Recent blog posts about Bright Eyes from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/brighteyes/ 2012-02-15T06:12:03+01:00 text/html 2012-02-14T15:20:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4060444/mix-valentines-day-2k12/
This one's kind of nostalgic, excuse the cheez. Andy Hull // stephanie the pilot The Appleseed Cast // a dream for us As Tall As Lions // 505 Bright Eyes // june on the west coast The Cinema // shes on my arm now CocoRosie // honey or tar Daphne Loves Derby // cue the sun! Dear And The Headlights // i just do Eisley // [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-14T12:34:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4060149/tuesday-wake-up-call/
Happy Valentine's Day... or not... I am making the same post as I did a year ago: For those that ARE celebrating Valentine's Day, here's Bright Eyes' "First Day of My Life": "...this is the first day of my life / I'm glad I didnt die before I met you / But now I don't care I could go anywhere with you / And I'd probably be happy..." ... and for those that are NOT celebrating, here's [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-13T18:25:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4057860/30-days-of-covers-landlocked-blues/
09 As I currently reside in Colorado and have for some time now, I've always felt a bit of kinship with this song. It's a brilliant song from a brilliant album by one of my favorite bands. Then another band I'm crazy about covers it. Jim Lockey and the Solemn Sun has been likened to Bright Eyes so it's especially apt. Jim Lockey and the Solemn Sun - Landlocked Blues Bright Eyes - Landlocked Blues Thanks [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-08T16:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4046437/soundtrack-from-season-1-part-1-friday-night-lights/
With the weekend's Super Bowl now over, what better way to celebrate the season than with a playlist from a show not only about football, but with one of the greatest indie soundtracks to go with it. NBC's Friday Night Lights is a show about a small, western Texas town, where every Friday night during the football season the town shuts down to cheer on the Dylan Panthers football team.With the bright lights of the football stadium, it's easyfor the various characters to get lost in themselves as they deal with handling pressure, serious injury, drug [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-03T20:22:09+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4035562/review-m-ward-masonic-lodge-hollywood-forever-2212/
Taking in a show at the Masonic Lodge located within the famed Hollywood Forever Cemetery is always a treat. It's a small room seating roughly 200, with tall ceilings, two hanging chandeliers and seated cushioned benches to the side. To keep it a little more hip, the walls feature film posters like A Clockwork Orange, [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-02T00:31:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4030818/conor-oberst-releasing-one-of-my-kind-the-story-of/
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Here are 50 songs that defined 2011 for me. Listen. Enjoy. Tell me what you think. And yep, that's my ugly mug on the cover. Given and Taken in Ink's Top 50 Songs of 2011 from gtimusic on 8tracks . Here's the playlist: 1. Wilco - One Sunday Morning (Song for Jane Smiley's Boyfriend) 2. City Reign - Anywhere Anyway 3. The Mountain Goats - Never Quite Free 4. Zaac Pick - Whitewater 5. Yuck - Holing Out [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-28T17:19:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4020458/confira-trechos-de-uma-apresentao-solo-de-conor-oberst/
Fim de semana, tempo de animao, felicidade... mas se o seu est um pouco mais cinzento que o normal, Conor Oberst tem um presente para voc. O frontman do Bright Eyes passou pelo bar Krug Park, em Omaha, e apresentou um raro show solo, intimista, para os presentes no local, propriedade de um amigo do compositor. Parte dessa apresentao exclusiva foi documentada e liberada por Jonathan Tvrdik, e o resultado um vdeo bem capturado e melanclico ao extremo que retrata duas faixas apresentadas por Oberst . A primeira Lenders in [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-28T00:04:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4019764/video-conor-oberst-live-in-omaha/
Video: Conor Oberst (Live in Omaha) With Bright Eyes now a marquee act at high-capacity theaters the world over, opportunities to catch Conor Oberst performing an intimate set like, say, this Halloween 2003 tribute to Elliott Smith in a bookshop have become increasingly rare. Enter Krug Park , a new Omaha bar owned by an Oberst buddy who recruited his famous friend to anoint the small space last week. Thanks to videographer Jonathan Tvrdik (via NJ Underground ), we have a fine multi-camera peek at two songs from the show. Watch [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-27T16:46:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4018744/devil-in-the-details/
I want to take a moment to talk about Bright Eyes . I am not sure what I have been waiting for all these years. It is really a shame that I have missed listening to all of this great music for so long. I avoided it like the plague due to silly stereotypes and just being flat out stubborn. But I was oh so wrong. I dove in head first and fell head over heels in love and now I can't get enough. Thank you to a dear friend for showing me the way. I am eternally grateful. [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-25T21:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4014280/reviewlisten-first-aid-kit-the-lions-roar/
