Bright Eyes have shared a new song, “1st World Blues,” that is influenced by ska music and is a takedown of late stage capitalism, with references to Reaganomics and large chain stores such as Hot ...

Welcome to the 26th Songs of the Week of 2025. This week Andy Von Pip helped me decide what should make the list. We considered over 40 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 10. Like the last two weeks, ...

The son of Roy Ayers reflects on his father's iconic song "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" as a cultural touchstone and the ...

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In 2005, Bright Eyes—a Nebraska band founded ten years earlier, as a four-track recording project by a then-teenage singer-songwriter named Conor Oberst—released two albums, I’m Wide Awake, It’s ...

The American yellow warbler is known for its sunny-yellow plumage and sweet song. But as any birder will tell you, they’re also fidgety. Trying to get a clear view of them is like seeing flashes of ...

Conor Oberst has been busy lately. Last year Bright Eyes returned with their latest LP Five Dice, All Threes, not long after the band reissued all nine of their albums each with companion EPs. Earlier ...

Bright Eyes have shared a new song. The ska-inflected “1st World Blues” arrives with a Jared Sherbert–directed video that stars Conor Oberst alongside members of So So Glos and pro skater Nelly ...

Bright Eyes recently posted an Instagram of the McDonald’s “ska is back” sign that went kinda viral a few years ago, with the caption “Coming soon…” And if you were wondering why they did that, it’s ...

You can go in many directions when compiling a list of the all-time best country music songs. Which criteria do you use? Record sales, most streamed, most googled, number of weeks on the country ...

The song, produced by super producer Tempoe, combined the melodic fusion of Highlife and Funk, popularised in the 1970s and 80s in Nigeria by stars like Bright Chimezie, to deliver a record that is ...