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Shorties (Poetry Editor John Darnielle, Letters to Don Draper, and more)

5087 days ago

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

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What's going on Saturday?

5092 days ago

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

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Shorties (Stream Sharon Van Etten's New Album, Craig Thompson, and more)

5146 days ago

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

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Watch Mountain Goats Debut “Diaz Brothers” In Houston

5153 days ago

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

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Shorties (The Mountain Goats, The Agony of the Male Novelist, and more)

5157 days ago

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

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Mountain Goats Cover “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”

5186 days ago

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

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a Rolling Stones tribute @ Carnegie Hall, Steve Earle & Allison Moorer residency, and more Mountain Goats dates

5208 days ago

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

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Shorties (Rock Documentaries, YA Book-to-Film Adaptations, and more)

5216 days ago

LargeHeartedBoy — At the A.V. Club, Superchunk and Mountain Goats drummer Jon Wurster recommends seven rock documentaries. The Huffington Post lists the top YA book-to-film adaptations. At the New York Review of Books Charles Baxter reviews Haruki Murakami's new novel... more info

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Ecstatic Music Festival 2012 announced & on sale --- NYC shows w/ Mountain Goats, Dan Deacon, Glasser & more

5221 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — The Ecstatic Music Festival is returning to the Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center from February 4 to March 28. The festival includes 11 shows over the course of the approximate two month period including performances by Richard Reed... more info

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