Stereogum — Our apologies for not being more up on the teenage-movie soundtrack-album world, but the soundtrack for the new drama Paper Towns has been out for a few weeks, and it looks pretty great. The album includes some great previously-released songs from pe... more info

Stereogum — Hate Eternal frontman Erik Rutan may have the strongest death metal pedigree of any living human. He’s probably best known these days as the driving force behind Florida’s well-regarded Mana Studios, where he’s engineered albums by such extreme... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this year, when the Mountain Goats were getting ready to release their great wrestling-themed album Beat The Champ, I took frontman John Darnielle to his first pro wrestling show in 35 years. He didn’t want me to put any details in the stor... more info

Stereogum — The great new Mountain Goats album Beat The Champ is all about the pro wrestling that frontman John Darnielle watched when he was a kid growing up in Southern California. Before making the new album, Darnielle wasn’t particularly up on things that ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... The Mountain Goats, Stephen Brodsky @ City Winery The Mountain Goats' new album is lyrically centered on professional wrestling, but whether... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Sufjan Stevens at his 2012 Christmas show (more by Amanda Hatfield) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... The Menzingers, Big Eyes, Cheerbleeders @ Court Tavern (BrooklynVegan Pre... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Ides of Gemini at Webster Hall in 2013 (more by Lukas Hodge) Doom trio Ides of Gemini were to have played four NYC shows this week -- three opening for The Mountain Goats (tonight, 4/9, at Webster and 4/11-12... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Waxahatchee at FYF 2013 (more by Wei Shi) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Waxahatchee, Girlpool, The Goodbye Party @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Waxahatchee's new album,... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Mountain Goats' wrestling-themed Beat The Champ and Waxahatchee's Ivy Tripp are two of the year's finest albums so far. I can also recommend Say Lou Lou's Lucid Dreaming and This Is The Kit's Bashed Out. Brian Wilson's new... more info

Stereogum — There’s this great thing that happens in the rare event that the Mountain Goats get to play a late-night show. At some point during the performance, frontman John Darnielle will look over at bassist Peter Hughes, and they’ll exchange one of those... more info