Brooklyn Vegan — Tonight's NYC shows include Emily Jane White, Duchess Says, M83, Megadeth, Conor Oberst, Preoccupations, Rhye, Discharge, Burn, DJ Shadow, Bob Weir, and more. Continue reading… more info

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Consequence of Sound — Bright Eyes singer-songwriter pares down production but lacks in urgency. more info

Stereogum — Conor Oberst is releasing a new solo album, Ruminations, in a few weeks; a couple weeks after that, Saddle Creek Records will reissue six Bright Eyes albums in a new box set collection called The Studio Albums 2000-2011. True to its title, the set co... more info

Yahoo! Music — Our guide to this week's (and last week's) album releases also features the week's top new music videos from artists like Solange, The Weeknd, and Faith No More, plus brand new streaming music from NOFX, Conor Oberst, Phantogram, Ab-So... more info

JamBase — It was 2009 all over again at the first day of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass when Jim James reunited with Monsters Of Folk mates M. Ward and Conor Oberst. more info

Uncut — The singer-songwriter discusses his recorded work in the current Uncut Photo © Amelie Raoul The singer-songwriter discusses his recorded work in the current Uncut The post Conor Oberst: “Bright Eyes still talk about doing another album” ap... more info

Chorus.fm — Conor Oberst is streaming his new solo album, Ruminations, on NPR. The post Conor Oberst Streams ‘Ruminations’ appeared first on chorus.fm. more info

Consequence of Sound — Bright Eyes mastermind recorded the acoustic LP in just two days. more info

Stereogum — Conor Oberst struck out for New York more than a decade ago, when Bright Eyes, the self-excoriating outfit that he founded, first blew up. But to make his new album Ruminations, Oberst returned to his Omaha hometown and recorded some intense, spare m... more info