Guardian Music — 2003: R Kelly builds his picture of a perfect night with a smooth performance that is as expert and intimate as SinatraThere's a cult of R Kelly which adores his knowing preposterousness – the side of him that makes R&B melodrama Trapped In The Clo... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — NPR is streaming the new Rufus Wainwright album, Out of the Game (out May 1st). The New Yorker features an excerpt from Ian McEwan's forthcoming novel, Sweet Tooth. Tone Deaf interviews Mountain Goats bassist Peter Hughes. The Brooklyn Baker (the... more info

Guardian Music — Tributes to the revered musician began flooding the internet immediately as the world learned he had passed away at 71Levon Helm, the acclaimed and beloved multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, drummer and singer for the Band lost a long battle with can... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Varsity Online reports that John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats wills erve as poetry editor for the anthology The Mays XX. Author Adam Wilson is writing letters to Mad Men character Don Draper at the Paris Review. Paste features a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Mountain Goats @ Antone's in January (more by Tim Griffin) today in NYC * Nass Gnawa @ Zebulon * Needle Gun @ The Stone * Salamander Wool @ The Stone * Crystal Castles (DJ set) @ Yotel * The... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Stream Sharon Van Etten's new album, Tramp, at NPR. The Panel Borders podcast interviews cartoonist Craig Thompson about his graphic novel Habibi. Mountain Xpress profiles John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats. The Mountain Goats originated with Darni... more info

Stereogum — The Mountain Goats are currently touring through the Southern states, and they’re using the occasion to debut a few songs from a forthcoming album, which could be called Transcendental Youth, and which frontman John Darnielle has referred to as “... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats talks about his new songs with the Austin American-Statesman. In an essay titled "The Agony of the Male Novelist" at Salon, Teddy Wayne responds to Jennifer Weiner's recent blog post on gender bias in... more info

Stereogum — A couple of days ago, Wye Oak covered “Christmas Will Be Just Another Lonely Day” for the A.V. Club’s Holiday Undercover video series, in which bands cover Christmas tunes. And now their Merge labelmates the Mountain Goats — or really just le... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Mountain Goats at Bowery Ballroom in March (more by Ryan Barkan) Michael Dorf's (founder of Knitting Factory) series of tribute concerts to benefit music education programs for underprivileged youth (which last paid tribute to Neil Y... more info