Stereogum — The Mountain Goats leader John Darnielle has always been a vocal and eloquent fan of death metal. I once asked him why he never tried to play it himself, and he answered that he simply could never be a good enough musician, that death metal musicians... more info

Chorus.fm — The Mountain Goats covered Bon Iver’s “Blood Bank” and two other songs for Aquarium Drunkard. http://aquariumdrunkard.info/upload/Blood%20Bank.mp3 more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Book Riot interviewed Ellen Forney about her graphic memoir Rock Steady. The Mountain Goats shared three cover songs at Aquarium Drunkard. eBook on sale for $2.99 today: The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2017 edited by Charles Yu... more info

Consequence of Sound — A touching rendition recorded for Aquarium Drunkard's ongoing Lagniappe Sessions series. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Like Third Eye Blind recently did, The Mountain Goats took on Bon Iver's "Blood Bank," only their version is a departure from the original with woodwinds and horns. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — The Mountain Goats leader John Darnielle is a man with fascinating musical tastes -- he's really into death metal and Amy Grant and Dionne Warwick -- and the ability to talk and write about those tastes with searing precision. He's one of our great s... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle will 'explore the connective tissues between songwriting and storytelling' for 'Selected Shorts,' 'a weekly public radio show broadcast' that '[features] stories around a lively theme, the favorite wor... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Against Me! did an acoustic cover of The Mountain Goats' 'Going to Georgia,' and video of that is in this post. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Band To Watch alumni Mothers tend to do a lot of reckoning in their songs. From their 2016 debut When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired to the enchanting Mountain Goats cover they put out in 2017, the Athens, GA-based band has been steadily bu... more info

Stereogum — Three years ago, the Mountain Goats released Beat The Champ , a full concept album about the truly American art of pro wrestling. Shortly before the album's release, I went to an independent wresting show with frontman John Darnielle -- his first sh... more info