Stereogum — Thus far, one musician has already given us a must-read book in 2017: the Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle, whose deeply unsettling novel Universal Harvester is something you need in your life. Today, we learn about another. Gucci Mane, one of ... more info

Consequence of Sound — The Mountain Goats frontman uses the familiar to tell truly unusual stories. more info

Chorus.fm — The Mountain Goats will release their new album, Goths, on May 19th. Pre-orders are now up. more info

KEXP Seattle — John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats is on a creative streak. His second novel Universal Harvester just placed on the New York Times Bestseller List, and now we have news about a new album, the fantastically-titled Goths, out May 19th via Merge. The ... more info

Consequence of Sound — With more information to come during a Facebook Live event later this afternoon. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Mountain Goats have announced their follow-up to 2015's Beat the Champ and fourth album for Merge. Goths is out on May 19 and its lead single, staying on point with the LP title, is "Andrew Eldritch is Moving Back to Leeds." Eldrich, if you ... more info

Stereogum — A couple of weeks ago, the Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle published Universal Harvester , his second novel (or, if you count the novella he published about a kid in a psychiatric hospital who needs his Black Sabbath tape to survive -- which ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The tour includes a three-night run at NYC's Beacon Theatre. Jason also has a new album ready. Continue reading… more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Literary Hub recommended fifteen works of modern literature by and about refugees. Stream a new Mountain Goats song. Literary Hub shared an excerpt from Jon Raymond's new novel Freebird. Catapult interviewed poet Morgan Parker. Stream a new Moon Duo ... more info

Consequence of Sound — What started as a joke between The Mountain Goats frontman and the Star Wars director is now a real thing. more info