Bright Eyes to retire (moniker)
Yesterday, The Omaha World-Herald, spoke to Robb Nansel, who runs Bright Eyes' label, Saddle Creek and he made this grand confirmation about a final Bright Eyes album. »
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Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst confirms UK release for 2nd solo album
Outer South gets a UK release date and more info.... »
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Newsround #4: Since we've been gone...
In case you hadn't noticed, DiS has been on holiday for a few weeks. Well, now we're back and raring to go. Here's our pick of the music news (and some sad goodbyes) from our time away»
Bright Eyes, Wilco, Wrens and more fight for 'net neutrality'
A who's who of indie-rock royalty has put together a compilation to raise awareness of net neutrality and issues involving high bandwidth taxes stateside»
Conor comes calling: Bright Eyes mainman tours
Conor Oberst is to tour with his Mystic Valley Band in the summer, in support of the release of Conor Oberst in August»
Bright Eye: Conor Oberst announces new solo album
Bright Eyes man Conor Oberst will release his first solo album for 13 years in August»
Animal Collective, Bright Eyes, Bloc Party donate rare tracks to charity comp
Humanitarian record label Waxploitation have pulled together an impressive looking bill of artists for a new charity compilation.»
Bright Eyes: quite ill
Bright Eyes will not be playing their scheduled UK shows this week following lynchpin Conor Oberst's contraction of some sort of bug...»
Conor on a wander as Bright Eyes tour
Conor Oberst will be whinging his way around the country as he embarks on a short, pre-V jaunt with his Bright Eyes.»
Like Bright Eyes? Bothered. LOVE Bright Eyes? Read this...
DiS has arranged a very, very special prize for one lucky, lucky Bright Eyes fan out there...»
DiS in digest: our pick of the week's news
What a week it has been! Sunny days, not-so-warm nights – it’s almost like the summer… only, like, proof of our impending destruction at the merciless hands of global warming...»
Dour Festival update: Bright Eyes, Wilco, The Horrors and more confirm Belgian festival appearance
A number of new names have been confirmed for this year's DiS-associated Dour Festival, held in Belgium from June 12-15...»
Chart round-up: so now we know what The Magic Position is...
Last week’s number one by The Proclaimers slips to number four, while the next new entry is at 14. And who is it? Welcome back, Gareth Gates! We’ve missed you, and your new song doesn’t sound like ‘No Surprises’ at all. No. ‘Changes’ is absolutely its own thing, a fully original comeback single. Yes...»
Glastonbury line-up leaks
Festival-centric website FestivalNews.co.uk has reported the leaked line-up for this summer's Glastonbury Festival...»
Line-up announcement: The Eden Sessionzzz
Organisers behind the now annual Eden Sessions series - held, of course, at the Eden Project in Cornwall - have really pushed the boat out this year, booking artists at the very cutting edge of their chosen fields...»
Hove Festival continues to take shape. Continues to look GOOD...
The line-up of Norway’s Hove Festival – one of a handful of DiS-associated events going down this summer, y’all – is taking shape very nicely...»
T party: Bright Eyes, Maccabees + more for Scot fest
If the tedium of 2007's UK festival headliners dominated February's headlines, then now at least we can look forward to a bit more variation as the next raft of bands are confirmed for this summer's bills.»
The Weekly DiScussion: fancy a pint next week?
You slightly bored of South By Soutwest yet? Grinding your teeth at the thought of DiS carping on about its Texan jaunt for the next fortnight? Well, what are you doing then? Gareth Dobson highlights the myriad of musical opportunity for the UK next week. It's a doozy...»
DiS in digest: our pick of the week's news
Here are what we think are the top ten most newsworthy news stories of the week. Enjoy this, the weekend starts here. Unless you're a football steward or you work in a bar. Salut!»
Bright Eyes to play two UK shows
Omaha's Bright Eyes will play two shows in the run up to release of their forthcoming album...»
Bright Eyes, Grizzly Bear for new DNTEL album
James Figurine, the alias behind last year's Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake album, is flanked by a talented gang of guest contributors on his latest project...»
Call her Cassadaga: Oberst names new LP
Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst has revealed that his next album will be called Cassadaga...»
Bright Eyes: "The apocalypse is a prevalent theme in my new songs"
Conor Oberst - he of Bright Eyes fame - has been talking about his forthcoming album, the follow-up to the twin 2005 releases of I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning and Digital Ash In A Digital Urn...»
Oberst unloads: Bright Eyes offcuts compilation due in October
Bright Eyes - Conor Oberst to his mum - is to release a compilation of hard-to-find and previously unreleased songs in October...»
Bright Eyes, no longer burning for Bush...
Never usually one to shy away from speaking his political mind, Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst has nevertheless gone on record as saying that his next album will not be dominated by lyrical opinions on the subject...»
New Rough Trade comp due: Singer Songwriter 01
Another Rough Trade Shops compilation is due to hit store shelves pretty soon. Rough Trade Shops: Singer Songwriter 01 will be released via Mute on July 3rd...»
More American festival news: Bonnaroo announces great bill
Organisers of the 80,000-capacity Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, to be held in Manchester (that's in Tennessee, sorry) from June 16th to the 18th, have announced a fantastic line up...»
Bright Eyes O-burst back with live LP
Conor & co. release a 15-track live LP this November...»
Cross-atlantic jealousy: Bright Eyes to play US retrospective tour
Following Bright Eyes' two previous tours this year (for 'I'm Wide Awake...It's Morning' and 'Digital Ash in a Digital Urn' respectively), Mr. Conor Oberst is toting a 'tour with a difference', with each night playing a new set of songs spanning his and the band's career.»
Calling Saddle Geeks: DVD soon
Stalwarts of Nebraskan record production Saddle Creek are to release a retrospective DVD set of the first ten years of the label.»
