Monsters of Folk, “Say Please” MP3
- story Matthew Schnipper
When you are a stadium playing, wizard beard sporting, gentle serenading famous folk star your desires turn simple, just wanting your girl to be polite. Monsters of Folk—the M. Ward, Jim James, Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis four-headed superbeast— are kind enough to give away “Say Please,” the first single from their upcoming album of megawatt collaborations. Just go to their site and type “please.” “Say Please” sounds like Cheap Trick Unplugged. Or maybe modern Wings. These are good things.
Download: Monsters of Folk, “Say Please”
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posted on Jul 20, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS, MUSIC tags Conor Oberst, Jim James, M Ward, Mike Mogis, Monsters of Folk, psych/folk, rock
Who Will Play Jerry Garcia?
- story THE FADER
The Hollywood Reporter just announced a new Jerry Garcia biopic to be produced by some of the guys behind Election, Little Miss Sunshine and Hamlet 2. So, while we have recently treated Jerry with a fair amount of reverence, this version of his life during the years just before founding the Grateful Dead will apparently be a black comedy with plenty of slapstick and a dash of family drama. In light of that, we have compiled our top suggestions for the role of Papa Jerry…
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posted on Nov 12, 2008 in MUSIC tags Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Jim James, Mad Men, Matt Damon, My Morning Jacket, Rahm Emanuel, rock, Seth Rogen
FADER/Southern Comfort 7″ Series #1: They’re Here!
- story THE FADER
The first run of our FADER/Southern Comfort7″ series has arrived. For this limited-edition vinyl, we asked Lou Laurita to handle cover art duty, and got some of our pals to contribute unreleased jamz: M Ward and Jim James are featured on the A-side with “Magic Trick (Kansas City Remix),” then flip it over for Ladyhawk’s “Soap”. It’s not available in stores, but we do have copies for our loyal blog readers (that’s you). Email us at contests@thefader.com and tell us the theme of M Ward’s 2005 album release and we’ll send five of you a copy. For free! Get to Googling and get at us with your answers.
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posted on Dec 15, 2006 in MP3 / STREAMS, MUSIC tags FADER/SoCo 7-inch, Jim James, Ladyhawk, M Ward, Series
