Monsters Of Folk @ Auditorium Theatre Chicago, IL 10/30/09: More Videos

Now that the dust has settled and I've had a chance to upload a few more videos from Friday's Monsters Of Folk show, enjoy the clips of what was a good night of music.

You can still see the setlist and the 'At Dawn' clip over here.

Monsters Of Folk - Whole Lotta Losin'


Monsters Of Folk - At The Bottom Of Everything


Monsters Of Folk - His Master's Voice


Monsters Of Folk - Smokin' From Shootin'

Monsters Of Folk - Smokin' From Shooting from Jim Longstreet on Vimeo.

Not many photos as the ushers were quick to remind us 'No Pictures' was the house policy. One from the brothers HGH though...



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Monsters Of Folk @ Auditorium Theatre 10/30/09 Chicago, IL (Setlist & Video)

Good show last night from the Monsters Of Folk in CHI. I'm looking over the setlist from Greg Kot and I'm wondering did I miss some of these? Did we really get there as late as it seems? Once again I guess 8:15 is kinda late for a Friday night arrival.

We definitely missed some good tunes, but still were able to see a lot of good music. As anticipated the MOF mixed in most of their debut album and some nuggets from both Bright Eyes and My Morning Jacket to fill out a lengthy 30+ tune show.

MMJ songs seemed to be the highlight (or is that just my own bias?). 'Smokin' From Shootin' and 'At Dawn' were both awesome. Good times all around. I gotta get my ace to one of these shows on time.

Monsters Of Folk @ Auditorium Theatre Chicago, IL

SETLIST:
1. Say Please
2. The Right Place
3. Soul Singer in a Session Band (Bright Eyes)
4. Slow Down Jo
5. Ahead of the Curve
6. Lullaby + Exile (M. Ward)
7. We are Nowhere and It’s Now (Bright Eyes)
8. The Big Picture (Bright Eyes)
9. Golden (My Morning Jacket)
10. Baby Boomer
11. Bermuda Highway (My Morning Jacket)
12. Look at You (My Morning Jacket)
13. Man Named Truth
14. Vincent O'Brien (M Ward)
15. One Life Away (M Ward)
16. Wonderful (The Way I Feel) (Jim James with M Ward)
17. Lime Tree (Bright Eyes)
18. Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.)
19. Temazcal
20. To Save Me (M Ward)
21. Goodway
22. Smoke Without Fire (Bright Eyes)
23. One Hundred Million Years (M Ward)
24. Chinese Translation (M Ward)
25. Bottom of Everything (We Must Sing) (Bright Eyes)
26. Sandman, the Brakeman, and Me
27. Map of the World
28. Smokin’ From Shootin’ (My Morning Jacket)
29. Hit the Switch (Bright Eyes)
30. Losin’ Yo Head

ENCORE
31. At Dawn (My Morning Jacket)
32. Whole Lotta Losin’
33. Another Travelin’ Song (Bright Eyes)
34. His Master’s Voice

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Monsters of Folk preview...Videos and Setlist from Oakland, CA 10/17

Getting geeked for Monsters of Folk this Friday @ the Auditorium. I've done some digging around on the band's forum and came across some videos from the Oct 17th Oakland show along with a setlist. Check em out below...

Slow Down Jo...


Smokin' From Shootin'...


At The Bottom Of Everything...


At Dawn...


Say Please
The Right Place
Vincent O'Brien
Paul's Song
Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.)
Outta My Head
Wonderful (The Way I Feel)
Bermuda Highway
Look At You
Lime Tree
Man Named Truth
Whole Lotta Losin'
Golden
The Big Picture
We Are Nowhere
It's Now
Smoke Without Fire
Soul Singer In a Session Band
Baby Boomer
Slow Down Jo
Poison Cup
Sad Sad Song
Sandman, The Brakeman And Me
Temazcal
At The Bottom of Everything
Smokin' From Shootin'
Hit the Switch
Losin Yo Head

[Encore]

Map Of The world
At Dawn
To Save Me
Another Travelin' Song
His Master's Voice


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Monsters Of Folk "Say Please" on Conan 9/22

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Album Review: Monsters Of Folk

Overall very chill album. Definitely not gonna rock out with it but who thought they would? Kind of music you should lay around and do nothing but listen closely, there are a lot of layers. If you like any or all these gents you'll be more than pleased with the album. Below you'll find my thoughts/notes as I listened to the Monsters of Folk album for the first time.

Dear God - Not gonna lie when I first heard the drum machine and the vocals I thought I had a Jamiroquai album playing on accident.

Say Please - Very, well, ... M. Ward.

Whole Lotta Losin' - M. Ward meets... Eddie Cochran meets... Culture Club? I don't know but I like it.

