#bright-eyes

#bright-eyes

KCRW released a new live session with Bright Eyes over the weekend, which, in addition to being a fundraiser for KCRW, fits into Bright Eyes' current celebration of 21 years of their two albums released on the same day in 2005, I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn. The session features stripped down, acoustic versions of a few songs off each, with frequent collaborator Maria Taylor of Azure Ray joining Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nate Walcott on drums.

Tickets for Bright Eyes' newly announced NYC show at Forest Hills Stadium on June 6, playing I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn in full (with a set from Built to Spill between them), go on BrooklynVegan Presale today (12/11) starting at 10 AM ET. Use the presale password WIDEAWAKEITSVEGAN. Our presale runs until 10 PM ET, and any remaining tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, December 12 at 10 AM ET.

I have always hated my birthdays but I love parties,

On "Cairns (When Your Heart Belongs to Everyone)," he sulks about the pressures of being a public figure with a series of increasingly strained comparisons: "a flower shop in June," "footprints on the moon," "a corner store that's out of booze." "Shakespeare in a Nutshell" is perhaps the worst offender, a muted electric piano backing Oberst as he mopes, "I have no one to depend on, Gentile or Jew."

"By 12, he had begun writing his own songs, and by 13 he had recorded his first album, releasing it on his older brother's label and selling it in the record store."

Bright Eyes have announced an extension to their upcoming tour, adding new West Coast dates in support of their 2024 album, Five Dice, All Threes.