REM, Bright Eyes, Nada Surf et al line up anti-Bush CD
The Future Soundtrack for America, an anti-George Bush LP is to be released this summer in an attempt to raise funds for progressive groups who advocate political change.»
Bright Eyes and The Faint - it's a togetherness thing
Saddle Creek labelmates Bright Eyes and The Faint are to head out on their 'Digital Ash In A Digital Urn' tour this summer.»
Rilo Kiley: new album, Bright Eyes dates...
Rilo Kiley release a new album and play some shows and stuff...»
Bright Eyes: UK & US tour dates announced
Conor is back on the UK campaign trail...»
Coachella 05 - REM, Interpol, Bright Eyes, Bowie in frame
With the names being banded around it could even end up bettering this year's event (which you may remember had Radiohead, Muse in sunlight, Coopers, Bright Eyes and Pixies).»
Rilo Kiley, solo albums, Bright Eyes and Team Love: A hotch potch of news
Rilo Kiley solo, Bright Eyes»
Bright Eyes To Play Intimate London Show
In the week he's at 1 & 2 in the Billboard Hot 100, DiS can exclusively reveal that Mister Bright Eyes is playing a secret (until now) show this Friday in London»
Can I get a drumbeat? Conor Oberst goes solo in London
Conor Oberst, recently voted 'Man Most Likely To Start A Really Long Debate On A Music Message Board' has announced details of solo London show, as well as confirming the release date of two new Bright Eyes records.»
Bright Eyes heads frenzy of Saddle Creek activity
Before trekking around the swing states of the US as part of the Vote For Change tour in October, Conor Oberst is reportedly holed up in Presto Studio, Nebraska finishing the second of two albums currently planned to be released on the same day in January next year.»
Vote For Change US tour confirmed
Political concerts on an unprecedented scale were today confirmed, with bills mixing superstars such as REM, Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor and Dixie Chicks with unexpectedly DiS-friendly acts like Death Cab For Cutie, Bright Eyes, Jurassic 5 and My Morning Jacket.»
Bright Eyes To Play Intimate Show
Prophet or Poet? You hype up and you regret... From 2000 to 200 and then onto Glasto... S'all about Oberst. "Secret" show unveiled... PLUS DiS has tickets to give away...»
Bright Eyes: June Dates Confirmed... London, Manchester... Glasto?
Outta tune voice of a generation, hits the UK for two shows in June...»
Bright Eyes: Oberst Starts Team Love Label
Conor Oberst, the outta tune voice of a generation, start of Bright Eyes and Desaparecidos has started up his own label...»
Fierce Panda to release star-studded decade compilation
King of the indie Indies, Fierce Panda, has announced details of its ten-year celebration compilation.»
Bright Eyes, YYYs feature on Wichita anniversary CD
Cool-as-fuck record company Wichita Recordings is to release a compilation of recordings from bands on its roster. 'Gone Fishin', is released on 21 July and will feature music by every act to have shacked up with Wichita so far. The release marks the label’s three-year anniversary. Among the a»
Bright Eyes mini tour
Bright Eyes return to the UK for a brief tour this summer, playing their largest shows to date in this country, bringing songs from the LP "Lifted or The Story Is In The Soil Keep Your Ear To The Ground".
Catch them play at:
Tue 5th Aug
Glasgow GUU £10 box office 08700 600 100
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Winona 4 Oberst: The Story is in The People
'Cus the truth is that gossip is as good as gospel in this town...a gymnasium of eyes staring at him! Poet, indie-god, genius, Conor Oberst aka Bright Eyes has been in the tabloids and you can't fault his taste in women. There's a picture in American mag The People and also in Tuesdays»
Sub Pop: Terminal Sales?
15 years in the life of a label and it comes down to this... Don't be fooled. 'Terminal Sales' is a two-cd compilation commemorating the decade and a half since 1988, of throbbing, funky, grainy, grungey, gravy, rock greatness which Sub Pop has produced. You only need to look at »
Careless Talk: New Year, Old Year.
Tis the time o'year to rundown what happened over the past 12months and infamous hack Everett True and the CARELESS TALK COSTS LIVES crew are doing it online radio style.. This year "a true alternative to the decaying music press finally exists" as they bravely proclaimed themselves, hit the shelves»
Bright Eyes: Xmas Cd
Christmas is upon us once again, and this is another news story about about a Charity CD but don't sigh, Conor Oberst and the Saddle Creek crew are in on this... Conor Oberst (aka Bright Eyes) has had a busy year. Not only has he put out his own album »
Bright Eyes: Oberst Love on Our Shores
You will probably either love or loathe Conor Oberst aka BRIGHT EYES, but regardless, he's got a new single and is coming to play his morosely sweet, heart-broken folk all over our country... and chicks dig moaners. The new single is out Nov 11th via Wichita and is 'Lover I Don't Have To Love', fro»
Carling Stage Lineup
Arab Strap, Bright Eyes, Electrelane, Hefner, The Pattern, Lift to Experience and Hopewell are amongst the new additions to the Carling Stage at this year's Reading and Leeds weekend festivals.
The stage is set to premiere the best in upcoming musical talent. The full line-up is as follows:
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Exclusive: Bright Eyes UK Tour
Bright Eyes aka Conor Oberst will tour Europe in the Summer.
Bright Eyes who is re-releasing 'Letting Off The Happiness' on Wichita Records on the 2nd April has announced an European tour for May, the UK dates, with Arab Strap, are as follows:
May
1st - Dublin, Red Box
2nd »
ALT. COUNTRY WEEK: An Introduction
Following on from Shoegaze Week, and Slowcore Week, DiS presents: Alt. Country Week»
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