JamBase — Monolith Announces 2009 Lineup Indie Rock Fest Set To Go Down September 12 & 13 at Red Rocks The final touches are being put on the lineup of the Monolith Music Festival which includes Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Girl Talk, MSTRKRFT, Phoenix, The Walkmen, Hea... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Yim Yames - Behind That Locked Door (MP3) 1 of 4 Monsters of Folk @ Battery Park 7/4 (more by Chris La Putt) Monsters of Folk - comprised of Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, My Morning Jacket's... more info

Live Daily — Singer/songwriter M. Ward [ tickets ] has lined up a run of summer headlining dates as he continues to support his most recent studio album, "Hold Time." The tour gets underway July 22 with the first show in a four-night engagement in Carrboro, NC... more info

Stereogum — There's a long history of "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" covers in movies: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Not Another Teen Movie, Sky High... OK, not that long. But you can add to the list (500) Days Of Summer, the Zooey Deschanel/Jose... more info

My Old Kentucky — As a lead-up to the long-awaited self-titled album release (Sept. 22nd) from Monsters of Folk, Jim James's supergroup that also features Conor Oberst, M. Ward, and Mike Mogis, his new alter-ego Yim Yames will release a six song tribute to George Harr... more info

JamBase — Folk Super-Group Takes Shape Jim James Monsters of Folk - comprised of Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, My Morning Jacket's Jim James and singer/songwriter M. Ward - will be releasing their first collaborative album on September 22. ... more info

Rolling Stone — When Jim James, M. Ward, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis hit the road together in 2004 under the banner “An Evening With: Bright Eyes, Jim James and M. Ward,” insiders referred to the tour as “Monsters of Folk.” The name stuck, and now the qua... more info

JamBase — FOLK IT UP!FIRST STUDIO WORK FROM FRUITFUL TOURING COMBO The Monsters… Monsters of Folk - comprised of Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, My Morning Jacket's Jim James and M. Ward - will be releasing their first collaborative albu... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Monsters of Folk, comprised of Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, My Morning Jacket ’s Jim James and singer/songwriter M Ward – will be releasing their first collaborative album on September 22, 2009. The self-titled... more info

Chorus.fm — Conor Oberst, Jim James, and M. Ward will be releasing (http://pitchfork.com/news/35603-oberstjamesward-album-confirmed/) an album under the supergroup name, *Monsters of Folk* (http://www.monstersoffolk.com/). The band's self-titled album will drop... more info