Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band have announced a new CD/DVD release entitled One Of My Kind. The CD/LP package will include 11 outtakes from the recording sessions of 2009′s Outer South as well as the DVD version of the previously released documentary of the same name. I’m crossing my fingers these are proper [...]

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Here’s the awesome album closing track “King of The World” off of swedish duo First Aid Kit’s new record The Lions Roar. Watch for the contribution from Conor Oberst as he comes in during the songs second half. This isn’t the first time Conor has teamed up with these girls. They also put out a [...]

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This mix is made for my good friend Ben, who just returned from a 2 year religious sabbatical in Argentina. I promised him I would put together a mix of all the great music he missed out on. The only rule is that any song had to be released between September 2007 – September 2009. [...]

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On the heels of my recently posted best records of the decade, i’ve spent quite some time compiling what are, in my opinion, the top 50 songs released from 2000 to the end of 2009. as always, if you dig the song, support the artist! the picture is of my brother getting punched in the [...]

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today is a special day for my girlfriend and i. today marks our fifth year of dating. in celebration, i made her a mix of some of our favorites as well as some new tracks that will hopefully follow suit. love you char. tracklisting mirah – location temporary the working title – love make me [...]

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Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band stopped by letterman last night and performed one of my favorite tracks off of Outer South “spoiled”. one question for Conor though…boots?

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This past saturday, me and some friends hit up Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band in Salt Lake City at the beautiful Library Square. Luckily, the rain cleared up just in time for the outdoors show. Seeing Conor Oberst live for the third time, this was the first seeing him perform under the solo [...]

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As previously mentioned, Conor Oberst, M. Ward, Jim James and Mike Mogis are combining powers as Monsters of Folk. The band have announced the release date of their forthcoming self-titled debut.  The album will be released September 22nd.

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I’ve been waiting on this since the beginning of 2008. I’ve long thought that it was a lie, but this just made my day. Conor Oberst, M. Ward, Jim James (my morning jacket) and Mike Mogis have all combined powers (secretly as shit) to create the appropriately named supergroup “Monsters of Folk“. They will be [...]

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Nostalgia is a funny thing. It’s eerie to sit back and realize all the change that happens in the culmination of a few years. Today I spent the latter part of a painfully slow sunday at work stumbling through some old Bright Eyes videos and found the following gem of a performance from way back [...]

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