L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Singer-songwriter Conor Oberst and Phoenix-based concert promoter Charlie Levy are in the midst of a very pointed dialogue over the real impact of Sound Strike, a coalition of artists including Oberst, Zack de la Rocha, Nine Inch Nails, Pitbull and..... more info

Pitchfork — Pretty much everyone on the Left agrees that Arizona's tough new immigration law SB 1070 is evil, racist, and terrifying. So what should we do about it? Many musicians, including Sonic Youth, Kanye West, Nine Inch Nails, and Jenny Lewis have join... more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — Most singer/songwriters wind up ending their solitude and dupe some people into joining them so they can rock harder and push their limits. Bob Dylan joined up with the Band, Neil Young put together Crazy Horse, and Conor Oberst has left a half dozen... 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

Stereogum — Villagers’s Conor O’Brien wrote and recorded nearly everything on Becoming A Jackal himself, and it’s his clipped, quavering voice you’ll notice first on “Ship Of Promises.” You’ll hear Arcade Fire and Conor Oberst in equal parts, but O... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Our Orthodox is the project of 26 year old L.A. native, Neal Harris. He just released his first album, which is a self titled effort. It’s really easy to try and compare Neal to other artists. The obvious choice is Okkervil River. Then you can go f... more info

KEXP Seattle — Conor Oberst and Sonic Youth have confirmed to join Zach De La Rocha from Rage Against The Machine’s Sound Strike protest concert against the Arizona Immigration law. The site also contains a petition against the law. Rostam Batmanglij from Vampi... more info

Guardian Music — Rap-rock crew invite musicians to skip Arizona on concert tours until the state's controversial new immigration law is repealedHot on the heels of Shakira, Rage Against the Machine are leading a fresh charge against Arizona's controversial new immigr... 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

Pitchfork — Earlier this year, My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James (or, as he prefers to be known these days, Yim Yames) produced Dear Companion, a collaborative album from fellow Kentucky singer-songwriters Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore. The album raised ... more info