Last week, the Mountain Goats took part in the Ecstatic Music Festival, a New York event that exists somewhere on the border between indie rock and classical music. Mountain Goats frontman John…   Read Story »

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 called Transcendental Youth, and…   Read Story »

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 cover Christmas tunes. And now their Merge…   Read Story »

The Mountain Goats usually maintain a freaky level of productiveness, but frontman John Darnielle became a dad a few months ago (congrats, sir!), and I wasn't expecting to hear a note from him…   Read Story »

Time is a valuable thing, and the musicians who can make a quick point in a short amount of time deserve their props. We've put together a quick list of ten excellent songs from indie's past (and…   Read Story »

Forget the imagined death metal drums, "High Hawk Season" offers the most interestingly left-field arrangement on the Mountain Goats' All Eternals Deck. Listen: The Mountain Goats - "High Hawk…   Read Story »

Representing different, but intertwining sections of my life/record collection, Mountain Goats and Jawbreaker cassettes got a lot of wear in my teenage boombox. They've come together magically via AV…   Read Story »

Last month Death Cab For Cutie returned to the spotlight with "You Are A Tourist," the great first single and video from their forthcoming Codes And Keys. A sunny addition to our spring playlist, it…   Read Story »

Last night the Mountain Goats debuted "Birth Of Serpents," one of the Erik Rutan-produced songs from the forthcoming All Eternals Deck. I spoke with John Darnielle a day earlier and he talked about…   Read Story »

When the Mountain Goats announced All Eternals Deck most folks focused on the fact that tr00 metal fan John Darnielle had death metal legend Erik Rutan (Morbid Angel, Hate Eternal) on hand to produce…   Read Story »