Guardian Music — Troxy, LondonIt's their first London show, and Monsters of Folk have found their spiritual home at the Troxy. "A temple of the roaring 20s painted in the colours of the roaring 80s," says Jim James, looking around appreciatively. "A collision of exce... more info

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Stereogum — 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 form the hydra-headed Paste-rock s... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Monsters of Folk, the supergroup made up of M. Ward, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes), and Jim James (My Morning Jacket), played two New York-area shows this weekend: Friday at United Palace and Sunday at the Beacon Theatre. I was lucky enou... more info

Topix — Conor Oberst , Jim James, and friends worked their way through more than 35 songs in a show that lasted nearly three hours Tuesday night. more info

Stereogum — Your local triple-A format radio station's favorite of this year's supergroup explosion stopped by 30 Rock last night. That's M. Ward, Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Yim Yames, singing "Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.)," the minor key harp and soul trac... more info

Stereogum — When premiering Small Black's "Bad Lover," we accompanied the MP3 with the catchy J&MC-echoing pop tune "Despicable Dogs," its Washed Out remix, and plenty of background information on the duo of ex-Slowlander Josh Kolenik and Ryan Heyner and their s... more info

Chicago Tribune — Monsters of Folk sounds like the name of a Halloween float. The quartet of Jim James, M. Ward, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis -- taking a collective busmen's holiday from their better-known bands (My Morning Jacket, Bright Eyes) -- clearly didn't sp... more info

Chicago Tribune — Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, M. Ward and Jim James strip down and rock When three songwriters used to calling their own shots get in a room and decide to play in ... more info

Live Daily — 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... more info