Stereogum — Last night during a show in Massachusetts, Julien Baker covered a bit of the Mountain Goats' "No Children," off their 2002 album Tallahassee, as a lead-in to her own song, "Blacktop." As Brooklyn Vegan points out, John Darnielle has already taken not... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — John Darnielle called it 'the best version of 'No Children' I've ever heard.' Continue reading… more info

DrownedInSound — All hail indeed! more info

Topix — John Darnielle is as prolific, versatile and just plain interesting as any songwriter of the last two decades, a claim that might surprise those not familiar with the California native's long-running band The Mountain Goats, which has evolved fro... more info

Stereogum — For the past few months, the podcast I Only Listen To The Mountain Goats has provided a fascinating glimpse into the mind of John Darnielle, who is both one of our greatest songwriters and, I would argue, one of our greatest writers. Every week on ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The annual San Francisco festival also includes Janet Jackson, The Weeknd, Future, Jamie xx, Huey Lewis & the News, Mac DeMarco, Tycho, Father John Misty, Broken Social Scene, Perfume Genius, The Mountain Goats, Amen Dunes, and more. Continue reading... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Onion Comedy & Arts Festival runs May 30 - June 3 at various Chicago venues. Also performing: Chris Gethard, Scott Thompson, tapings of podcasts Judge John Hodgman, I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats, Hollywood Handbook, and Bitch Sesh, plus Tom... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Signature previewed March's best new books. Andrew Bird covered the Mountain Goats' "Distant Stations." February's best eBook deals. The JC interviewed author Laura Lippman. Drowned in Sound reconsidered the Cure's Pornography album. eBook on sale fo... more info

Stereogum — The stand-up comic John Hodgman and the underground rap veteran Jean Grae host a monthly variety show called Jean And John together at the Brooklyn venue the Bell House. It apparently has a game-show component and a live house band and everything. As... more info

Stereogum — Some intrepid soul has mashed up the Mountain Goats' cathartic The Sunset Tree standout "This Year" with another song of equal artistic ambition: the theme song to the 1996 motion picture Space Jam, composed by Quad City DJ's. It's unclear who made t... more info