Bright Eyes Live at SXSW (Video)

SXSW Music Festival just ended and unfortunately, there's simply too many performances to cover all at once, so I'll try to chip away at it as much as possible.  So, I am pleased to bring you Bright Eyes' complete set from SXSW.  Below is the video for his performance of "An Attempt to Tip the Scales" and if you click HERE, you can watch the rest of his set, and yes, it's chocked full of classics.  Enjoy.

Listen to the New Bright Eyes Album

Alright, I've posted about Bright Eyes' upcoming album The People's Key before and I'm going to do it again.  This album is seriously great--like seriously.  Best Bright Eyes album to date?--definitely.  Best Conor Oberst album to date?--absolutely.  It's fresh, it's original, it's pretty much just awesome and you can listen to it in its entirety over at NPR's First Listen (follow the link below).  Go listen to it and thank me later.

Listen to The People's Key here (click)

New Bright Eyes Track Download

Bright Eyes (Conor Oberst's project) is set to release The People's Key on February 15th.  Some of the track from the upcoming LP have already managed to eek out from the woodwork and, courtesy of Spinner, here is another free download entitled, "Haile Selassie".  Enjoy.  (Thanks to Spinner)

New SXSW Artist Line-up

The South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, TX is regularly home to some of the best and brightest in the music world and this year is no different.  This year the festival will have some familiar faces such as Bright Eyes and the Kills along with up and comers Big K.R.I.T. and Surfer Blood just to name a couple.  The festival runs from March 16-20 and is an absolute can't miss (like it is every year).  The full list of performers is here but a few notables are listed below.  Thanks to Pitchfork

Bright Eyes, Low, Wild Flag, the Kills, Chromeo, Dodos, the Raveonettes, J Mascis, Owen Pallett, Gayngs, Edwyn Collins, Surfer Blood, Cass McCombs, Das Racist, the Rural Alberta Advantage, Freddie Gibbs, Toro Y Moi, Dom, Dum Dum Girls, Diamond Rings, Killer Mike, Cloud Nothings, Darkstar, Sharon Van Etten, Wye Oak, the Twilight Sad, A Place to Bury Strangers, Fang Island, A-Trak, Baths, La Sera, Jamie Woon, the Antlers, tUnE-yArDs, Big K.R.I.T., the Dears, Mount Kimbie, Yuck, Lower Dens, Ty Segall, Tapes N' Tapes, Thee Oh Sees, Gold Panda, G-Side, Pictureplane, DeVotchKa, Prince Rama, Moon Duo, Strand of Oaks, PS I Love You, Nite Jewel, Asobi Seksu, Weekend, Javelin, Memoryhouse, Keepaway, and Sun Airway