Who said supergroups were strictly a ‘60s/’70s phenomenon? Monsters of Folk is the new version for the 2000s, comprising four “new Dylans”: Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Mike Mogis and Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, and Matt Ward…

Dirty Projectors have it all: the akimbo folk soul of Jeff Buckley, iconoclastic pop deconstruction a la Panda Bear, irresistibly ethereal, strange harmonies recalling School of Seven Bells, surprisingly effective ethnic cops evoking their Ivy League peers in Vampire Weekend – and contender for possibly album of 2009 in the band’s latest release, Bitte Orca.