October 10, 2010 - Monsters of Folk delivered a strong set at ACL yesterday (10/9) despite less than ideal placement. As a result of the fact that their performance space at the Austin Ventures stage sat directly between the two main stages, AMD and Budweiser, the musicians had to contend with an impromptu battle of the bands in order to be heard over Gogol Bordello and LCD Soundsystem.
October 26, 2009 - Every year, the Bridge School Benefit Concert seems to attract bigger and brighter talent. This year, the event's 23rd installment, was a prime example.
October 19, 2009 - Midway through Monster of Folk’s sprawling two-hour-and-45-minute set Sunday (10/18) at the Greek Theatre, singer/guitarist Jim James thanked the crowd for being so respectful during the band’s performance. “Folk music shows can be confusing sometimes because sometimes it’s loud and sometimes it’s quiet,” James said, with his tongue perhaps partially in cheek.
September 25, 2009 - There's no escaping the aura of The Traveling Wilburys, the power act created by Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne in the the late 1980s. Monsters of Folk, an uber-group of M. Ward, My Morning Jacket's Jim James and two Bright Eyes vets (Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis), operate with a similar sound design: open and round with just enough of an echo to suggest the spaciousness has some barriers. Beyond the signature strumming of Oberst, there's a stylistic melding here, an agreeable holism that overrides any sense that this is an ad hoc quartet of buddies passing around a guitar and improvising harmonies and guitar riffs.
July 23, 2009 - Alt-pop supergroup Monsters of Folk--featuring M. Ward and members of Bright Eyes and My Morning Jacket--has lined up a headlining tour this fall in support of the group's self-titled debut album.
Monsters of Folk delivered a strong set at ACL yesterday (10/9) despite less than ideal placement. As a result of the fact that their performance space at the Austin Ventures stage sat directly between the two main stages, AMD and Budweiser, the musicians had to contend with an impromptu battle of the bands in order to be heard over Gogol Bordello and LCD Soundsystem. 
There's no escaping the aura of The Traveling Wilburys, the power act created by Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne in the the late 1980s. Monsters of Folk, an uber-group of M. Ward, My Morning Jacket's Jim James and two Bright Eyes vets (Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis), operate with a similar sound design: open and round with just enough of an echo to suggest the spaciousness has some barriers. Beyond the signature strumming of Oberst, there's a stylistic melding here, an agreeable holism that overrides any sense that this is an ad hoc quartet of buddies passing around a guitar and improvising harmonies and guitar riffs.
