Silent Uproar — The recently announced Concert for Equality will take place on July 31st in Omaha and feature Cursive, Bright Eyes, and a reunited Desaparecidos as well as Lullaby For The Working Class, among others. All proceeds go to the ACLU Nebraska's effort to ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Buns O'Plenty said... King Crimson - USA (1974) http://keep-on-growing.blogspot.com Oracle said... Portal of Groove just posted: Easy Listening Gold 1958 - 1969 Lossless - CD - 6 CD set http://portalofgroove.blogspot.com Record Fiend said... Papa C... more info

ContactMusic — BRIGHT EYES star CONOR OBERST is spearheading a new campaign to protest a controversial new immigration law in his native Nebraska.The singer/songwriter, who is part of... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Remember Bright Eyes? Of course you do. That’s your favorite band, ever. You were into Conor Oberst before he released Lifted and got super popular. You are even into his side projects like Desparecidos, and the BE album Cassadaga about his time in... more info

ContactMusic — BRIGHT EYES frontman CONOR OBERST has written an open letter to a concert promoter in Arizona defending his decision to support a boycott of the state in protest of... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Autumn de Wilde As previously reported, the Sound Strike is a coalition of artists who are boycotting Arizona after it passed the controversial SB 1070 bill, which gives the police broad power to detain people suspected to be in the country ... more info

Perfect Porridge — Flickr CC: El Humilde Fotero del Pánico I first saw CocoRosie opening for Bright Eyes at the State Theater back in 2005. I was late to the show, and you know how that theater has ushers with flashlights to show you to your seat? I had no idea my ti... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mister Moods said... BRAND NEW MOODS presents: - Joni Mitchell "Clouds" (remaster) The true test for any album is durability and Clouds has stood the test of time easily and remains, 40 years after its release, as fresh as it was upon release. - Ser... more info

Chorus.fm — Liam Gallagher (*Oasis* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/oasis)) has gone into the studio with his new band.....*Beady Eyes* (http://spin.com/articles/liam-gallaghers-new-band-hits-studio). Submitted by Alex_Weiland more info

Pitchfork — Monsters of Folk photo by Jennifer Tzar MP3:> The Roots: "Dear God 2.0" [ft. Monsters of Folk] "Dear God" was a slow-burning highlight from the self-titled 2009 LP from Monsters of Folk (aka Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst, My Morning Jacket's Jim James, M... more info