Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band
Outer South

Three songs into Outer South and there’s a big surprise—that’s not Conor Oberst singing lead. And it’s not even his song. “Big Black Nothing” is a swi...

In the opening track Slowly (Oh So Slowly) from his latest release Outer South, Oberst sings “potential you’re a loaded line” presenting a sentiment t...

After Omaha, Nebraska’s Bright Eyes blew up in the mainstream thanks to The O.C. (something Seth Cohen later even complained about – QRO’s Music of Th...

It takes two seconds of this album before it becomes clear to all but the registered deaf that Conor has carried on his trend towards country music, t...

Conor Oberst has been a man of many hats—literally andfiguratively. On this sprawling second disc with his suddenlyprolific caravan the Mystic Valley ...

What on earth prompted Conor Oberst to try and reinvent himself as a jam band musician Last year's Conor Oberst wasn't a very effective demonstration...

Brighteyes, the central band of Saddle Creek's Nebraska scene gave us Conor Oberst who himself founded the ever expanding label. He now releases his s...

So, listen up and here’s the sketch: Bright Eyes is dead, long live The Mystic Valley Band. I mean, no announcement has been made or anything. But tha...

Like a former child-star pin-up losing their looks to the middle-age spread, Conor Oberst is aging badly, in the most public way imaginable. Having b...

And I always say, "No, he only has five good albums," but people always see that as blasphemy. I don't know what it is about the guy. He's not even ho...