Monsters of Folk

From the desk of Ned P. Rauch:

Is Monsters of Folk a good idea? Jim James from My Morning Jacket; M.Ward of his own fame and She & Him fame; and Conor Oberst and Mike Nogis from Bright Eyes, together at last. The songs I've heard on their Web site are pretty good, especially "Say Please," which has James singing lead. I dig him and M.Ward plenty, but I've had a hard time buying into the Bight Eyes deal. Anyway, everyone agrees that Monsters of Folk is a lousy name, yes? I'll say.

(Photo by Autumn De Wilde [now that's a killer name] lifted from the MoF site.)