Conor Oberst sans-Bright Eyes: New tracks & tour.
Omahan Conor Oberst has announced a lengthy solo tour to accompany his impending solo LP due out August 5th.
Why even drop the name Bright Eyes? Bright Eyes is Conor Oberst. No offense to Mike Mogis and Nate Wolcott, they are both very talented but everyone else on stage with Conor is just “you know, those guys in Bright Eyes’ band”. And actually he is still bringing Nate with on this tour, along with Maria Macey Taylor, Taylor Hollingsworth, Nik Freitas, and Rilo Kiley’s Jason Boesel in his band called the Mystic Valley Band. I’m guessing this naming followed a couple days visit with Mescalito.
You can stream 2 of the tracks on ConorOberst.com now. Let me know if you get a pre-release.
So dare I shell out 40 bucks tomorrow morning to see him at the Trubadour August 5th? A CD release show of sorts? Probably not. He seems to loathe his audiences and never fails to play exactly what nobody else wants to here. I’ll wait for a smaller Bright Eyes show.
North American Tour Dates
7/25 Billings, MT Bones Brewing
7/27 Calgary, AB Calgary Folk Festival
7/29 Vancouver, BC Richards on Richards
7/30 Seattle, WA Neumo’s
7/31 Bend, OR Midtown Ballroom
8/01 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
8/02 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill
8/03 Santa Cruz, CA Rio Theatre
8/05 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
8/08 Nashville, TN Mercy Lounge
8/09 Carrboro, NC Cats Cradle
8/10 Norfolk, VA Norva
8/11 Philadelphia, PA Trocadero
8/12 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
8/17 Saratoga, NY Saratoga Music Festival
9/25 Tulsa, TX Cain’s Ballroom
9/20 Omaha, NE Anchor Inn
9/21 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium w/ Jenny Lewis
9/23 Fayetteville, AR George’s Majestic Lounge w/ Jenny Lewis
9/24 Oxford, MS The Lyric w/ Jenny Lewis
9/25 Tulsa, TX Cain’s Ballroom w/ Jenny Lewis
9/27 Austin, TX – Austin City Limits
Tags: Bright Eyes, Conor Oberst, Mystic Valley Band, Solo
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:22 am
Bright Eyes is great fun live… but I really don’t like listening to the guys records at all. I can’t think of many other artists that strike me that way. I really appreciate them live, but just plain don’t like the records.
June 23rd, 2008 at 8:26 pm
I like it best when Conor used to get drunk on a bottle of wine and play super sloppy. He did lifted at the Rococo with a HUGE band and it was pretty good. I think I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning is still the best album. Some people can’t get past his voice, but they said the same about Dylan, right? I’m sure he hates the comparison.
June 24th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Drunk Obie for the win. We saw Bright Eyes (with The Good Life opening) in Columbia, MO one time and Connie was sauced and literally started talking about licking Maria Taylor’s clit… and she was playing drums, right there behind him. She looked pretty pissed.