“The Rockaways” / “No One Changes” digital out now
Buy or stream the new tracks via all digital platforms: “The Rockaways” / “No One Changes”
Seven-inch vinyl pre-order, double A-side is scheduled to ship on/around 2/1.
New Video for “Barbary Coast (Later)”
Conor’s music video for “Barbary Coast (Later)," directed by Cris Gris, is out now. The song is from his latest album, Salutations, which was released on March 17 via Nonesuch Records.
New tour dates have also been announced in Omaha, Knoxville, Washington, DC, Milwaukee, Chicago, Cincinnati, and more. Fan pre-sale begins on Tuesday, April 4, at noon ET; general on-sale begins on Friday, April 7th at noon ET. Conor will also perform on The Late Late Show with James Corden on May 10. Full tour dates on the Shows page.
New music video for “Till St. Dymphna Kicks Us Out”
The music video for “Till St. Dymphna Kicks Us Out,” which was filmed at the very same bar in Manhattan’s East Village that inspired the song, is out. Its director, Greg Marinaccio, also directed Conor’s “You Are Your Mother’s Child” video.
Conor’s new album, Salutations, will be released on March 17 on Nonesuch Records.
With The Felice Brothers as his backing band, Oberst will tour in support of Salutations beginning March 9 in his hometown of Omaha, with stops at LA’s Greek Theater in May and Celebrate Brooklyn in July. Full dates on the Shows page.
New album “Salutations” coming March 17
Conor Oberst will release a new album, Salutations, on Nonesuch Records, on March 17, 2017.
Pre-Order Salutations Amazon | Nonesuch Store | iTunes
The album is a companion piece to 2016’s Ruminations. When Oberst wrote and recorded the songs on Ruminations, entirely solo — with just voice, piano, guitar, and harmonica—he intended to ultimately record them with a full band. In the midst of putting together that band—upstate New York’s The Felice Brothers plus the legendary drummer Jim Keltner (Neil Young, Jackson Browne, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, and many more)—the passionate responses Oberst was getting to those first solo recordings, from friends and colleagues, encouraged him to release the songs as-is, in their original sparse form, as his seventh solo album: Ruminations, which was released in October 2016.
Meanwhile, Oberst simultaneously moved ahead with his plans to record with the band, heading to the famed Shangri-La Studios in Malibu to record Salutations—co-produced with Keltner and engineered by longtime musical compadre Andy LeMaster. Guest contributions come courtesy of Jim James, Blake Mills, Maria Taylor, M. Ward, Gillian Welch, Gus Seyffert, Pearl Charles, Nathaniel Walcott, and Jonathan Wilson.
Track List:
Too Late to Fixate
Gossamer Thin
Overdue
Afterthought
Next Of Kin
Napalm
Mamah Borthwick (A Sketch)
Till St. Dymphna Kicks Us Out
Barbary Coast (Later)
Tachycardia
Empty Hotel by the Sea
Anytime Soon
Counting Sheep
The Rain Follows the Plow
You All Loved Him Once
A Little Uncanny
Salutations
Salutations includes full-band versions of the ten songs from Ruminations, plus seven additional songs, some from an additional session at Five Star Studios in Echo Park in fall 2016. With The Felice Brothers as his backing band, Conor will tour in support of Salutations beginning March 9 in his hometown of Omaha, with stops at LA’s Greek Theater in May and Celebrate Brooklyn in July. Full dates on the Shows page.
New take on “Ruminations” track “Tachycardia” with unreleased “Afterthought”
For Record Store Day Black Friday 2016, Conor released a new, limited-edition 7" single at independent record shops in the United States.
That single is now available digitally on Apple Music, Spotify, and the Nonesuch Store, where a very limited number of the 7" vinyl is now available as well.
Conor to perform at Sydney Opera House
Conor makes his Sydney Opera House debut with an intimate, solo performance spanning his prolific career.
General ticket information
Tickets on sale at sydneyoperahouse.com
Wednesday 7 December, 9am Sydney Opera House Artist Pre-sale
Friday 9 December, 9am General Public On Sale
Matt Berninger (The National) talks with Conor Oberst for the “Talkhouse” podcast
Listen to Conor on Talkhouse here.
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” tonight
Conor is the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight. 11:35pm est on ABC. Check your local listings!
