Stereogum — A line about a heart "pounding loud like a timpani" in "The Ancient Commensense Of Things"'s delivered with a sort of John Darnielle intonation. And "Dimmer" comes back a few times to an "olly olly oxen free." Bishop Allen's pop includes a variety of... more info

Silent Uproar — The Mountain Goats and John Vanderslice will head out on an acoustic spring tour in March and April. [livedaily.com] more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Jason Bergman The biggest Mountain Goats fan I know, Pitchfork contributor Zach Baron, is also the guy I know who gets the most pissed off whenever lead Goat John Darnielle adds another layer of orchestration to his songs. The Mountain Goats... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Jason Bergman The biggest Mountain Goats fan I know, Pitchfork contributor Zach Baron, is also the guy I know who gets the most pissed off whenever lead Goat John Darnielle adds another layer of orchestration to his songs. The Mountain Goats... more info

NME — Bob Mould, Thao, The Ohsees and Sleepy Sun have been added to the line-up for this year's Noise Pop Festival, taking place February 24-March 1 in San Francisco, CA. more info

NME — Bob Mould, Thao, The Ohsees and Sleepy Sun have been added to the line-up for this year's Noise Pop Festival, taking place February 24-March 1 in San Francisco, CA. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words and photos by Faith-Ann Young You know who I'd like to see duel? Kaki King vs. Gabriela from Rodrigo y Gabriela. just a random thought. Anyway, Sunday night, Kaki King closed out almost a year of touring. Though she... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words and photos by Faith-Ann Young You know who I'd like to see duel? Kaki King vs. Gabriela from Rodrigo y Gabriela. just a random thought. Anyway, Sunday night, Kaki King closed out almost a year of touring. Though she... more info

Paste Magazine — If you haven't read at least a few, you've almost certainly seen them: Continuum's 33 1/3 series of book-length features on albums and their back stories. Yes, that was John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats writing fiction about Black Sabbath's Mast... more info

Pasta Primavera — Tonight in Baltimore Metro Gallery has an awesome FREE show with Sweden’s Fredrik.  If you had hip hop on your mind, check out Mr. Lif, Mickey Factz, Cubbie Bear, Bad Habit, and DJ Remedy at Bedrock.  Down in DC The Mountain Goats and Kaki Ki... more info