The Mountain Goats and the Evolution of Our Idols
The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle is adept at carving patterns, often creating threads in his music by returning to idols that are both familiar and ever-evolving.
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The Mountain Goats Create Their First Proper Musical
Derived from a dream, the Mountain Goats’ new musical tells the intimate and vivid tale of the lone survivors from a shipwrecked crew.
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The 30 Best Rock Albums of 2023
As always, rock was a guitar-led extravaganza in 2023 with artists drawing from an ever-widening musical well. These are the 30 best rock albums of the year.
The Mountain Goats’ Musical Theatre Storytelling in ‘Jenny From Thebes’
Can the Mountain Goats’ uncompromisingly oblique and challengingly uncommercial Jenny From Thebes become a fully-staged Jennymusical?
The Mountain Goats Brought a Secular Sense of Spirituality to ‘Heretic Pride’
The Mountain Goats’ Heretic Pride is the sound of connection and change of direction, a way for John Darnielle to connect his audience with a new joyful sound.
The Mountain Goats Go to the Movies
The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle has been a cinephile all his life, but he never created an album about the movies until this year’s thrilling Bleed Out.
The Mountain Goats Expose the Limits of Escapism on ‘Bleed Out’
The Mountain Goats’ Bleed Out is a fascinating homage and a meta-commentary on the action film genre and how it soothes our unease in a world on fire.
Why the Mountain Goats’ ‘All Hail West Texas’ Will—In Time—Both Outpace and Outlive You
Twenty years old, John Darnielle’s unique, emotion-driven songwriting gave the Mountain Goats’ All Hail West Texas unrivaled staying power.
The Mountain Goats’ Say It’s ‘Dark in Here’
Despite few upbeat songs, the Mountain Goats’ Dark in Here is a well-balanced, entertaining album. John Darnielle’s songwriting is as strong as ever.
The 75 Best Songs of 2011
Nostalgia Alert! Jump back a decade and enjoy the best songs of 2011. They are headlined by a synthpop classic, a massive hit from a hot diva, pristine harmonies of a young band headed for greatness.
The Mountain Goats Find New Sonic Inspiration on ‘Getting Into Knives’
John Darnielle explores new sounds on his 19th studio album as the Mountain Goats—and creates his best record in years with Getting Into Knives.
The 80 Best Albums of 2015
Travel back five years ago when the release calendar was rife with stellar albums. 2015 offered such an embarrassment of musical riches, that we selected 80 albums as best of the year.