Indie Rock Icon, 45, Participates in (And Loses) His Own Lookalike Contest originally appeared on Parade. Which is more cringe, as they say: showing up to your own lookalike contest, only to find out ...

Conor Oberst has had quite the year. Last September, he and his longtime bandmates, Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott, released their 11th studio album as Bright Eyes, Five Dice, All Threes. That marked ...

Twelve years ago, Conor Oberst’s band Bright Eyes released two albums on top of each other that defined the cultural moment — the bombastic and emo-tinged folk record “I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning” and ...

David Dondero invented Conor Oberst. Well, that may be a slight overstatement, but it’s no big secret that the poignant songwriting and uniquely emotive vocal style of the former were heavily ...

Most artists of note get an opportunity when they have the public ear at their disposal, a moment when the world of music at large wants to hear what they have to offer. If they can rise to the ...

Bright Eyes is not so much a band as an amorphous collective of Omaha musicians, rotating around the locus of 22-year old singer/songwriter Conor Oberst. Oberst has a lot to face these days: a media ...