The Mountain Goats

The Mountain Goats (stylized "the Mountain Goats") are an American folk rock
band formed in Claremont, California by singer-songwriter John Darnielle. For
many years, the sole member of the Mountain Goats was Darnielle himself,
despite the plural moniker. Darnielle remains the sole core member of the
band, but has worked with a variety of collaborators over the years, ... read more

Shorties (An Excerpt from Ian McEwan's New Novel, Stream Rufus Wainwright's New Album, and more)

NPR is streaming the new Rufus Wainwright album, Out of the Game (out May 1st). The New Yorker features an excerpt from Ian McEwan's forthcoming novel, Sweet Tooth. Tone ...
Posted 23 April 6.44pm — Comment on this

Shorties (Stream Sharon Van Etten's New Album, Craig Thompson, and more)

Stream Sharon Van Etten's new album, Tramp, at NPR. The Panel Borders podcast interviews cartoonist Craig Thompson about his graphic novel Habibi. Mountain Xpress profile...
Posted 30 January 2.41pm — Comment on this

Watch Mountain Goats Debut “Diaz Brothers” In Houston

The Mountain Goats are currently touring through the Southern states, and they’re using the occasion to debut a few songs from a forthcoming album, which could be c...
Posted 23 January 4.19pm — Comment on this

Mountain Goats Cover “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”

A couple of days ago, Wye Oak covered “Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day” for the A.V. Club’s Holiday Undercover video series, in which bands co...
Posted 21 December 2011 8.36pm — Comment on this

a Rolling Stones tribute @ Carnegie Hall, Steve Earle

by Andrew Sacher Mountain Goats at Bowery Ballroom in March (more by Ryan Barkan) Michael Dorf's (founder of Knitting Factory) series of tribute concerts to benefit music...
Posted 29 November 2011 4.31pm — Comment on this

Shorties (Rock Documentaries, YA Book-to-Film Adaptations, and more)

At the A.V. Club, Superchunk and Mountain Goats drummer Jon Wurster recommends seven rock documentaries. The Huffington Post lists the top YA book-to-film adaptations. At...
Posted 21 November 2011 2.18pm — Comment on this

Friday Fun: A Google map of all places mentioned in The Mountain Goats songs

Enjoy this one. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com
Posted 28 October 2011 5.19pm — Comment on this

Lollapalooza 2011 -- Day 1 pics

words by Zach Pollack, photos by Grant MacAllister Bright Eyes / Mountain Goats Despite being out late in the name of DFA1979 on Thursday, I arrived at Lollapalooza on Fr...
Posted 6 August 2011 9.12pm — Comment on this

Shorties (Archers of Loaf, Booksellers Who Write, and more)

In the Village Voice, Band of Horses' Ben Bridwell and the Hold Steady's Craig Finn interview Archers of Loaf frontman Eric Bachman. am New York profiles three NYC bookse...
Posted 4 August 2011 3.45pm — Comment on this

Video: The Mountain Goats' animated 'Estate'

Ooh, I like this new video from the Mountain Goats -- it features a bunch of cool animation and was directed by the Brooklyn-based teamed Awesome ...
Posted 28 July 2011 3.16pm — Comment on this

Watch Surfer Blood Cover The Pixies

Surfer Blood covered the Pixies as part of AV Club’s Undercover, the series that recently married the Mountain Goats and Jawbreaker. The Floridians went for “...
Posted 22 June 2011 3.22pm — Comment on this

The Mountain Goats – “High Hawk Season”

Forget the imagined death metal drums, “High Hawk Season” offers the most interestingly left-field arrangement on the Mountain Goats’ All Eternals Deck....
Posted 15 June 2011 10.57pm — Comment on this

Welcome to “Towns and Cities Mix”, Population 16.

I tend to gravitate towards artists that sing about geography, whether it’s Sufjan Stevens with his states project, The Mountain Goats with his various geographic o...
Posted 20 May 2011 3.50pm — Comment on this

THE SUBMARINES ANNOUNCE UK TOUR DATES

The Submarines duo John Dragonetti and Blake Hazard are bringing some LA sunshine to the UK in May when they join The Mountain Goats on their forthcoming tour. Take...
Posted 9 May 2011 6.03pm — Comment on this

the Baseball Project is here (Craig Finn will join them), Hoboken Arts Fest this weekend (they play that too)

The Baseball Project Like he recently did with the Mountain Goats, Twins fan Craig Finn will reportedly make a guest appearance with The Baseball Project at the Bell Hous...
Posted 29 April 2011 9.15pm — Comment on this

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