remember when monsters of folk stopped by jimmy fallon to play their s/t album opener “dear god”? if you remember proper, the boys got some assistance from the roots on the performance and things must’ve clicked because according to p4k MOF and The Roots recently hit the studio together to record a new version of [...]

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since this is the second video released for the same song, i’m not sure which one is the official video, but i can definitely tell you which one i prefer (hint hint) mp3// dear god (sincerely m.o.f)

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Monsters of Folk – “Dear God” – Grand Prize Contest Winning Video from Shangri-La Music on Vimeo. “Dear God”, the opening track to Monsters of Folk’s 2009 debut is probably my least favorite cut off the disc, but that didn’t stop me from enjoying this visually spectacular video produced by Kathleen Bryson and directed by [...]

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It’s that time of the year. With 2010 less than a month away, it’s time to remember all the albums that you fell in love with during the last year. Here’s my top 10, if you find something you like support the artist! So without further ado, here are the 10 albums that made my [...]

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Monsters of Folk just finished up their US and Europe tour dates. If you were like me, and didn’t live anywhere near any of the scheduled dates, here’s a bootleg of the show in Philadelphia, PA. Featuring 31 songs, the band not only played songs off of their self-titled debut, but did an assortment of [...]

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If I we’re a tired soldier, stumbling into an oasis, I’m sure I wouldn’t mind having MOF play me a live performance of Say Please or any song of their new album for that matter.

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Over the past few days, Monsters of Folk have been putting out a slew of live videos from a recent studio session they did. Here’s the latest one for the Oberst penned track “Temazcal”. To be honest, I was a little bit put off when I saw M. Ward taking over vocal duties for the [...]

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Yesterday, we were treated to a live studio session of the MOF track “The Right Place”. Looks like the Monsters recorded more than one track during the said session. Here’s another one for the track The Sandman, The Brakeman, and Me. God these guys sound great.

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If your memory serves you right, you’ll remember a recent post about the music video for the MOF tune “The Right Place”. Here’s another one featuring the band doing a live in-studio performance with Oberst taking the vocal duties on selected verses.

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Monsters of Folk stopped by the much maligned Jimmy Fallon show last night to give a performance of Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F). What would make a late night performance by the Monsters any better? How about a cameo by The Roots. That’s right, the motha f&*$ing Roots.

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Is this real life? Oberst, Ward, Mogis and Yames all get together in Louisville for Halloween and appropriately dress up in full KISS attire to perfrom “Detroit Rock City”. This one’s golden fellas.

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Summer is officially gone. With the introduction to dreary, cloud heavy weather, it’s definitely hoodie season where I reside. While many will be mourning the death of summer, I for one am ecstatic for the change. Fall is without a doubt my favorite time of the year. October means a few good things in particular [...]

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This mix is made for my good friend Ben, who just returned from a 2 year religious sabbatical in Argentina. I promised him I would put together a mix of all the great music he missed out on. The only rule is that any song had to be released between September 2007 – September 2009. [...]

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Shit, I think my favorite part was Mike Mogis’ solo. Monsters of Folk is out YESTERDAY. Get at it, it’s well worth your time and $$$

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Not sure if this is official or not, but its still a great video for one of my favorite tracks. Monsters of Folk is out today

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