MoF Tour Setlists, Reviews, Pics, and Tour Posters

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Monsters indeed!

[Katlan]

Hello everyone...I've been lurking around here for quite some time, but felt inspired to write about my experience at the Phoenix MOF show.

Fist of all, I thought it was amazing. The Orpheum is a great place to see a show and I loved the old-timey going-to-the-opera feeling you get while you're there. They started with a run of songs off of the MOF cd, and all I can say is that they sound great live. I am not familiar with Conor's music or M. Ward's music, but I found it really fun to be able to see them live when I normally wouldn't have gone to one of their shows. At Dawn was early in the setlist, which surprised me because I have been reading the other setlists and it seemed to be part of the encore in most other shows.

I do have to say, M. Ward is the dark horse. You could tell the audience was definitely less familiar with him, but once he started playing his solo he completely won everyone over and the audience really showed their appreciation. He is a great guitar player and his voice sounded so beautiful live.  I went with some people who weren't familiar with him and they are now huge fans after seeing him perform (so am I).

As for Jim, well he was amazing of course. I was so excited to see I Will Be there When You Die and Bermuda Highway back to back. And Look At You was definitely a highlight. One of my friends had never seen MMJ live and said "wow, his voice is just so powerful, when he sings you pay attention." I couldn't have said it better myself!

I don't know if anyone else has experienced this, but it drove me sort of crazy that people sat down during the show. I know a lot of the songs are quiet, but I guess I'm just used to standing at concerts.  :)There were so many times I wanted to get up and dance, but I didn't want to be THAT girl. I was so glad when everyone finally decided to stand up during Losin' Yo Head...you can't help but dance during that one!

It really was an amazing show and I loved every bit of it!

So that's it for my very first post... :) I just wanted to share the AMAZING time I had!

[AMightyCaporal]

Hello everyone...I've been lurking around here for quite some time, but felt inspired to write about my experience at the Phoenix MOF show.

Fist of all, I thought it was amazing. The Orpheum is a great place to see a show and I loved the old-timey going-to-the-opera feeling you get while you're there. They started with a run of songs off of the MOF cd, and all I can say is that they sound great live. I am not familiar with Conor's music or M. Ward's music, but I found it really fun to be able to see them live when I normally wouldn't have gone to one of their shows. At Dawn was early in the setlist, which surprised me because I have been reading the other setlists and it seemed to be part of the encore in most other shows.

I do have to say, M. Ward is the dark horse. You could tell the audience was definitely less familiar with him, but once he started playing his solo he completely won everyone over and the audience really showed their appreciation. He is a great guitar player and his voice sounded so beautiful live.  I went with some people who weren't familiar with him and they are now huge fans after seeing him perform (so am I).

As for Jim, well he was amazing of course. I was so excited to see I Will Be there When You Die and Bermuda Highway back to back. And Look At You was definitely a highlight. One of my friends had never seen MMJ live and said "wow, his voice is just so powerful, when he sings you pay attention." I couldn't have said it better myself!

I don't know if anyone else has experienced this, but it drove me sort of crazy that people sat down during the show. I know a lot of the songs are quiet, but I guess I'm just used to standing at concerts.  :)There were so many times I wanted to get up and dance, but I didn't want to be THAT girl. I was so glad when everyone finally decided to stand up during Losin' Yo Head...you can't help but dance during that one!

It really was an amazing show and I loved every bit of it!

So that's it for my very first post... :) I just wanted to share the AMAZING time I had!

great first post KP and welcome! Glad you had a great time- everyone who is waiting for their shows are getting more and more antsy with each passing day. I can hardly stand it anymore, myself.

[Katlan]

Oh - also found this interview with MOF in the Phoenix New Times...hilarious.

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2009-10-15/music/are-monsters-of-folk-really-a-supergroup

[AMightyCaporal]

Oh - also found this interview with MOF in the Phoenix New Times...hilarious.

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2009-10-15/music/are-monsters-of-folk-really-a-supergroup

haha those guys are ridiculous.

[pawpaw]

Oh - also found this interview with MOF in the Phoenix New Times...hilarious.

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2009-10-15/music/are-monsters-of-folk-really-a-supergroup

;D That's great! I'm waiting to hear what the ladies of the forum have to say about this Juliette Lewis news...I'm sure it's COMPLETELY accurate ::)

[Taterbug]

Oh - also found this interview with MOF in the Phoenix New Times...hilarious.