Tweet I like to imagine that if Fleet Foxes had two younger sisters who spent summers in the country with their Auntie Neko Case , they would sound like First Aid Kit . Of course, no such familial ties exist, but musical ties certainly do. Most obviously: harmony. Johanna and Klara Sderberg spend much of "The Lion's Roar" harmonizing wonderfully through verse, chorus and bridge. The bright tonality and rich quality of their vocals are the true backbone [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-25T19:02:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4013998/video-conor-oberst-plays-secret-show-in-omaha-bar/
The Bright Eyes mastermind performs an acoustic set at Krug Park.]]> text/html 2012-01-25T18:44:07+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4013924/bright-eyes-singer-conor-oberst-petitions-for-omaha-anti-bias-law/
Filed under: News , New Releases Tim Mosenfelder, Getty Images Bright Eyes ' Conor Oberst and other Omaha musicians signed a Jan. 23 letter demanding Nebraska lawmakers stop a law that would prevent the city and other towns from passing anti-discrimination legislation. The musicians feel the law would send a "message to the world that Nebraska is not forward thinking or welcoming." According to The Omaha World-Herald , Oberst and the [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-25T15:15:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4013347/january-mix-2012/
YOU ME & US // STEVE HOLT WARM WEATHER // A PROMISE TIGERS JAW // MOSHI MOSHI (BRAND NEW COVER) STATE LINES // HOUSE THE LITTLE INDIANS // OH DARLING (THE BEATLES COVER) NICOLAS JARR // WITH JUST ONE GLANCE YOU (FT. SCOUT LARUE) INDIAN HANDCRAFTS // STARCRAFT ICKY BLOSSOMS [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-24T22:41:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4011667/saddle-creek-to-reissue-early-bright-eyes-albums/
Photo by Lauren Guagno Last year, Conor Oberst proved to fans worldwide that Bright Eyes , indeed, has returned. In light of this, Saddle Creek will ressue six of the project's earlier albums on vinyl, starting on March 6th with 19982s A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997 and 20012s Oh Holy Fools: The Music of Son, Ambulance & Bright Eyes , as Exclaim points out. Then on April 3rd, the label reissue 19982s Letting Off the Happiness and 19992s Every Day and Every [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-23T14:40:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4007548/first-aid-kit-feat-conor-oberst-king-of-the/
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 confident with their own arrangements. Their new LP is out this week, and recently their new album's closing track,"King Of The World," surfaced online. The track features a I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning shading section from Bright Eyes figurehead Conor Oberst; listen below. Read More...]]> text/html 2012-01-18T16:43:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3997243/music-discovery-moses-melkonian-like-gods-live/
With being new to this whole blog atmosphere I was wondering who this person was that was liking some ofmy posts. When I looked into it I discovered an independent artist who is looking for his break in the music industry. My adventure over to mosesjunkyard was followed bythe viewing ofa very real person with a real passion for his music. Moses Melkonian's video for "Like Gods (Live)" captures this passion that he has. It is a raw version of the trackbut it gives it a somber sound that reminds meof the likes of; the "Ladder Song" [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-13T19:10:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3991294/video-roundup-lucky-thirteen/
Today's your lucky day! Although Friday the 13th is known to be a day of unfortunate accidents, faux pas, and all around unhappy occurrences that we chalk up to "bad luck," as any gambler knows, luck can turn on a dime. Gathered here in this video roundup are songs that we hope will change your luck today. So have a happy day, everyone, and remember, 13th or otherwise, it's still Friday! Danzig - Thirteen Johnny Cash - Thirteen [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-09T18:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3975935/pullin-tubes-get-the-first-aid-kit/
Back in 2008, the Swedish sister duo of Johanna and Klara Sderberg, who perform and record as the First Aid Kit , became indie-rock viral video sensations when they posted a clip of themselves in a forest, decked out in flannel, performing an enchanting acoustic version of the Fleet Foxes' Tiger Mountain Peasant Song. The video has since been viewed a staggering 2.6 million times. As a result of the YouTube clip, the sisters, who had released an EP on a Swedish label in April of that year, were signed to the London-based Wichita Records, who re-released [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-09T05:43:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3974696/racecar-spacecars-top-50-albums-of-2011/
Up until compiling this list, I was pretty sure 2011 was not a fantastic year for music. Well, I may have been completely wrong. There might not have been giant releases from the most prominent artists of our generation, but this is only because there are no more prominent artists of our generation. The internet and availability of music has made anybody a contender for making a great record, and I believe it has become a complete toss up as to who makes a future classic in any given year. Relax, for this is a good thing. Here's my big [...]]]>