Scharpling and Wurster bring The Best Show to Portland.
The Mountain Goats
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Cautiously Optimistic
John Darnielle Sees the Dark
The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle sees the dark.
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Once More With Feeling
The Mountain Goats
More praise for the Mountain Goats. (Jeez, get a room already.)
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Interrogating John Darnielle
Mountain Goat, Black Metal Fan
With a new album, Heretic Pride, out this week, the Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle takes a break from his role as indie rock’s premier songwriter to discuss the albatross of “lo-fi,” the Lord above, and his fondness for South American metal. MERCURY: Do you still get pegged as “lo-fi” even though it’s been years […]
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Give Up the Goat
Mountain Goats: Genius Alert!
The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle often gets painted as a one-man musical radness machine. He writes brilliantly about music on his amazing Last Plane to Jakarta website (including the aptly titled “Thirty Short Poems About My Favorite Black Metal Band”), pens spot pieces here and there for eMusic, and even received writing “workshop” credit in […]