Monsters of Folk is Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes), Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes, Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band), and M. Ward.
Self-titled debut out September 22!
Really looking forward to this, as at one time or another I've been a fan of all of these dudes.
There's also a tour and a song.
― kshighway, Friday, 24 July 2009 15:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Mordy, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 04:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
stweet team
― Cyberdune Butt (Elvin Wayburn Phillips), Tuesday, 11 August 2009 04:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
lol
― kshighway, Tuesday, 11 August 2009 04:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://blogs.pitch.com/wayward/Bonnie-Prince-Billy.jpg
― wolf_train, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 02:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
monsters of sock
― can au jus (Whiney G. Weingarten), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 02:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's a pretty lame name for this band
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 03:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
should've picked ASIA
― velko, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 03:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
"Alt-Country Superstars"
― Shin Oliva Suzuki, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 03:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
It is scheduled for release on September 22, 2009.
1. Dear God (sincerely M.O.F.)2. Say Please3. Whole Lotta Losin'4. Temazcal5. The Right Place6. Baby Boomer7. Man Named Truth8. Goodway9. Ahead of the Curve10. Slow Down Jo11. Losin Yo Head12. Magic Marker13. Svetlana14. Map of the World15. The Sandman, the Brakeman and Me16. His Master's Voice
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 01:12 (11 months ago) Permalink
leaking...
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 01:13 (11 months ago) Permalink
You mean it has leaked and you are waiting to dl it? Or you are the one actually leaking it as we speak?
― Size-zero-brigade-embrace-token-chubby-chops (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 15 September 2009 01:16 (11 months ago) Permalink
I have a feeling this is gonna be some terrible experiment in emo folk.
― CaptainLorax, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 01:17 (11 months ago) Permalink
just saying it is out there if interested. i just finished downloading it and will give it a run through after some football.
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 01:19 (11 months ago) Permalink
tell us what you think
― CaptainLorax, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 01:22 (11 months ago) Permalink
i guess kshighway is on vacation too
― velko, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 03:07 (11 months ago) Permalink
hopefully this is a comedy album
― tylerw, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 03:13 (11 months ago) Permalink
they've been announced in the Bridge School Benefit lineup, so my burning question is: will they be worth seeing, or are they a 'go get a beer and hang out' act? And be honest. My instinct says 'snoozefest' but I've been wrong before.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 03:15 (11 months ago) Permalink
1. Dear God (sincerely M.O.F.)
'Sincerely Mother o'Fucker'
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 03:16 (11 months ago) Permalink
xp - you'd also have to endure No Doubt, dude from Coldplay and Jimmy Buffett ...
― Suggest Bander-Meinhof Complex (sarahel), Tuesday, 15 September 2009 03:16 (11 months ago) Permalink
well that cover is really something!
― President Emeritus, Fancy Chord Club (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 15 September 2009 03:20 (11 months ago) Permalink
I want to see No Doubt, so no problem there...dude from Coldplay is definitely beer-time...no Buffet b/c we're going on Saturday, instead I get Adam Sandler who is definitely a trade-up in proceedings. However I believe we also get Gavin Rossdale and Sheryl Crow. So mostly snoozefest overall. But we go every year, it's for a good cause
― VegemiteGrrrl, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 03:57 (11 months ago) Permalink
i don't see a single folk song on that track listing.
― ian, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 04:14 (11 months ago) Permalink
hopefully this won't suck, but it sounds like it might. even m ward's last album was pretty boring.
― dog latin, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 09:15 (11 months ago) Permalink
"He guys, we're Monsters of Folk and we're a supergroup! Everybody clap along!" (M. Ward high-knee marches forward then points to himself with his thumb) "I'm M. Ward and I'm the old fashioned one of the group!" (He marches backward and Jim James marches forward and bows and tips his hat) "Well howdy y'all I'm Jim James and I'm the bearded one!" (marches backward and Conor marches forward flipping his bangs) "I'm Conor and I'm the emotional rrrrrascal of the group!" (marches back) "...I'm Mike an-" Conor:"Shut the fuck up Mike."
― Evan, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 14:59 (11 months ago) Permalink
Hey*
― Evan, Tuesday, 15 September 2009 15:00 (11 months ago) Permalink
heheh
listened to the first 10 songs on the myspace. can't handle this crap anymore. was gonna try to hear the whole record.
― beauty of grunge = abandon (CaptainLorax), Thursday, 17 September 2009 18:09 (11 months ago) Permalink
So! the band was on MTV News and did a hilarious bit where they talked about other supergroups:
http://www.mtv.com/videos/news/429128/does-supergroup-monsters-of-folk-measure-up-to-other-supergroups.jhtml
Love love love the Temple of the Dog part.
