Conor Oberst

...TV and radio channel these days. Monsters of Folk: "Monsters of Folk" This is a supergroup I can love. Indie darlings M. Ward, Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Jim James have banded together to raise the ghosts of '70s AM radio past.

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...a cover of Neil Young's Cortez the Killer. The medley is something that developed while Rawlings was touring with Mr Bright Eyes, Conor Oberst. "I would get to that moment in Method Acting and wanted to keep playing it and the groove is...

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...a country and bluegrass record, but aside from lyrics, Rawlings' version bears little resemblance to the song written by Conor Oberst. But for Rawlings, doing justice to the song was almost more of an intellectual challenge than an...

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Oh, Wilderness., sound slightly askew. The warble in Orth's voice, more pronounced here, is too high-pitched to ever be mistaken for Conor Oberst; the drawling pedal steel is more mood-setting than alt-countrifying; and the band arrive at...

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...with rampant analogue echo, as quiet bits. Not that the rather flippant name of this ensemble, made up of Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, My Morning Jacket's Jim James, M Ward and the (unbilled) drummer Will Johnson is a...

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...isn't to say that reality-rooted content is merely chump change in the spiritual realm of music - listening to a wordsmith like Conor Oberst without attending at all to his vivid imagery would be completely missing the point. But, when push...

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...hole of indie-rock. Lead singer Jack Steadman looks particularly at ease and has the jerky teenage introspection of a young Conor Oberst nailed down. It's often remarked how young Bombay Bicycle Club are, but it is tonight made obvious by...

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...peers (Mark Knopfler, Steve Earle) and people she has influenced throughout her storied career (Bruce Springsteen, Patty Griffin, Conor Oberst). (Rocky Schenck ) Call it "The Six Degrees of Nashville." Emmylou Harris' web of musical...

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...of another of those gigs that will be written in the venue's annals. Monsters Of Folk is a supergroup featuring indie darling Conor Oberst and his Bright Eyes band mate Mike Moggis, as well as Jim James from My Morning Jacket and M....

In this article: Cardiff, Coal Exchange, Monsters, M. Ward, Rough Trade Records, Jim James, My Morning Jacket, and Bright Eyes

...in Cardiff reopened last week and it's already creating new memories. Likely the best gig of the week in Wales will be when Conor Oberst brings supergroup Monsters Of Folk to the venue on Monday, while the capital also gets electro-vamp...

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