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Beirut The Flying Club Cup Rating: Four stars out of five Zach Condon was clearly born in the wrong decade, but we're lucky he's living in our times.

Part of the Omaha, Neb., music scene that's included Conor Oberst and Bright Eyes, Maria Taylor and Azure Ray, the Faint and the record label Oberst co-founded, Saddle Creek, Cursive's 14 years in the field of adventurous rock produced an escalating series of breakthroughs.

Video makers get shot at fame Aspiring music video makers, take notice: Monsters of Folk is looking for you.

Over the past few months, contributors to NPR Music have been combing their collections, reading listener nominations and putting together a list of the Decade's 50 Most Important Recordings .

The supergroup Monsters of Folk. Forming a supergroup has long been considered one of the least cool things a group of prominent musicians can do.

Monsters of Folk at Stubb's . This combo of Jim James , Conor Oberst , raspy-voiced indie rocker M. Ward and producer/musician Mike Mogis released a self-titled debut in October, a low-key affair pulling from the diverse backgrounds of each member.

The former singer from southern grunge band Verbena is now a solo artist and has two albums under his belt.

Monsters of Folk started playing before the curtain rose on Friday night at the United Palace, and they were playing when it came down nearly three hours later.

Although many musicians joined the band's rotating lineup, Bright Eyes was primarily the songwriting vehicle of Conor Oberst, a quivery-voiced Nebraska native who first attracted attention in 1994 -- when he was only 14 years old -- as the singer and guitarist for Commander Venus.

A month ago, a few Frequency frequenters and I picked apart Pitchfork's list of the best records of the past decade, and commenter Shannon said she was looking forward to Paste magazine's picks.

Touring with Jim James, M. Ward, and Mike Mogis in the indie super group Monsters of Folk has been like "a fantasy, an erotic dream" for Conor Oberst.

Though the Strokes decision to go on indefinite hiatus disappointed thousands of fans, lead singer and songwriter Julian Casablancas is making a name for himself with his debut solo album "Phrazes for the Young." Deriving the album's title and inspiration from the Oscar Wilde essay, "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young," Casablancas ...

The Traveling Wilburys, the late 1980s supergroup that featured Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty, and Jeff Lynne of ELO, set the blueprint for chummy band projects whose sum often happened to be as good, if not better, than their equal parts.

A supergroup this good has been long overdue. The stars of indie folk craft an album that shifts seamlessly between atmospheric blues, gloomy rock and steady beats.

STOP IN THE NAME OF DRAMA The Walworth Farce begins a five-day run Wednesday at Chicago Shakespeare Theater.

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Monsters of Folk on tour - played LA's Greek Theatre ++ Beacon & United Palace shows coming soon photos by Graeme Flegenheimer Indie supergroup Monsters of Folk are currently on tour across North America to support their new self-titled debut .

Moving Units is a weekly column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling albums at South Florida independent record stores.

Images View Larger Image All four members of the indie rock super group - My Morning Jacketfront man Jim James; troubadour Conor Oberst and producer and multi-instrumentalist Mike Mogis, both from Bright Eyes; and M. Ward of six lovingly crafted solo albums and the duo She & Him - are devotees of the elixir that most would consider an acquired ...

My Morning Jacket band members, left to right: Carl Broemel, Two-Tone Tommy, Bo Koster, Jim James and Patrick Hallahan.