Subject: Conor Oberst

• The Weekend Hitlist: Mountain Goats, Exotic Erotics and A Big Benefit

  October 24, 2008

• Last Night: The Mountain Goats at the Fillmore

  October 25, 2008

• Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

  By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen Trapper's fantastic Furr smells more like the Kinks than Neil Young. [Editor's note: That's why we put it on our indie-rock list.] We likewise discarded Shearwater's near-masterpiece Rook, despite the

  December 26, 2008

• Conor Oberst

  Conor Oberst (Merge)

  July 30, 2008

• Tilly and the Wall tap into a new beat

  July 2, 2008

• Bright Bursts

  April 25, 2007

• Bright Eyes

  Four Winds EP (Saddle Creek)

  March 7, 2007

• Chad VanGaalen

  Skelliconnection (Sub Pop)

  October 4, 2006

• Ramblin' Gamblin' Men

  David Dondero and Adam Gnade hit the road

  March 29, 2006

• Rabbit Season

  February 1, 2006

• Music videos: First they were all the rage, then they were all but dead. Thanks mainly to Apple, they're back.

  November 2, 2005

• Award Show Guide

  Americana/Folk/Country DJ/Turntablist Electro/Electronic/Experimental Hard Rock Hip Hop Indie Rock/Noise Pop Jazz Soul/R&B World Music Music Video

  October 19, 2005

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  May 4, 2005

• Sunshine, Lollipops

  March 23, 2005

• No Sympathy for the Demo

  Presenting SF Weekly's definitive guide to making it in indie rock, without actually having to make it

  March 16, 2005

• Turn Around, Bright Eyes

  Indie icon Conor Oberst grows up -- and blows up

  February 9, 2005

• Magnolia Electric Co

  Trials and Errors

  January 19, 2005

• Hear This

  M. Ward brings his dusky folk to Du Nord; buzz-band Louis XIV hits the "popscene."

  December 15, 2004

• Bright Eyes

  November 3, 2004

• Hear This

  Monsters of mope come to Berkeley: M. Ward, Bright Eyes, and Jim James. Old 97's are hotter than Ryan Adams.

  October 13, 2004

• Shorties

  EPs are usually ignored by reviewers. Here are a few recent releases worth taking note of.

  July 28, 2004

• Dark Horse

  The Unicorns strike it rich with their unique brand of sullied indie-pop

  March 24, 2004

• Story-tellers

  January 14, 2004

• The Future's So Bright

  April 2, 2003

• Wander Lore

  Folk singer David Dondero finds his songs the old-fashioned way -- by roaming the country's highways and byways

  June 19, 2002

• Desaparecidos

  Read Music/Speak Spanish (Saddle Creek)

  February 20, 2002

• Still Flyin’ hosts the reggae pop party

  May 6, 2009

• The Bridge School Benefit

  October 21, 2009

• Q&A with Blind Pilot's, Israel Nebeker

  Joseph SchellIsrael Nebeker of Blind Pilot.​Israel Nebeker is the lead singer and guitarist for Portland's own, Blind Pilot, whose debut album, 3 Rounds and a Sound, has quickly launched the band into indie folk pop stardom. SF Weekly sat down with Nebeker yesterday to chat about the benefits and detriments of touring via bike versus touring via van, what it's like to return to San Francisco with a huge crop of new fans, and why a near miss meeting Snoop Dogg at Lollapalooza left Nebeker heart

  October 22, 2009

• Last Night: Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit

  Christopher VictorioNeil Young and Adam Sandler​Neil Young's Bridge School Benefit Concert October 25, 2009Shoreline AmphitheaterCheck out our Bridge School slideshow by Christopher Victorio here.  Better Than: watching AC/DC play at Marine World. Combine a huge rock' n roll show with a school benefit and you're bound to attract a crowd of hip parents. It felt like family day at Neil Young's annual Bridge School Benefit concert at the Shoreline Amphitheater yesterday, with all of the tin

  October 26, 2009