The Monsters of Folk show in Louisville on October 31, 2009, was supposed to be some event to look forward to, a reason for Wonder Boy to cheer up. But it was so much more than that. It was wonderful.
I like the new Monsters of Folk album. I want to love it but don’t think it has enough strong tracks to really hook me in. But M. Ward, if things with Wonder Boy and I don’t work out, I might pursue him. And when you combine his music with that of Coner Oberst and Yim Yames and Mike Mogis. It’s an overwhelming amount of talent.
What made the show so particularly special, even beyond the encore, of which I will speak later, was the way the boys collaborated. Everyone played some of their solo work, sometimes alone and sometimes with someone else. When M. Ward and Yim Yames played together, they were practically making out there were so close to each other over the microphone. It’s as collaboration should be. And when the full band played together, the harmony was perfection.
If my review of the show ended with that, I would be pleased. But there is more. Just shy of two hours in, Yim Yames thanked everyone for coming and promised more music after the intermission. Intermission? At a rock show? That had already gone on two hours?
After a brief hiatus, the curtains went up and the Monsters of Folk teetered onto the stage in full Kiss regalia, wearing proper costumes right down to the silver platform boots. Another 40 minutes of rock, including some Kiss covers and audience members in Halloween costumes dancing on stage, and the show had to end. Because how in the world do you top a bunch of folk singers dressed up as Kiss
You don’t.
The quality is a little iffy, but check out Monsters of Folk as Kiss, thanks to a fan’s cell phone.
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