmonica, fake

  March 24, 2009

• Matthew Reveles

  We'll Meet Halfway
  (self-released)

  April 2, 2009

• Conor Oberst’s Chemistry Set

  April 9, 2009

• Neva Again

  May 22, 2008

• Bright Eyes

  But you knew that already

  May 3, 2007

• Street to Nowhere

  Come and listen to their story

  April 12, 2007

• Maria Taylor

  Good, angsty fun

  March 29, 2007

• Page France

  Pop, not corn

  March 15, 2007

• Tilly and the Wall

  Paradiddle off to Buffalo

  June 29, 2006

• Death Pool for Cutie

  Everybody's gotta go sometime

  February 2, 2006

• Conor Oberst Keeps it Mystical at Marquee

  Luke HolwerdaConor Oberst on stage at the Marquee in Tempe on April 14, 2009. Comparing Conor Oberst to Bob Dylan is somewhat old hat. It's easy enough to make a case for grouping the two Midwestern singer-songwriters known for folky instrumentation and unique styles of story-telling, and people have been since Oberst's days as a child prodigy in Omaha. But what really strikes me about the two men is their fearless, oftentimes seemingly anti-commercial approach to their careers.Dylan, of course,

  April 15, 2009

• M. Ward

  April 16, 2009

• Maria Taylor, Statistics

  Get Oberst it

  June 30, 2005

• Unkind Cut

  We'd been enjoying emo for years before self-injury stepped into the spotlight

  June 23, 2005

• Bright Eyes, and The Faint

  This time with electro

  June 2, 2005

• Damien Jurado

  Low-key does not equal boring

  April 28, 2005

• The Good Life

  Wry chapters of doomed love

  April 21, 2005

• Legal Love

  Getting the cream for free

  April 21, 2005

• Atmosphere

  Something for the ladies

  March 31, 2005

• Okkervil River

  Indie saviors in waiting

  March 10, 2005

• April 15 In Blogs: Obama, Conor Oberst, Coachella, Kabuki and More

  We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries: Valley Fever: Obama Scholarship Program at ASU Really a Financial Aid Program; Draws From Federal Grants and Scholarship Programs PBS Channel 8 (KAET-TV) Slashes 13 Jobs in Latest Media Layoff Up on the Sun: Conor Oberst Keeps it Mystical at Marquee Coachella 2009: Friday Picks Ch

  April 15, 2009

• Shorties

  August 5, 2004

• Original Soul

  This time, it's personal: Our look back at an intimate year in music.

  January 1, 2004

• Road Worrier

  Restless singer-songwriter David Dondero seeks out love and mourns the loves he's lost on The Transient

  November 27, 2003

• Who Are These Guys?

  Saddle Creek bursts forward, which it marks with a new label comp

  April 24, 2003

• Letdowns: Bummer, Man

  Five artists came with the promise of a new day -- and defused faster than a wet firecracker

  January 2, 2003

• Folk You

  April 23, 2009

• Critics VS 2002: Rebuilding From Ash

  2002 spent the year in a 9/11 hangover. Through the confusion, notable and amazing works still arose

  January 2, 2003

• Breakup Songs

  The ironically named The Good Life is a dark detour from Omaha auteur Tim Kasher

  February 28, 2002

• Eyes on the Prize

  Sensitive indie prodigy Conor Oberst discovers new aggression with Desaparecidos

  February 7, 2002

• Kind of Like Spitting

  100 Dollar Room (Ganaarecordings/Ohev Records)

  November 30, 2000

• Little Boy Blue

  Bright Eyes' wunderkind Conor Oberst plunges into a world of adult-size despair with Fevers and Mirrors

  March 16, 2000

• The Sun Sessions: Bright Eyes, "Tourist Trap"

  Jonathan McNamaraZachary James Dodds plays the New Times courtyard. Conor Oberst -- who is Bright Eyes in the way that Trent Reznor is Nine Inch Nails -- comes to the Marquee tonight. To mark the occasion we enlisted local singer-songwriter Zachary James Dodds to play a song from Conor's immense catalog. He chose "Tourist Trap" off the Four Winds EP, and we think he nailed it.Check out Conor Oberst tonight at the Marquee or Dodds along with Cecelia Ann, Bradley & The Materials, and Formerly