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2009-10-15/music/are-monsters-of-folk-really-a-supergroup

;D That's great! I'm waiting to hear what the ladies of the forum have to say about this Juliette Lewis news...I'm sure it's COMPLETELY accurate ::)

I think they make a great couple.  Yimmy & Yuliette could make wonderfull music together.  She has FANTASTIC voice.  It could be like John & Yoko, but better  ;).

[ALady]

Welcome to the fold, KP!   :)

OMG, that interview!  Hilarious.

Mogis: Definitely, definitely. You know the song "Map of the World"? That's about this tattoo parlor in Louisville that Ward smashed up after they misspelled "Zooey" on his lower back.

NT: Wow. Really, Ward?

M. Ward: (dragging off cigarette; texting furiously on BlackBerry) Yeah. Left 'em a few Franklins. No big deal.

(For the duration of the interview, Ward will not look up from his BlackBerry. Later, one of the other MOFers confides that Ward's She & Him collaborator, actress Zooey Deschanel, is going "Yoko on his ass.")

[Love Dogg]

Oh - also found this interview with MOF in the Phoenix New Times...hilarious.

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2009-10-15/music/are-monsters-of-folk-really-a-supergroup

The keep getting funnier and funnier.  Soon they'll be a comedy troupe who occasionally sing songs.

[manicfanatic]

Oh - also found this interview with MOF in the Phoenix New Times...hilarious.

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2009-10-15/music/are-monsters-of-folk-really-a-supergroup

;D That's great! I'm waiting to hear what the ladies of the forum have to say about this Juliette Lewis news...I'm sure it's COMPLETELY accurate ::)

Juliette Lewis, well, I guess that is better than Nicole Atkins, right??

[Sticky Icky Green Stuff]

Oh - also found this interview with MOF in the Phoenix New Times...hilarious.

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2009-10-15/music/are-monsters-of-folk-really-a-supergroup

haha funny interview.  "o-burst" hahaha.

[capt. scotty]

That interview is priceless  ;D

Juliette Lewis?! JJ must be a Natural Born Killers fan  :D

I always thought her most accurate performance was The Other Sister

[buymycar]

Just got back from night 2 of the Bridge School Benefit.  I didn't go to night 1.

Today they played:

Say Please
Conor Song where the drummer sings (I know they played it in Oakland)
Dear God
Golden
Map Of The World
M. Ward song (pretty sure they played it in Oakland, too)
Losin' Yer Head

I'm really starting to wish I knew the Conor and M. Ward catalogs more.

I'm amazed they played Dear God and Losin' Yer Head acoustically.  Sounded good.

Saw Jim come out and sit a few rows in front of me right before Chris Martin's set.

Bridge School is always an amazing experience.  Glad the MOF represented this year.

[Tieoptional]

Excerpts from three different reviews of the Bridge School Benefit... different strokes for different folks:

"After that came Wolfmother, doing its blues-rock White Stripes impersonation, and then Fleet Foxes, providing no clues as to why the band's brand of indie-folk is currently so popular. The Foxes were followed by the Monsters of Folk, an all-star indie singer-songwriter group consisting of Jim James from My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis from Bright Eyes and M. Ward. Sadly, these Monsters came across as far less than the sum of their parts."

"Monsters of Folk - a kind-of supergroup consisting of Conor Oberst, Jim James, Matt Ward and Mike Mogis - played a set of theme-park Americana, punctuated by furious guitar duels, pounding pianos and dizzying wordplay."

"Monsters of Folk, the indie-rock supergroup consisting of Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, My Morning Jacket's Jim James and She and Him's M. Ward, turned in a monstrously impressive display of musical democracy, approaching some of the heights the Band reached in its heyday."

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Poster by Methane Studios

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Poster by Jake Early.

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Creation of Halloween themed MoF magazine cover:

http://brezinkaillustration.blogspot.com/2009/10/monsters-of-folk.html

People looking for a costume idea might get some inspiration from those shown on the cover.

[AMightyCaporal]

Creation of Halloween themed MoF magazine cover:

http://brezinkaillustration.blogspot.com/2009/10/monsters-of-folk.html

People looking for a costume idea might get some inspiration from those shown on the cover.

I dig your style Tieoptional- I love looking at all the art you've been posting.

[Tieoptional]

Thanks! Glad to oblige.

Here's a Flickr set from the Bridge School Benefit concert:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30786439@N02/sets/72157622543027159/

[Minneapolis to Kentucky]

I have a photo pass and will be shooting the Minneapolis show.  Stay tuned....