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Watch Monsters of Folk on Austin City Limits

Monsters of Folk—the indie-folk supergroup consisting of Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes, M. Ward, and, more recently, Will Johnson of Centro-matic—performed on “Austin City Limits.” PBS.org has the entire show streaming now, and we suggest you take an hour to watch the guys effortlessly switch from bass to guitar to piano to drums to electric ukulele to…...  read more

Libertines, Arctic Monkeys and Super Furry Animals Supergroup to Release Charity Album

Another day, another supergroup announcement: This time, it’s Carl Barat of the Liberines, Arctic Monkeys’ Matt Helders, Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys and Drew McConnell of Babyshambles teaming up for a charity album....  read more

Delta Spirit, Dawes and Deer Tick Form Supergroup

Seems like all the cool kids are forming supergroups these days. Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith, Deer Tick’s John McCauley and Delta Spirit’s Matthew Vasquez are the latest, joining forces for a new band called Middle Brother....  read more

Islands, Man Man, Modest Mouse Supergroup Tours, Readies Album

Back in January, Islands’ Nick Diamonds and Man Man’s Honus Honus united under their self-created genre doom-wop. Only now do the two announce the addition of Modest Mouse’s Joe Plummer and the birth of their powerful trio, Mister Heavenly....  read more

Mumford & Sons Collaborate With Indian Musicians, Write for Next Album, Announce New Tour Dates and Exclusive EP

British folk musicians Laura Marling and Mumford & Sons are joining with Indian musicians to present two special shows next month in the U.K....  read more

Watt, Cline, Honda and Bowne to Release Album as Floored by Four

Members of Snow Patrol, R.E.M. and Belle and Sebastian aren’t the only musicians forming supergroups these days. Pitchfork reports that Mike Watt (Minuteman and Stooges bassist) has teamed up with Nels Cline (guitarist for Wilco), keyboardist Yuka Honda (formerly of Cibo Matto) and drummer Dougie Bowne (Iggy Pop/Brian Eno/John Cale collaborator), to create Floored by Four....  read more

Coldplay Bassist Side-Project Releases Free EP

You probably wouldn’t count a-ha, the 80s Norwegian heartthrobs responsible for “Take On Me”, among the bands to influence Coldplay. And they’re not. They are, however, one of frontman Chris Martin’s favorite bands. Now, Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman has teamed up with the group’s keyboardist/guitarist to form Apparatjik, which has released a free EP on its website....  read more

Members of Snow Patrol, R.E.M. and Belle and Sebastian to Release Tired Pony Album

Back in January, we told you about Snow Patrol frontman Gary Lightbody’s new side project, which sees the singer joining forces with R.E.M.’s Peter Buck and Belle and Sebastian drummer Richard Colburn. Lightbody, Buck and Colburn are now making music under the Tired Pony moniker....  read more

Even Members of All-Bass Supergroup Freebass Seem to Regret Band's Creation

When, during promotions for your band’s debut EP, you describe making it as “a living hell,” as Peter Hook did when describing the making of Two Worlds Collide, you know something has gone terribly wrong. In the case of Hook’s Freebass, a band formed by the bassists for Manchester greats The Smiths, Joy Division and Stone Roses, we guess things started to go wrong around the time they decided it was a good idea to make an all-bass supergroup....  read more

Coldplay Bassist's Side Project, Apparatjik, Makes Live Debut

What do you get when you combine Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman, Magne Furuholmen from a-ha, Jonas Bjerre from Mew and producer Martin Terefe? Why, a new supergroup with a Swedish name, of course. Apparatjik, which is a Swedish term for people who create bottlenecks in otherwise efficient organizations (!), first formed to provide music for a BBC show called Amazon Tribe: Songs for Survival (!!!)....  read more