Temezcal - Conor Oberst takes the vocals and sets the mood. Not sure he'll ever escape sounding like he's about to cry. Although he was able to perk it up on his self titled solo album with tracks like 'I Don't Want To Die'. He's right back with his sob songs whether intentional or not with this one. Good song but I'll probably take a piss during this one if they play it at the show in October. DK and James can hold hands and sway while I pick up a couple more beers. I'm sure they'll love this one in the balcony across from us.

The Right Place - First stand out track in my mind. Not the quickest song but the melody doesn't drag ass either. I could see this becoming a crowd favorite. Its got just the right amount of twang coming from the guitar too to make me smile.

Baby Boomer - almost a Johnny Cash train song rhythm on this one. The call and response singing is great too. Fun to hear all these guys really show themselves in one song instead of taking turns in the spotlight. If I was on facebook I'd click 'likes this' ... is that a slide guitar in the background?

Man Named Truth - Something about this one reminds me of the Rawhide theme. And I got my wish, a little life out of Conor Oberst. "Turn an Honest Man into DIABLO!" ... kinda makes me want to dance.

Goodway - Feel good, feel hippy fun

Ahead of the Curve - Lyrically strong, musically average. Like the line: 'I'm not carefree, no, I'm free to care I just never do'

Slow Down Jo - Sounds like what the Beastie Boys song, Netty's Girl, was a parody of. Good relaxing jam none the less. Now someone fan me, feed me grapes, and bring me a glass of wine.

Losin Yo Head - Intro got my attention. Gets a little edgier at the end, could be a fun one live.

Magic Marker - I sense some humor in these lyrics. Take it away Yim.

Map of the World - I like the percussion that comes into play along with the guitar picking at the end.

Sandman, the Brakeman and Me - Did Tom Waits come help with this one?

His Master's Voice - had to play this one twice, vocally impressive.

-Riley


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Monsters Of Folk Pre-Order & Album Streaming Online

Monsters Of Folk's much anticipated album with be released Sept. 22nd. You can get your pre-order in now and in the meantime listen to the album in its entirety streaming online.

In other MOF news, the band has agreed to play The 23rd Annual Bridge School Benefit Oct. 25th at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Sunnyvale, CA.



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Jim James Explains Monsters Of Folk Tune, "Dear God (Sincerely MOF)"

Starting to get excited for the 10/30 Monsters Of Folk show at The Auditorium and meant to share a quick piece from Time Out Chicago.

The Jim James breakdown of the MOF tune, "Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.)

People said they thought it was XTC’s “Dear God.” That’s why we put in the parentheses. I still haven’t heard that XTC song. I need to.

When we went on tour, it was originally just billed as Conor, Jim, etc. We jokingly called it the “monsters of folk.” When we decided to do an album we were hell-bent on finding a real name. We were gonna call it “Monsters.” But it always sounded like we were taking ourselves too seriously.

There’s a record store in Nashville, Grimey’s. Grimey turns me on to stuff and told me about Numero Group’s reissues. There’s a couple other ones I got, but the Good God one just blew me away. There’s never been a record I listened to so much.

Read the entire Yim Yames breakdown.

Anybody else headed to the Chicago 10/30 show? Dressing up?

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Monsters Of Folk (Jim James, Conor Oberst, M. Ward) Presale NOW! Code: SAYPLEASE

We don't post every concert announcement, but this one...well...we already got our tickets so we figured it was safe. Go get Monsters of Folk presale tickets now. Use presale code: SAYPLEASE.
The MOF album is to be released Sept. 22nd, but as you know "Say Please" has been released (see TGIF Jams archive) and two more singles can be scooped up on itunes; "Between The Sandman, The Brakeman, and Me" and "Dear God (Sincerely MOF)".

MONSTERS OF FOLK TOUR SCHEDULE

2009 North America
Date City Venue
10-13 Vancouver, BC Orpheum
10-14 Portland, OR Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
10-15 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
10-17 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
10-18 LA, CA The Greek Theater
10-20 San Diego, CA Spreckels Theatre
10-21 Phoenix, AZ Orpheum Theater
10-22 SB, CA Santa Barbara Bowl
10-28 Omaha, NE Holland Center
10-29 Minny, MN Orpheum Theatre
10-30 Chicago, IL Auditorium Theatre
10-31 Louisville, KY Louisville Palace Theatre
11-02 Toronto, ON Massey Hall
11-03 Boston, MA The Orpheum
11-06 New York, NY United Palace
11-08 New York, NY Beacon Theater
11-09 Philly, PA Academy of Music

2009 Europe
Date City Venue Country
11-12 Stockholm Philadelphia Church SE
11-14 Berlin Huxleys Neue Welt DE
11-15 Copenhagen Vega DK
11-17 London Troxy UK
11-18 Paris Elysee Montmartre FR
11-19 Koln E-Werk DE
11-21 The Hague Crossing Border NL
11-22 Antwerp Crossing Border BE

See you guys in Chicago! Anybody planning to go in other cities?

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