The last time a video featured Conor Oberst in a public performance period piece, he was getting clobbered by trash and tomatoes. But that was before he and Mogis recruited Yim Yames on drums and M. Ward on piano to... CONTINUE READING NEW MONSTERS OF FOLK VIDEO - "SAY PLEASE"»
Posted on November 13, 2009 in (9 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst | Jim James | M. Ward | Mike Mogis | Monsters Of Folk | My Morning Jacket | Sleigh Bells
In a very special Halloween edition of the 'Gum Drop, David "Moose" Adamson, aka Jookabox, told us "Evil Nite" -- "a song about the infection taking hold of a pure soul in limbo" -- is an early version of "Zombie... CONTINUE READING THE 'GUM DROP CXII: HEAR NEW JOOKABOX, WIN A GUITAR SIGNED BY MONSTERS OF FOLK»
Posted on October 28, 2009 in , (5 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst | Grizzly Bear | Jim James | Jookabox | M. Ward | Mike Mogis | Monsters Of Folk | My Morning Jacket
Conor Oberst, M. Ward, Jim James, Mike Mogis, and Centro-matic's Will Johnson donned their best late-night suits and played Seattle's Paramount Theatre last night. Photographer Laura Musselman was on hand and delivers this set of shots. ... CONTINUE READING MONSTERS OF FOLK @ PARAMOUNT THEATRE, SEATTLE 10/15/09»
Posted on October 16, 2009 in , (21 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Cant | Centro-matic | Conor Oberst | Jim James | M. Ward | Mike Mogis | Monsters Of Folk | My Morning Jacket | Will Johnson
Monsters Of Folk are four dudes better known for other projects, they are the Them Crooked Vultures of the NPR-section of contemporary music, they are like the Traveling Wilburys but not as iconic, all of this is true. But also... CONTINUE READING MONSTERS OF FOLK "SAY PLEASE" ON CONAN, RELEASE "RIGHT PLACE" VIDEO»
Posted on September 23, 2009 in , , (34 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Centro-matic | Conan O'Brien | Conor Oberst | Jim James | M. Ward | Mike Mogis | Monsters Of Folk | My Morning Jacket | Will Johnson
The Paste-y supergroup of Conor, Matt, Yim, and Mike drop another pair of tracks from their forthcoming mindmeld. These aren't as free as was "Say Please," you'll have to pony up a couple bucks at iTunes. But at least one... CONTINUE READING NEW MONSTERS OF FOLK - "DEAR GOD (SINCERELY M.O.F.)" & "THE SANDMAN, THE BRAKEMAN, AND ME"»
Posted on July 29, 2009 in (14 comments)
Tags: Conor Oberst | Iron And Wine | Jim James | M. Ward | Mike Mogis | Monsters Of Folk | My Morning Jacket
The all-star roots troupe of Conor Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward, and Mike Mogis finally let us sample their Monsters Of Folk project with the not very folky "Say Please" the other day. The self-titled LP is due 9/22 via... CONTINUE READING MONSTERS OF FOLK ANNOUNCE FALL TOUR»
Posted on July 23, 2009 in (49 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst | Jim James | M. Ward | Mike Mogis | Monsters Of Folk | My Morning Jacket | Pictureplane
Finally some sounds to round out the months of vague news reports and website launches for Monsters Of Folk, the project that brings Yim Yames + M. Ward + Conor Oberst + Mike Mogis to one set of liner notes.... CONTINUE READING NEW MONSTERS OF FOLK - "SAY PLEASE"»
Posted on July 17, 2009 in (8 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst | Jim James | M. Ward | Mike Mogis | Monsters Of Folk | My Morning Jacket
The previously reported Jim James/M. Ward/Conor Oberst collab project has a release date (9/22). Also a site which doesn't offer much (yet), although the credit to Yim Yames is a nice touch. ... CONTINUE READING MONSTERS OF FOLK COMING SOON»
Posted on June 16, 2009 (15 comments)
Tags: Bright Eyes | Conor Oberst | Jim James | M. Ward | M.I.A. | Mike Mogis | Monsters Of Folk | My Morning Jacket
