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Conor Oberst was the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC last night. He and the band performed "Zigzagging Toward the Light," off his new album, Upside Down Mountain, his Nonesuch Records debut, released earlier this year. You can watch the performance here. Oberst performs holiday-season benefit shows in New York and California in December and releases an exclusive 7" vinyl single for Record Store Black Friday on November 28.

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Conor Oberst was the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC last night. He was joined by Jonathan Wilson on guitar, Nataniel Walcott on keyboard, Cully Symington on drums and Dan Home on pedal steel to perform "Zigzagging Toward the Light," off his Nonesuch debut album, Upside Down Mountain (which Wilson co-produced with Oberst), released earlier this year. You can watch the performance below.

Oberst recently announced that he will tour Australia in February and March 2015. Before then, he performs at two holiday-season benefit shows in the United States: Holiday Cheer for FUV in New York City on December 8—for which he will be joined by label mate Natalie Merchant, Jonathan Wilson, The Felice Brothers, Laura Marling, The Lone Bellow—and the KCSN Benefit in Northridge, California, on December 12. He will also perform at the Todos Santos Music Festival in Mexico in January. For details and tickets, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

To pick up a copy of Upside Down Mountain, head to iTunes or the Nonesuch Store, where vinyl and CD orders include a free MP3 download of the complete album at checkout. And check back in on Record Store Day Black Friday, November 28, for the release of the vinyl 7" featuring two exclusive tracks recorded during the Upside Down Mountain sessions, "Standing on the Outside Looking In" and "Sugar Street."

Watch the Jimmy Kimmel performance here:

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    Watch: Conor Oberst Performs "Zigzagging Toward the Light" on "Jimmy Kimmel Live"

    Conor Oberst was the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC last night. He was joined by Jonathan Wilson on guitar, Nataniel Walcott on keyboard, Cully Symington on drums and Dan Home on pedal steel to perform "Zigzagging Toward the Light," off his Nonesuch debut album, Upside Down Mountain (which Wilson co-produced with Oberst), released earlier this year. You can watch the performance below.

    Oberst recently announced that he will tour Australia in February and March 2015. Before then, he performs at two holiday-season benefit shows in the United States: Holiday Cheer for FUV in New York City on December 8—for which he will be joined by label mate Natalie Merchant, Jonathan Wilson, The Felice Brothers, Laura Marling, The Lone Bellow—and the KCSN Benefit in Northridge, California, on December 12. He will also perform at the Todos Santos Music Festival in Mexico in January. For details and tickets, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.

    To pick up a copy of Upside Down Mountain, head to iTunes or the Nonesuch Store, where vinyl and CD orders include a free MP3 download of the complete album at checkout. And check back in on Record Store Day Black Friday, November 28, for the release of the vinyl 7" featuring two exclusive tracks recorded during the Upside Down Mountain sessions, "Standing on the Outside Looking In" and "Sugar Street."

    Watch the Jimmy Kimmel performance here:

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