The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Lots of guilty pleasures on the list today.  And I may be the only one on the planet who liked the Foster the People album. Here are the 55 Best Albums of 2014 (12-22): 12. Foster The People - Supermodel 13. Conor Oberst - Upside Down Mountain 14.... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this year, the former Bright Eyes mastermind Conor Oberst released his solo album Upside Down Mountain. And as part of Record Store Day’s Black Friday promotion last month, Oberst released a 7″ single that featured two previously unreleas... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Laura Marling at Roulette in 2013 (more by PSquared) As discussed, Conor Oberst & friends are playing this year's WFUV Holiday Cheer Benefit at NYC's Beacon Theatre on December 8. When we last spoke, the rest of the lineup was... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — (photo via @iamjasondiamond) Tickets for the five NYC-area The Who shows go on sale today at 10AM. Tickets for the Vaselines show at The Bell House go on sale today at 10AM. Tickets for the Mayhem, Watain and Revenge show... more info

Stereogum — Every year for the past few, the people behind Record Store Day have been promoting a Black Friday offshoot that involves independent record stores selling limited-run exclusives on the day after Thanksgiving. This year’s offerings include a few th... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Conor Oberst in Central Park in July (more by Mimi Hong) The WFUV Holiday Cheer benefit is returning to Beacon Theatre on December 8 this year, and once again it's looking like it's gonna be a good one. Conor Oberst... more info

Stereogum — The lyrics of Allo Darlin’s “Bright Eyes” do not directly reference Conor Oberst’s band, but there’s a touch of teenage Oberst’s spirit in Elizabeth Morris and Paul Rains’ jangly boy-girl serenade. Not that this is an emo-folk song or a... more info

Stereogum — “Do you have any regrets?” asks a female interviewer at the outset of Conor Oberst’s “Common Knowledge” video. His reply? “Of course. Lots of regrets. But it doesn’t really matter now.” They banter for a while longer until the Upside ... more info

Stereogum — Conor Oberst is such a big deal that he can summon two different buzz bands to back him up at will. Or at least that was the case when he recorded a recent live session at the Haldern Pop Festival. Performing lazily luminous acoustic version of his 2... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Mimi Hong Conor Oberst, Dawes & Larkin Poe @ Summerstage -- 7/29/14 "Each stage of Oberst's career is intentionally different than previous iterations (we are talking about the guy that released an electronic and acoustic album on the... more info