Metal Injection — All hail west Texas... and John Darnielle. The post Watch HATE ETERNAL's Erik Rutan Join THE MOUNTAIN GOATS On Stage For "The Best Ever Death Metal Band In Denton" appeared first on Metal Injection. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Mountain Goats played 'The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton' with help from one of the best ever death metal musicians in Florida. Continue reading… more info

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