  April 14, 2009

• Franz Ferdinand (Eventually) Resurrects The Dead at Marquee

  Martin CizmarSorry folks, this iPhone setlist shot is the best photo we got, as our photographer's credentials were lost.I know it's probably unfair to compare a crowd at the Marquee to a crowd at Coachella -- where the music-obsessed kids even greeted the white reggae band who came on after local boys Dear and the Headlights like The Beatles at Shea Stadium -- but since Franz Ferdinand and I were both in Indio Friday night, and at the Marquee Saturday, I'm gonna do it. By that st

  April 19, 2009

• Radiohead Singer May Make Music For Arizona Author's Movie, Monsters of Folk Free Single Download, Animal Collective Legally Sample Grateful Dead

  Pitchfork: Thom Yorke to Contribute Music to Twilight Sequel Soundtrack? Electric Mustache: Weekend Concert Calendar: No Age, Jessica Lea Mayfield and More! Idolator: Miranda Lambert Rages Against The Wind Machine Idolator: Unreleased Michael Jackson Track Has Been Through The Desert NME: Conor Oberst's Monsters Of Folk supergroup give away first single Pitchfork: Animal Collective License First Legal Grateful Dead Sample Ever Rolling Stone: Why Bono Subtitled "Spider-Man" Musical "Turn Off the

  July 17, 2009

• Monsters of Folk Coming To Phoenix Oct. 21

   Seems like it's been a long time since a any Phoenix promoter felt like shelling out the big bucks it takes to rent the gorgeous Orpheum Theatre downtown for a show. It appears the inaugural tour by Monsters of Folk, an ironically-named side project featuring My Morning Jacket's Jim James, Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, and singer/songwriter M. Ward, is worth it.Monsters of Folk is scheduled to play the theater on Oct. 21. Should be a great night.

  July 23, 2009

• Incoming: Yo La Tengo, Mars Volta, Monsters of Folk, The Voodoo Organist, Marcy Playground, Sevendust

  We've already hit a lot of the highlights of this week's concert announcements earlier in the week (Yo La Tengo, Mars Volta, Monsters of Folk, The Voodoo Organist) but somehow a big one slipped through the cracks.Yes, Marcy Playground (pictured) is making their long-awaited return to Club Red on August 28. The New York trio best know for such hits as "Sex And Candy, "Sex And Candy" and the Latin crossover smash "Sexo y Dolces" is sure to play that song and a dozen or so others you don't kno

  July 24, 2009

• Lily Allen and Liam Gallagher's Drunken Flight, Charles Manson Courts Phil Spector, Green Day at the VMAs

  Spin:Listen: Scarlett Johansson Duets with Pete Yorn NME: Rejected Britney Spears Song Set for Har Mar Superstar Album NME: Ray Davies: 'The Kray Twins Wanted to Manage The Kinks' NME: Lily Allen and Liam Gallagher Cause Boozy Havoc on 11-Hour Flight NME: Charles Manson Asks Phil Spector to Collaborate in Jail NME: LA Coroner Delays Release of Michael Jackson Autopsy Results Again Pitchfork: Clipse Hit the Road With the Cool Kids, Phoenix Date Announced Pitchfork: Hear Two New Monsters of Folk (

  July 30, 2009

• Are Monsters of Folk Really a Supergroup?

  October 15, 2009

• Arty Girl: Monsters of Folk Mural...No Thanks

  Ok, just a warning: I'm going to be mean in this blog. But I assert that anything I say here does not hold a candle to the suffering I feel everyday on my way to work, when I've had to take in a begrudging eyeful of the Monsters of Folk Tour mural.The Monsters of Folk Mural by Joe Pagac.​Yeah, I know, ouch.Now, I really do appreciate the story behind the mural (our music editor covered this a while back). I love that one of our best Roosevelt Row art galleries, eye lounge, allowed local promo

  October 30, 2009