Blog: Chromewaves

Review of Monsters Of Folk's self-titled debut and giveaway

Oct 28, 2009, 1:36pm

last.fm Usually when you assemble a "supergroup", you assemble top-notch artists for each conventional band position - kick-ass drummer from group A, shredmaster guitarist from group B, supreme bass-slapper from group C and a lead singer (assuming they're not already one of A, B or C) whose usual bandmates are probably more than happy to get a break from and voila - a can't-miss recipe that usually misses as often as it hits, if not more. Rarely, however, do you find multiple frontmen working together, with even the notion of managing egos and personalities enough to scare [...]

Artists: Broken Social Scene, Echo & The Bunnymen, Florence and the Machine, Monsters of Folk, Noah And The Whale, The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Shearwater, St. Vincent, The xx

Tags: broken social scene, shearwater, st vincent, Echo and the Bunnymen, contests, noah and the whale, the pains of being pure at heart, florence and the machine, Monsters of Folk, XX

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