The Mountain Goats

The Mountain Goats – The Life of the World to Come – 2009 I’ve been listening to the 27 part Yale lecture series on the Civil War which I downloaded from iTunes. The lecturer, David Blight, is an expert on the subject and suggests a series of corollary works to Continue Reading

The Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride – 2008 This review was originally presented in Shuffleboil. In “San Bernadino,” the second track on The Mountain Goats’ new album “Heretic Pride,” John Darnielle sings, “We got in your car and we hit the highway.” A simple line that, through the economy of Continue Reading

The Mountain Goats – Get Lonely – 2006 Get Lonely will always have a very special place in my heart. If you scroll down this blog you’ll see the video for “Woke Up New”, a song that perfectly describes my feelings of loss after my daughter Lizzie died. The album Continue Reading

The Mountain Goats – The Sunset Tree – 2005 The soft piano, the brushes on the drums, something’s a little different on The Sunset Tree. Now, albeit I have refused to go deeper into the past of The Mountain Goats. I’m not interested in all that lo-fi stuff recorded on Continue Reading

The Mountain Goats – We Shall All Be Healed – 2004 John Darnielle is a fantastic storyteller. At once confessional and then, hard right turn to observational. Comfortable in 1st person, 3rd person, 2nd person, he’s what you should think of when you hear the term “Rock Poet Laureate”. He Continue Reading

The Mountain Goats – Tallahassee – 2002 There are a few great pieces of art that make you realize that you will never be able to achieve…that. For some it’s Van Gogh. For others it’s Gatsby. For me it’s, among many other things, John Darnielle’s Mountain Goats album Tallahassee.See, I’m Continue Reading