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Although some musicians have joined the band’s rotating lineup, Shiny Eyes is mainly the songwriting vehicle of Conor Oberst, a quivery-voiced Nebraska native who first attracted attention in 1994 — when he was just 14 yrs . old — because the vocalist and guitarist for Commander Venus. Oberst became a …

Nebraska-born indie rocker Tim Kasher, most widely known because the frontman for prominent Saddle Creek Records outfits Cursive and the nice Life, was raised in Omaha alongside fellow crooner and good friend Conor Oberst of Shiny Eyes (Oberst references Kasher within the Shiny Eyes tune “Nothing at all Gets Crossed …

Along with his trembling voice, classical guitar, and confessional method of songwriting, Conor Oberst performed an important function in shaping the lighter, intimate side of indie rock and roll during the later ’90s and beyond. His primary task was Bright Eye, an eclectic band of revolving music artists that vacillated …

Hardly into his first yr of senior high school, Conor Oberst had other activities about his mind compared to the pressures of getting a homecoming date, evading aggressive jocks, and going to weekly football video games. Combined with the somewhat old Ben Armstrong (drums), Robb Nansel (acoustic guitar), and Todd …