LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Alejandro Escovedo: 2010-01-23, Louisville [mp3,ogg,flac] "I Was Drunk" [mp3] other Alejandro Escovedo posts at Largehearted Boy Camper Van Beethoven: 2010-10-17, Cambridge [mp3,ogg,flac] "Might Makes Right" [mp3... more info

Stereogum — "Genesis 3:23" was our first taste of the Mountain Goats' Biblical exercise The Life Of The World To Come. If you recall, the homelessness of the lead track's lyrics correspond to the highlighted verse: "So the Lord God banished him from the Garde... more info

Stereogum — When I was a teenager I was deeply into hardcore and then SST-related bands, noise, and anything I could find that was slightly off-kilter in those old Ajax catalogs (Sun City Girls, Thinking Fellers, early Pavement, etc). I think Ajax is how I go... more info

Troubled Souls Unite — I briefly posted about these guys late last year, and also put their latest release in my top albums of 2009. But if you haven't checked them out, please do now; their songs are wonderful.The Mountain Goats - Psalms 40:2Pulled off the highway in Miss... more info

Pitchfork - TV — The Bible-quoting indie rockers look right at home playing a set for our chapel-based performance series. more info

Radio Exile — The Mountain Goats hold a particularly special place in my music-loving heart as it is at one of their shows that I chilled with a close friend whilst looking at hot NYU girls and finally realized, “I’m fucking old”. That sort of association h... more info

Troubled Souls Unite — 166. It's the magic number. It's the number of posts from 2008. It's also the number of posts from 2009. Funny how these things work out.It's also been a great year for albums. And a great year for concerts. And a great year for music in general. Her... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Peter and Rob Make Lists of Things list the top 5 Mountain Goats love songs. The Telegraph interviews author Dave Eggers. CNNGo lists the world's best books on Bollywood. CNET's Digital Media blog lists 10 music-tech trends that will shape... more info

Rollo & Grady — Pitchfork’s Top 50 Albums Of 2009 50 Woods – Songs of Shame 49 Cass McCombs – Catacombs 48 DOOM – Born Like This 47 Zomby – Where Were U in ‘92? 46 Dan Deacon – Bromst 45 The Mountain Goats – The Life of the World to Come 44 tUnE-yAr... more info

NME - The Daily Download — So The Daily Download is taking a little break until January 5, but before we go we wanted to load up your iPods with new tunes as a little early Christmas present. See you in 2010! ---First up, Xmas goes Krautrock as '70s pioneers Can take on 'Sile... more info