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  The Happiest Place on Earth: Backstage With Desaparecidos

  March 4, 2013 – It had been 11 years since Desaparecidos last walked across a New York stage. And though that was an ill-received supporting slot (alongside the Promise Ring) in front of a steamrolling Jimmy Eat World in 2002, in a post-9/11 landscape where their highly critical, politically charged post-hardcore was mostly unwelcome, the Conor Oberst-led outfit doesn't feel like much has changed at all. They haven't grown soft or apathetic just yet. …
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  Watch Conor Oberst Play Two Unreleased Acoustic Ballads

  July 30, 2012 – Over the weekend, Conor Oberst took the stage at Newport Folk Festival, joining — and in turn being joined by — My Morning Jacket's Jim James during each band's respective set. The Bright Eyes frontman, who also played alongside James as one-third of Monsters of Folk, has a touring schedule that's a mix of solo dates and gigs with his long-dormant rock group Desaparecidos. …
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  Video Premiere: First Aid Kit's Mysterious 'The Lion's Roar'

  October 31, 2011 – "The Lion's Roar" is the opening shot from sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg's forthcoming First Aid Kit LP of the same name. It's a harmony-clad doozy. This Mats Udd-directed clip finds the twosome leading a procession through dark woods and golden clearings, all in pursuit of a suitcase resting at the bottom of a lake. Great mystery and reverb abounds!Scalable, non-watermarked brightcove.createExperiences(); …
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  Bright Eyes Prep EP, Madonna Hits Studio + More

  June 15, 2011 – Bright Eyes will release a six-song EP of live songs on July 4. The set, capturing performances from the band's current tour, features tunes from Conor Oberst and Co.'s latest set The People's Key. [Paste] Madonna will hit the studio next month to begin work on her first album since 2008's Hard Candy, according to her manager Guy Oseary. …
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  Bright Eyes Bring Fireworks in New Clip

  June 10, 2011 – "Jejune Stars" is one of the highlights from Bright Eyes' latest album The People's Key - a balls-out, New Wave-style "song of redemption." Conor Oberst and Co. …
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  Bright Eyes Earns Radio City Music Hall Spotlight

  March 9, 2011 – There's something about watching any band play Radio City Music Hall that inherently feels like a coronation, a moment to savor and take stock -- must be the vaulted ceilings and the faint musk of old Rockettes. …
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  WATCH: Adele and Bright Eyes Rock Late Night

  February 25, 2011 – It was a good night for TV's musical performances: Adele and Bright Eyes — who have both just dropped excellent must-have albums — delivered killer appearances on Kimmel and Letterman, respectively. Watch below. On Letterman, Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst led his band through a tight, amped-up performance of Springsteen-esque rocker "Jejune Stars," from his new album The People's Key. …
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  Strokes' MSG Gig, Sufjan's New Tunes

  February 17, 2011 – New York City, the Strokes are back. Singer Julian Casablancas has announced that the quintet will play their first show in the Big Apple, and their first-ever concert at Madison Square Garden, on April 1. Tickets go on sale February 25. [Twitter] Check out the music video for "Shell Games," the first single from Conor Oberst's eighth album as Bright Eyes, The People's Key, which dropped earlier this week. …
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  Bright Eyes, 'The People's Key' (Saddle Creek)

  February 15, 2011 – As "Jejune Stars" builds into a sweeping, Evita-worthy address to the masses, it seems clear that Conor Oberst wishes to bid Bright Eyes farewell. "So it starts again / At our childhood's end / I'll die young at heart," croons Omaha's moody prodigal son over sunny folk-rock strumming. And yet, although Oberst once described this seventh record as his most famous project's last, he's since quieted such hints of finality. …
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  Hear It: Bright Eyes' New LP 'The People's Key'

  January 31, 2011 – Before he releases The People's Key, his first album with Bright Eyes since 2007's Cassadaga, Conor Oberst is offering a full-album stream of the record. …
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