“I'm a real music fan, so I listen to all kinds of music all the time. I listen to a lot of what my friends or people I know are listening to. I'm always checking out new bands.”

American singer-songwriter

Conor Mullen Oberst is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work with Bright Eyes. He has also performed in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, the Faint, Commander Venus, Park Ave., Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Monsters of Folk, and Better Oblivion Community Center. Oberst was named Rolling Stone magazine's Best Songwriter of 2008. His work is associated with songwriting across a range of indie and collaborative projects, rather than a single group alone.