Bright Eyes Vinyl Records
Omaha, Nebraska singer/songwriter Conor Oberst was just a teenager when he started using the moniker Bright Eyes for his dark and tortured solo songs. The project grew from its homespun roots in the mid-'90s to one of the more popular icons of sad indie music of its era. Oberst's quivery-voiced songs were backed by a rotating lineup of musicians, but Bright Eyes eventually gelled into an official trio of Oberst and multi-instrumentalists Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott.