JamBase — The past two Jim James concerts have seen the My Morning Jacket covering songs by local artists. more info

Stereogum — The country-folk legend Emmylou Harris sang backup on a few songs from Bright Eyes’ 2005 album I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morning. And last year, Bright Eyes mastermind Conor Oberst saluted his collaborator, performing as part of an all-star tribute ... more info

Stereogum — For his new album Ruminations, the onetime Bright Eyes mastermind Conor Oberst returned home to Omaha and recorded a set of sad, vulnerable, relatively un-ornamented songs while snowed in. It’s a raw, open-wound sort of album, which makes it a bit ... more info

Consequence of Sound — Conor Oberst deserves more than your rose-tinted lenses. more info

KEXP Seattle — Last week, we got the seventh solo album from Conor Oberst. This week, we’ve got a box set from his old project, Bright Eyes. You get six remastered, reissued vinyl copies of Fevers and Mirrors (2000), LIFTED or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your ... more info

USA Today Music — The Bright Eyes frontman has never sounded lonelier than on his seventh solo album.             more info

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

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