Monsters of Folk has casual supergroup feel

Monsters of Folk, 'Monsters of Folk ★★★ (out of 4) When My Morning Jacket's Jim James, Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, and singer-songwriter M. Ward first got together in 2004, they were just beginning to emerge as major voices of independent music. What started out as a casual tour among friends swapping songs has evolved into a more fully developed partnership on this debut album. "Monsters of Folk" (Shangri-La) is the tongue-in-cheek moniker for their union, an in...

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