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The Pretenders News: Monsters of Folk roar to life with rocking debut (Chicago Sun-Times)
First, let's get one thing straight: Monsters of Folk is not a Halloween monster mash featuring folk-singing Frankensteins, Draculas and werewolves. Even though the name is holiday-appropriate this weekend, it's the year-round name of the collaboration between four indie-rock musicians -- Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis, My Morning Jacket's Jim James and singer-songwriter M. Ward.