About ten years ago, Lisa Loeb performed a cover of Bright Eyes‘ "First Day of My Life" at her friend’s wedding. She recorded it a year later for their anniversary, but has only now shared the studio-recorded cover with the world. Back in April, Loeb released a new version of her breakthrough 1994 smash hit…

Omaha synth-punk were a key part of the early-'00s electroclash wave, and they were also a key part of the early-'00s Saddle Creek wave that also brought us their buddy Bright Eyes. These two waves should've been fundamentally opposed to one another -- moving in opposite directions across the ocean -- and yet there the…

One of the great things about Lorde is that she’s a serious young pop star who seems to have the ideas and tastes of a serious young person. Case in point: Her Twitter bio is a Bright Eyes quote, “No, I am not singing for you.” Conor Oberst also counts himself as a Lorde admirer, [...]

The Bright Eyes man will release his latest solo album in May    

The singer's publicist has issued a response to claims written on a blog