Stereogum — The Mountain Goats started out as just John Darnielle, an acoustic guitar, and a boom box. Over the years, the project has grown, adding more members and becoming musically lusher and more ambitious, to the point where Goths , the excellent album th... more info

Chorus.fm — Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! covered “The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton” for an upcoming Mountain Goats covers compilation. You can stream the track below. I Only Listen to the Mountain Goats by Various Artists more info

Stereogum — Like a whole lot of people who write words for a living (including the guy who wrote the words that you are currently reading), the novelist Joseph Fink, the man behind the Welcome To Night Vale podcast, is a massive fan of the Mountain Goats. As pre... more info

Stereogum — A couple months back, the studio behind the popular podcast Welcome To Night Vale announced that a new Mountain Goats-centric podcast, I Only Listen To The Mountain Goats , would debut in the fall. It features John Darnielle in conversation with Nig... more info

JamBase — Watch The Mountain Goats perform four songs for Seattle-based independent radio station KEXP. more info

Sweeping The Nation — So now we've covered the best tracks of the year so far on a month by month basis, let's move on to the longform stuff. Feel free to remind us of these come the end of the year when something else from these six months overtakes the lot. Algi... more info

Stereogum — Against Me! recently played an intimate show for House Of Strombo, the new web video series from CBC host George Stroumboulopoulos, and towards the end of their set, Laura Jane Grace took a moment to cover a song that she's been particularly into rec... more info

Stereogum — Right now, the Mountain Goats are touring behind their fantastic new album Goths . They have been one of the best live bands out there for a long, long time, and if that's not reason enough to go see them, consider the remote possibility that a B-52... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Mountain Goats' Goths is another impressive album (this one guitarless) by John Darnielle and company. Cayetana's New Kind of Normal, Helium's Ends With And, Land of Talk's Life After Youth, and Wavves's You're Welcome are other new releases... more info

JamBase — Matisyahu, The Mountain Goats and the 'Singles' film soundtrack anniversary reissue highlight this week's new album releases. more info