Entertainment & Arts
The curtain behind Bright Eyes leader Conor Oberst glowed as red as the young songwriter’s tender heart on Wednesday, as his group launched its Henry Fonda Music Box Theatre show with a new song melding personal vignettes into a commentary on how war overshadows everyday life -- in ways as mundane as children play-battling with sticks, as extraordinary as a couple making love while images of invasion flash across their TV screen.
April 11, 2003
Pop & Hiss
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April 17, 2011
Music
Electrelane “The Power Out” (Too Pure/Beggars Group) *** 1/2 Anyone who heard the mostly instrumental two-chord (and sometimes one-chord) Farfisa and guitar rock drones of Electrelane’s 2001 debut, “Rock It to the Moon,” would hardly be prepared for the creative leap of this follow-up.
April 11, 2004
Sept. 25, 2011
Feb. 14, 2011
With his probing songs, Bright Eyes frontman Conor Oberst is making waves in indie rock. But it’s not fame’s glare he’s after, it’s enlightenment in the world offstage.
Nov. 10, 2002
April 26, 2011
If you attended this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, you’ve already previewed some of the summer’s most promising shows, notably Coldplay, the Arcade Fire and Bright Eyes.
May 26, 2005
Robert Hilburn’s guide to keeping up with the best in pop music on an album budget of $50 a month.
Feb. 27, 2005
Some people sing because they want to; other people sing because they have to.
Oct. 12, 2002