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The Mountain Goats
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Get Holy: An Interview With John Darnielle of the Mountain GoatsUpon the release of the Mountain Goats' latest album, the band's founder and songwriter talks about the literary influences on his prolific output and the biblical theme of his latest opus. [3 November 2009] Searching for John DarnielleThe details of the Mountain Goats leader's life remain surprisingly vague for a confessional singer-songwriter. [11 January 2007] Best Albums of 2006At long last, the annual rite of passage, the "best of" list... Here's PopMatters picks for the best 60 records of 2006. Stay tuned tomorrow for the best re-issues, as well as ongoing genre top 10s the rest of this week, culminating in the year's best musical events on Friday. [23 December 2006] Columns
Into the Void: John Darnielle on Sabbath, Extreme Metal, and Indie RockBegrand dives into metal fandom with the Mountain Goats' John Darnielle, who discusses the Mighty Riff, the uneasy relationship between indie and metal camps, and the life experiences behind his new book on Black Sabbath's Master of Reality. [18 April 2008] (more Blood and Thunder) Reviews
The Mountain Goats: The Life of the World to ComeAmerica's best currently working songwriter tackles the Bible with surprisingly and gratifyingly diverse results. [5 October 2009] 
The Mountain Goats: Heretic PrideJohn Darnielle has always been excitable, but on Heretic Pride he busts at the seams, giving us a record as infectiously frantic as it is dark and brooding. [19 February 2008] 
The Mountain Goats: Get LonelyDo goats get lonely? John Darnielle attempts to explain on the latest bucket drawn from his bottomless song well. [24 August 2006] 
The Mountain Goats: The Sunset TreeJohn Darnielle tears into his past and paws through the bloody remains, creating a powerful set of songs from the viscera. [18 April 2005] 
The Mountain Goats: We Shall All Be HealedMountain Goats have just added a further chapter in an ongoing saga of (micro) relationships examined against a backdrop of (macro) global concern, We Shall All Be Healed being the most explicit yet. [27 July 2004]Blogs |
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