"God bless you, Austin, you never let us down!" Read More
On Monday night, November 9th, a couple thousand eager music fans were stacked in the 19th century orchestra hall, The Academy of Music, in Philadelphia to witness the super group, Monsters of Folk. Super is understated when describing the musicianship of Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), M. Ward (solo and She and Him), and Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes). Read More
Our label, Wichita Recordings, came together in the early months of 2000 so it makes me doubly sad as we all look back to conclude that the "noughties" was probably the worst decade for popular culture in 50 years. Read More
Off course, the expectations coming into the evening were already astronomical. Read More
Monsters of Folk is an indie supergroup comprised of Jim James (credited as Yim Yames) from My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis from Bright Eyes, and M. Ward. Read More
Teetering on the brink of local-election insanity and burnout, two things made things OK in October. Read More
Monsters of Folk sounds like the name of a Halloween float. Read More
"Monsters of Folk" sounds like a Halloween float. Read More
A successful supergroup is a supergroup that doesn't care if it's successful. Read More
Before the Monsters of Folk's Wednesday performance, some would-be concertgoers complained that tickets, $47, were too expensive. Read More
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