Loosely intended as a sequel to 2002’s All Hail West Texas, The Mountain Goats’ 22nd LP, Jenny From Thebes, brims with John Darnielle’s quirky vocals, lit-savvy lyricism, and heartfelt melodies. Unlike the stripped-down and lo-fi West Texas, though, Jenny is […]
John Darnielle has never exactly been sporadic with his creative output. His band The Mountain Goats reliably issues new albums every 12-18 months, and Darnielle has penned multiple novels, articles, and webzines besides. But lately, man, his musical synapses are […]
The latest project from The Mountain Goats, Getting into Knives, features some of the band’s most sophisticated soundscapes and evocative lyrical forays to date, the sequence additionally benefiting from the sensitive production approaches of Matt Ross-Spang, who engineered The Mountain […]
Starting with his debut in 1994, John Darnielle, aka The Mountain Goats, delivered six (mostly) solo projects over the course of eight years, exemplars of late ’90s and early 2000s lo-fi. Signing with 4AD in 2002, The Mountain Goats became […]
