Comments on: Monsters of Folk & Teen Wolf [Chicago Concert Review]

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:17:57 +0000

Saw them at the Fox in Oakland and I agree with everything you just said. Conor is great but can’t hang with these guys in my mind. I wanted more from them as opposed to his long chorus-less meandering. Ward on guitar is just mind blowing, but his voice gets lost in the mix being so low and all with a full band (which is a shame, I LOVE everything he has done in studio except Duet for Guitars #2). Jim, of course, stole the show vocally because he is a secret inter-galactic ninja, and his voice can cut thru steel. Mike Mogus melted my face, love that they get him out there and make sure he is appreciated as an amazing performer as well as his less known roles producing and engineering.

Nice write up! Helped me re-live it a bit.

@ill_legible

By: oz

oz — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:54:36 +0000

I’m normally not an Oberst fan either, but I love him on the album. Temazcal is a great tune with great songwriting: “The love we made at gunpoint wasn’t love at all.”

By: Lyd

Lyd — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:22:45 +0000

We sat right behind Teen Wolf!!! We didn’t even notice until about a quarter through the show that the guy chuggin’ beers in front of us had super hairy arms…

Awesome show, I agree that Jim James was amazing and M. Ward tore it up.

By: Ryno

Ryno — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:12:21 +0000

I saw MOF last night in Boston and it was magical.

By: GnarWhal

GnarWhal — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:10:30 +0000

Thanks for the review. Can’t wait to see them tonight.

I didn’t like Oberst to start off with. I actually couldn’t stand him. Then i heard his Bright Eyes Casadaga album. It’s so different form his other albums. It’s a lot more polished and upbeat. In my opinion, his best work. Then he did his solo stuff, and those 2 albums, I love as well. I still don’t really listen to his older stuff. Try that route and let me know what you think.

By: Woody

Woody — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:52:56 +0000

My first question is what did you go as? Other than that, it sounds like a killer show. And while not the biggest fan of Conor, he has his hands in a couple of really great albums this year.