Nonesuch to release exclusive vinyl 7-inch for Record Store Day Black Friday, November 25
A new, limited-edition, black 7″ vinyl will be released on Nonesuch Records on November 25, 2016, exclusively as a part of Record Store Day’s Black Friday event at independent record shops. The vinyl features a new full-band recording of “Tachycardia,” a song on Conor’s just-released solo album Ruminations, paired with “Afterthought,” an unreleased track from the Ruminations recording sessions. The disc is being pressed at Record Industry in the Netherlands.
The Black Friday release follows the October 14 release of Ruminations on Nonesuch. “Ruminations is one of Conor Oberst’s most personal records,” says NPR Music‘s Bob Boilen, “a collection of brave, dark songs … that are unmistakably moving and contain some of Oberst’s best lyrics and imagery.”
To get Ruminations now, head to your local record shop, iTunes, Amazon, or the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the complete album at checkout; the album is also available to purchase there as 192kHz/24bit HD FLAC files.
NPR First Listen Live, album stream, and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
To mark the release of his new album Ruminations, Conor will perform the record in its entirety to an audience of contest winners at New York City’s Housing Works Bookstore Cafe on the album’s release day, Friday, October 14, 2016.
The performance, co-presented by NPR Music’s Bob Boilen and WFUV Radio’s Rita Houston, will be simultaneously webcast via NPR Music and NPR Music's Facebook page. WFUV.org will host an on-demand audio stream of the concert in the days to follow.
Ruminations will be available to stream exclusively on NPR Music's website beginning September 30 as part of its First Listen series.
Conor also will be the musical guest on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! on October 24th.
“Ruminations”
In the winter of 2016, Conor Oberst found himself hibernating in his hometown of Omaha after living in New York City for more than a decade. He emerged with the unexpectedly raw, unadorned solo album Ruminations, available October 14, 2016, on Nonesuch Records.
“I wasn’t expecting to write a record. I honestly wasn’t expecting to do much of anything. Winter in Omaha can have a paralyzing effect on a person but in this case it worked in my favor. I was just staying up late every night playing piano and watching the snow pile up outside the window. Next thing I knew I had burned through all the firewood in the garage and had more than enough songs for a record. I recorded them quick to get them down but then it just felt right to leave them alone,” says Oberst.
Ruminations is available to pre-order now from iTunes and from Nonesuch.com. Oberst will perform songs from the album at a handful of special solo shows this fall at venues including Carnegie Hall and the Ryman Auditorium.
“Common Knowledge” music video
Conor Oberst has unveiled the third video from his critically acclaimed new album, Upside Down Mountain.
Watch “Common Knowledge,” a companion piece to the album’s first video, “Zigzagging Toward the Light.”
The video’s release comes just a few days before he embarks on the second leg of a coast-to-coast US tour, beginning September 14 in Salt Lake City.
Oberst will release two previously unheard songs, “Standing on the Outside” and “Sugar Street”—recorded during the Upside Down Mountain sessions—for this year’s Black Friday Record Store Day on November 28. Watch this space for details.
The fall tour, featuring special guest Jonathan Wilson, will make stops in Salt Lake City, Austin, Dallas, Seattle, Portland, and more. Los Angeles fans can see him play a very special co-headline show with folk legend John Prine at the Greek Theater on October 5.
“Upside Down Mountain” is in stores today
Upside Down Mountain is in stores today!
Pick up your copy: iTunes | Nonesuch | Amazon
Catch Conor on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon tonight, May 19th, on NPR's World Cafe tomorrow (May 20th), and on Sirius XMU Premiere on May 21 at 9p ET.
New tour dates, TV appearances, and Rough Trade NYC release show announced
Conor Oberst has announced several additional tour dates for this fall, including concerts in Boulder, Austin, Dallas, Seattle, Portland and more. Oberst will also co-headline the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles with John Prine on October 5th.
Oberst is performing on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on May 19th. He will also be featured on CBS This Morning: Saturday on May 24th, performing two tracks from his new solo record Upside Down Mountain, which is out on May 19th via Nonesuch Records.
In support of the album release, Oberst will perform at Rough Trade NYC in Williamsburg, Brooklyn on May 20th. Tickets will be available at the door.