LargeHeartedBoy — At MN Daily, one of the catering staff at Chuck Klosterman's recent wedding recounts the experience. My moment of Zen with Klosterman was brief. I served him his meat and potatoes and said, “I know you don’t want to get... more info

Altsounds — The Mountain Goats will celebrate their late-night television debut with an appearance on Comedy Central's Emmy and Peabody award winning series "The Colbert Report" at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT on Tuesday, October 6th! In concurrence with the band's perform... more info

Stereogum — This past weekend we spent a few days in Wayne's world, Coyne and his fellow Flamers curating what was easily the most surreal, if not simply the best, US festival of 2009. With all due respect to the Lips, that has more to do with ATP's egalitari... more info

Altsounds — The new album from *The Mountain Goats* is out on 4AD on 10/6 and it has the theme of religion! It's called *The Life Of The World To Come*. Less a profession of religious faith than an immersion in Biblical poetry and imagery, the songs on The Life ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Pitchfork interviews John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats about his new album, The Life of the World to Come. Pitchfork: You named all the songs after actual Bible verses. How much time did you spend with an actual Bible, going... more info

Stereogum — As mentioned, The Life Of The World To Come features 12 songs titled after Bible verses. Listen to the heartbreaking "Matthew 25:21" at HypeM. Look up the verse to deepen its meaning. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Beirut @ Sound Fix (more by Kelly Bruce) It's been a memorable five years on Bedford Avenue, hasn't it? Raise your hand if you were there on our opening night when the Mountain Goats performed. Now we're getting ready to... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Willard said...RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Uplift Mofo Party Plan Sessions (1987)Outtakes. RHCP live studio tapes, almost all instrumental. Listen BEFORE You Download at...NEVER GET OUT OF THE BOAThttp://nevergetoutoftheboat.blogspot.comThanks FuzzyBruxa d... more info

Powerpopulist — The Mountain Goats - Genesis 3:23 mp3from The Life of the World to ComeDrops 6 October MySpace | Bandsite more info

Big Apple Music Scene — This week the theme seems to be artists currently or formerly in bands performing solo. Plus, more halloween shows announced (in orange). Those plus others tickets are on sale: Circulatory System have a new album coming out on September 8 helmed by ... more info