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Catching Up With... The Mountain Goats

By Michael Saba on 3:00 PM on October 15, 2009

John Darnielle, the creative force behind the legendary folk act The Mountain Goats, is about as agnostic as they come, so many an eyebrow was raised at the news that...  read more

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Confess With Thy Mouth: Mountain Goats Frontman Grapples With Faith

By Michael Saba on 2:12 PM on October 13, 2009

John Darnielle is almost certain there is no God, but he can’t quite count himself as a nonbeliever...  read more

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Watch The Mountain Goats on Stephen Colbert and Listen to Their New Album

By Michael Saba on 2:52 PM on October 7, 2009

As we trolled the depths of pay-cable channels late last night, what to our bleary and wondering eyes should appear but John Darnielle, frontman of the iconic indie-folk act The Mountain Goats, being interviewed by Stephen Colbert! The always-affable Darnielle had a brief and snappy exchange about his new album, The Life of the World to Come, suicidal mountain goats and his cheery take on lyrical pathos. And after the commercial break, he was joined by his band and performed a stirring rendition of "Psalms 40:2," from the new album....  read more

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Mountain Goats Ponder The Life of the World to Come

By Julia Askenase on 11:05 AM on August 5, 2009

The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle has been lauded by many folks, us included, as one of the best lyricists around. And for his next songwriting subject, he's drawing inspiration from a rather hefty source: the Bible. In fact, each song on his band's October release, The Life of the World to Come, earns its title from a specific verse....  read more

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Dance the Pain Away: 5 Songs to Assuage Your Bailout Blues

By Nick Marino on 12:19 PM on October 2, 2008

In 2005, Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle released a terrific little song called “Dance Music,” which chronicled the harrowing experience of growing up. The point of the song was that, when times get really hard, it’s easy to find escapist comfort in dance music. In moments of chaos, Darnielle suggests, you can use the simple pleasures of a dance track to drown out the noise—“so this is what the volume knob’s for,” he sings in one memorable line. We love this sentiment. Lately, dance music is practically all we listen to. And perhaps it’s no coincidence that 2008 has been a...  read more

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