Enjoying the new Bright Eyes this AM – so far, not sure if it’s the band’s “career-defining work of art”, but enjoying none-the-less. The People’s Key was produced by band member Mike Mogis (also of Monsters of Folk), and is due February 15 on Saddle Creek. (NPR)
Stream: Bright Eyes The People’s Key

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I guess if i said that this was the best Bright Eyes album since Wide Awake, Conor Oberst wouldn’t find it very amusing. Making it a point to call this a solo album, and recording with a different group of musicians (Mystic Valley Band, to be exact), Oberst would be happy to know that you [...]

Conor Oberst, that sensipup, doe-eyed, singer-songwriter of Bright Eyes fame, has announced that he’s signed on with Merge Records for his first solo album since he was, like, 11 or something. Oberst has been signed with Saddle Creek his entire career, and has released 9 Bright Eyes albums, as well as a few other records [...]

Entertainment Weekly named the 25 definitive indie rock albums of the last 25 years, one album per year. There were some rules, like “the term ‘band’ must be taken literally (thus eliminating otherwise unimpeachable artists like Elliott Smith, Sufjan Stevens, and Cat Power),” and “the bands had to have signed to an independent label for [...]