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

NME — Quartet announce new collaboration more info