― kshighway1, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 04:15 (10 months ago) Permalink
I'm going to see them live in a few weeks. Apparently they'll be playing some of the material from their other projects, which should be interesting. Pretty much everything I've heard since 2005 from all of the band members isn't nearly as good as their work from that year, but if I'm lucky they'll put out some of their old tunes and it will be awesome.
― kshighway1, Wednesday, 7 October 2009 04:17 (10 months ago) Permalink
Going to see these dudes at the Orpheum in Boston tonight.
― kshighway1, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 15:37 (10 months ago) Permalink
Come back alive.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 15:39 (10 months ago) Permalink
Take a pillow and a blanket.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 3 November 2009 15:39 (10 months ago) Permalink
Monsters of Folk work better than Ambien.
Ned: I will try.
Daniel: I think the ticket cost more than some Ambien, so I probably should've just stayed home.
Yeah, the record's not that good and these dudes peaked in 2005. But I get to hang out with some friends, and from what I've seen on the blogs they'll be playing some non-MoF stuff, so it won't be too bad.
― kshighway1, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 15:43 (10 months ago) Permalink
Can't be worse than the performance Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band gave opening for Wilco this summer.
― kshighway1, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 15:44 (10 months ago) Permalink
Jim James (falsetto-guy) dominates this album, and the final track is quite beautiful. Most y'all won't like it.
― M.V., Tuesday, 3 November 2009 16:52 (10 months ago) Permalink
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― goole, Tuesday, 3 November 2009 16:55 (10 months ago) Permalink
I'm crazy about Jim James' voice. I just think it's used to better effect -- and with far more interesting music and arrangements behind it -- in MMJ. This album just seemed flat and uninspired to me (admittedly, tho, I had bad feelings about it from the first time I heard about the project).
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:10 (10 months ago) Permalink
I don't disagree. But I still love that last track.
― M.V., Tuesday, 3 November 2009 17:20 (10 months ago) Permalink
Holler.
Alright: No opening band. The band, however, played for three hours. They played in a bunch of different configurations. For some songs, it'd be the entire four of them plus the drummer. Other times it'd just be, say, Mogis and Oberst playing some old Bright Eyes. (They played four or so songs from Bright Eyes circa 2005—three from I'm Wide Awake, 1 from Digital Ash. Maybe Conor knows it's his best era.) Sometimes it'd just be James solo. Three hours is way too long for one band to play. And, I'll admit, there were many times were I thought, "Shit, Daniel's right, this music is starting to have the same effect on me as Ambien." The songs I didn't know started to blend together after awhile. But the songs I did know made up for it.
Also, just want to throw it out there that if you're at a concert and thinking, "ILX is going to give me shit for whatever I say about this concert," you should probably take a break from the computer. Hahaha.
― kshighway1, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 17:36 (9 months ago) Permalink
― TGAAPQ (Mr. Que), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 17:39 (9 months ago) Permalink
The voices of ILM are deep in kshighway's consciousness
― tylerw, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 17:53 (9 months ago) Permalink
jim james is muppetish IMO
― my gangsta ain't NEVER been on trial (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 17:54 (9 months ago) Permalink
I'm on Homer's left.
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 4 November 2009 17:55 (9 months ago) Permalink
Daniel's the one on the left jabbing me in the neck with a Pitchfork telling me the show I'm going to is going to be like taking Ambien.
Someone should just photoshop another devil on the other shoulder.
― kshighway1, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 17:57 (9 months ago) Permalink
Everyone's the one on the left, really.
all ILX posters in a box to the left
― my gangsta ain't NEVER been on trial (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 17:58 (9 months ago) Permalink
pssst, kid, i got some balearic dubstep remixes u gotta hear
― tylerw, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 17:59 (9 months ago) Permalink
Hahahahaha!
― kshighway1, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 18:00 (9 months ago) Permalink
Wouldn't the pitchfork be Pitchfork???
― M.V., Wednesday, 4 November 2009 18:06 (9 months ago) Permalink
That's why I capitalized it!
― kshighway1, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 18:07 (9 months ago) Permalink
Ah!
― M.V., Wednesday, 4 November 2009 18:28 (9 months ago) Permalink
Here's the setlist: http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/monsters-of-folk/2009/orpheum-boston-ma-7bd7c6c8.html
36 songs.
― kshighway1, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 18:39 (9 months ago) Permalink
Just saw the video for "Yes Please" not realizing it was a supergroup and just figuring it was some dudes who wrote some songs. It's pleasant enough! The sound is...weird, like it's a nice melody, good song, but the vocals and guitars have this odd pinched, thin sound to them. It's kinda cool, but if the whole album sounded like that it'd get really old. Not bad.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 28 December 2009 13:35 (8 months ago) Permalink