Posts Tagged ‘Bright Eyes’

Rock and Roll has always been music for and of youth culture, but it's not very often that it's made by the same kids that consume it all. After all, "Rock and Roll High School" was... Read more »

A waltz is "dance music in triple meter, written in time signature 3/4-beat. Waltzes typically have one chord per measure, and the accompaniment style particularly associated with the waltz is to play the root of the... Read more »

Conor Oberst stormed onto the emo scene right at the turn of the century when he released Fevers and Mirrors with his band Bright Eyes, and the group's popularity soared from there—spiking with releases from the... Read more »

It's Valentine's Day, and you're walking back to your appartment, alone. You walk past couple after fucking couple, holding hands, sitting on park benches, kissing as they wait to cross the street, everywhere. This list isn't... Read more »

Just had to, you know, let you know that this existed. This happened. There’s this. Listen to Mac’s cover, then the original below it for comparison. Um, can we just change the subject? *Gets uncomfortable, nervously itches... Read more »

Pulling off Christmas songs is not an easy thing to do. According to one study, holiday themes make for some of the most unappealing music ever. New Christmas songs are usually pretty horrible and worthless, and... Read more »

Check out the noisy, bright visual for catchy, uptempo rocker “Jejune Stars” off Bright Eyes‘ great return-to-form record The People’s Key. By return-to-form I mean, return to awesomeness from the amazingness of Conor’s Mystic Valley Band.... Read more »

There’s way too much footage from SXSW to cover it all, but this video was really cool to me. This was the first Bright Eyes song I ever heard, and remains one of my favorites from... Read more »

Here’s another one from Bright Eyes‘ upcoming The People’s Key, out February 15th. Haile Selassie was the emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 and followers of the Rastafari movement believe him to be God incarnate.... Read more »

Happy New Year’s Day everyone! I was going to post Death Cab For Cutie’s “The New Year” to mark the occasion, but after listening to Bright Eyes‘ 2007 album Cassadaga yesterday, I thought “I Must Belong... Read more »

Here’s the first taste of Bright Eyes‘ upcoming album The People’s Key, out February 15th. I was a big fan of Bright Eyes’ I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning, but since then the whole folksy/country/Americana sound has... Read more »

A lot of (loud) internet voices have been putting out “best of the decade” lists. It’s definitely fun to read, but my favorites change every week, and there’s no way I can keep track of what... Read more »

I was waiting to see if the mp3 was gonna turn up, but apparently this is going to be part of the “Spaceman” single package. Stereogum said of this cover “the Killers make Bright Eyes sound... Read more »

Saw that You Ain’t No Picasso posted up a new Noah and the Whale cover of Daniel Johnston’s “Devil Town”. It’s good, but I still like the old Bright Eyes cover better. Noah and the Whale’s... Read more »

Some of the stuff I’ve been listening to lately. Tom Waits – Tango Till They’re SoreConor Oberst(Of Bright Eyes) – Get Well CardsErykah Badu – The Healer (Check the Madlib production)Mates of State – The RearrangerDoes... Read more »