Anyone else like Bright Eyes/Conor Oberst?

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He played on the Vote for Change tour, but I discovered him on accident, just bought the Lifted CD, have only listened once but finding it amazing.

He has a new album coming out in January, apparently, where he duets with Emmylou Harris. So he can't be all bad. :)

I find it amusing when people say that no one's making good music anymore. While I'm a huge fan of Neil, Zeppelin, Van Morrison, Dylan and other classics, I am constantly impressed and even blown away by some music being made today. Wilco, Richard Buckner, Will Oldham, and this Oberst fellow...there is so much fantastic music.

[enigmatic]

1. Buckner, Palace (Wil Oldham), Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Richmond Fontaine...

Play 'em all on my show. Bright Eyes is ok; haven't really gotten into him much...

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2. Buckner is amazing

Someone suggested I listen to him, and soon I had every one of his recordings. He kills me.

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4. "Devotion+Doubt" is a masterpiece...

"On Travelling" is just an amazing song; all of them on D+D are....

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10. Yes that's my fave; and Bloomed is great too

Desire is the song that really hooked me on RB. Tore my heart out.

Have you heard Dents and Shells? I don't have it yet, is it good?

[enigmatic]

11. It's really good....

If you like his other stuff you'll like it...

[Kire]

3. I fell asleep to Lifted... I had the worst nightmare.

something about a carnival (no shit) and a wacky train ride and some kind of criminal conspiracy that I couldn't get out of, I was so stressed out after that


not that it isn't an AMAZING album, just be warned about falling asleep to it

[enigmatic]

5. Lived here in Edmonton for awhile, too..

Saw him live; super nice guy...

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7. LOL

I'll take your word for it.

[Placebo]

6. I love his voice.

And he's quite HAWT to boot. :9

[Kire]

9. he dated Winona Ryder for a little while

I don't think it lasted long, though.

[mark414]

8. i used to

i used to listen to him a lot when i was younger...kind of grew out of it...still gotta appreciate the guy's talent though

[ghostsofgiants]

12. You should check out Desaparecidos

It's Conor's other band. I'm a huuuuuge fan of both Bright Eyes and Desaparecidos. Desaparecidos is more of a rock album with lyrics dealing with society and such. Very cool stuff.

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13. Excellent, thanks for the recommendation

Like I said, I'm constantly amazed at how much good music there is that I haven't even heard yet.

[ghostsofgiants]

14. Yeah, there's definitely a lot of amazing stuff if you know where to look.

If you want I can give you a list of bands I've been really enjoying that you probably haven't heard of.

[Califooyah Operative]

15. bright eyes and descaparacidos are good.

also Cursive, off of the same record label.

[ghostsofgiants]

16. Yessss, Cursive is also amazing.

Saddle Creek is one of the best indie labels around by far.