Monsters Of Folk Drop Album Preview

Well, we have to say: we just keep getting more excited for this record. Monsters Of Folk have dropped two more tracks from their upcoming record on their myspace page, and another five track "teasers" on youtube. In addition to the formerly released, "Say Please", they've also let "Dear God", and "The Sandman, The Brakeman, And Me" loose on the internets.

With every new track that we hear, we're more and more impressed at the degree to which these tunes seem to leverage the talents of all the members, while at the same time holding their own unique persona. "Dear God" unquestionably under the influnce of Evil Urges MMJ, while "The Sandman" toes the line between the acoustic worlds of Oberst and Ward.

It boggles the mind what, with tracks this good, the band will be able to do live. You can bet we'll be there to find out.

Monsters Of Folk 2009 Tour
Oct 13 Orpheum Vancouver, BC
Oct 14 Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Portland, OR
Oct 15 Paramount Theatre Seattle, WA
Oct 17 Fox Theater Oakland, CA
Oct 18 The Greek Theatre Los Angeles, CA
Oct 20 Spreckels Theatre San Diego, CA
Oct 21 Orpheum Theater Phoenix, AZ
Oct 22 Santa Barbara Bowl Santa Barbara, CA
Oct 28 Holland Center Omaha, NE
Oct 29 Orpheum Theatre Minneapolis, MN
Oct 30 Auditorium Theatre Chicago, IL
Oct 31 Louisville Palace Theatre Lousiville, KY
Nov 2 Massey Hall Toronto, ON
Nov 3 The Orpheum Boston, MA
Nov 6 United Palace New York, NY
Nov 8 Beacon Theater New York, NY
Nov 9 Academy of Music Philadelphia, PA
Nov 12 Philadelphia Church Stockholm, SE
Nov 14 Huxleys Berlin, DE
Nov 15 Vega Copenhagen, DK
Nov 17 Troxy London, UK
Nov 18 Elysee Montmarte Paris, FR
Nov 19 E-Werk Koln, DE
Nov 21 Crossing Border The Hague, NL
Nov 22 Crossing Border Antwerp, BE

mp3: Monsters Of Folk - Dear God (Sincerely MOF)

Monsters Of Folk Fox Theater Presale On Thursday

We've been salivating for the past week over the impending Monsters Of Folk tour and album, so we were psyched to learn that there will be a presale for their Fox Theater show on Thursday morning at 10 AM PST. You can snag tickets by clicking here - the password is "foxy". Good luck!

mp3: Monsters Of Folk - Say Please

Monsters Of Folk Plot Fall Tour

We're already pretty amped up about this week's announcement of the Oberst/Ward/James supergroup Monsters Of Folk. As such, we were even more excited to learn that the three are not stopping at just having a record, and have plotted out a fall tour. The tour will cover a good chunk of the US, along with a few bits of Canada and Europe. Given the trio's strong history of touring, compounded with the new material, we're pretty sure this is gonna be one that you don't want to miss.

Monsters Of Folk Fall 2009 Dates
October 13 Vancouver, BC- Orpheum
October 14 Portland, OR- Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
October 15 Seattle, WA- Paramount Theatre
October 17 Oakland, CA- Fox Theater
October 18 Los Angeles, CA- The Greek Theater
October 20 San Diego, CA- Spreckels Theatre
October 21 Phoenix, AZ- Orpheum Theater
October 22 Santa Barbara, CA- Santa Barbara Bowl
October 28 Omaha, NE- Holland Center
October 29 Minneapolis, MN- Orpheum Theatre
October 30 Chicago, IL- Auditorium Theatre
October 31 Louisville, KY- Louisville Palace Theatre
November 02 Toronto, ON- Massey Hall
November 03 Boston, MA- The Orpheum
November 06 New York, NY- United Palace
November 08 New York, NY- Beacon Theater
November 09 Philadelphia, PA- Academy of Music
November 12 Stockholm- Philadelphia Church
November 14 Berlin- Huxleys Neue Welt
November 15 Copenhagen- Vega
November 17 London- Troxy
November 18 Paris- Elysee Montmartre
November 19 Koln- E-Werk
November 21 The Hague- Crossing Border
November 22 Antwerp- Crossing Border

mp3: Monsters Of Folk - Say Please

Conor Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward Reunite For Monsters Of Folk

You may recall that a few years back, Conor Oberst toured with Jim James and M. Ward on a tour that effectively combined the three musician's performances in a sort of crossover revue. The tour was highly acclaimed, and was highlighted by a killer appearance on Austin City Limits.

Well now the three are reuniting, and this time for far more than a tour. Come September 22nd, the three will be releasing a full length under the moniker Monsters Of Folk. The record, entitled Say Please promises to combine some of the most talented songwriters in the business today for a combo that promises to seriously be one of the most exciting releases of the year.

While you'll have to wait two months for the real deal, the band has released the title track as a teaser, and it completely lives up to the promise. It manages to combine each of the three's vocal and writing styles in a romp that is raucus and chill at the same time, and has us slobbering for more. Yum.

mp3: Monsters Of Folk - Say Please