Tag: Conor Oberst
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Various Artists, Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: The Songs of John Prine, 2010 on Oh Boy
This is the first volume – there was a volume two in 2021. Great collection of musicians here covering one of my favorite songwriters: Most successful I think are the “Unwed Fathers,” “Far From Me,” and “Let’s Talk Dirty in Hawaiian” – I enjoy the “Angel From Mongtomery” but it is hard to hear that…
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Conor Oberst, Ruminations, 2016 on Nonesuch
Oberst was hospitalized in 2015 in the middle of a tour for the punk band Desaparecidos, and this album was written and recorded in the recovery from that experience. It was recorded in Omaha in just two days, with Ben Brodin as Engineer, Mike Mogis doing the mixing, and Bob Ludwig mastering. My copy is…
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Better Oblivion Community Center, Self-Titled, 2019 on Dead Oceans.
Better Oblivion Community Center, Self-Titled, 2019 on Dead Oceans. Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers with (among others) Griffin Goldsmith and Wylie Gelber from Dawes, and Carla Azar mixed by John Congelton One of my favorites from 2019