LargeHeartedBoy — Signature previewed March's best new books. Andrew Bird covered the Mountain Goats' "Distant Stations." February's best eBook deals. The JC interviewed author Laura Lippman. Drowned in Sound reconsidered the Cure's Pornography album. eBook on sale fo... more info

Stereogum — The stand-up comic John Hodgman and the underground rap veteran Jean Grae host a monthly variety show called Jean And John together at the Brooklyn venue the Bell House. It apparently has a game-show component and a live house band and everything. As... more info

Stereogum — Some intrepid soul has mashed up the Mountain Goats' cathartic The Sunset Tree standout "This Year" with another song of equal artistic ambition: the theme song to the 1996 motion picture Space Jam, composed by Quad City DJ's. It's unclear who made t... more info

Stereogum — The Mountain Goats-centric podcast I Only Listen To The Mountain Goats is still ticking along. Each episode features a cover, and so far we've gotten them from the likes of Laura Jane Grace, Craig Finn, Mothers, and Loamlands. The latest episode lo... more info

Stereogum — We named Mothers a Band To Watch two years ago based on the strength of their excellent single "No Crying In Baseball" and debut album When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired . We suspect that the band will release a new album next year, and inc... more info

Chorus.fm — The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn has shared a cover of The Mountain Goats’ “Fault Lines.” more info

Stereogum — The Hold Steady's Craig Finn and the Mountain Goats' John Darnielle are two of the greatest living lyricists in American music, they both always make amazing faces when they're performing, and they've long been mutual admirers. The two posed together... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Granta listed books that changed the world. The Mountain Goats covered Sisters of Mercy's "Lucretia My Reflection." Minneapolis City Pages interviewed the band's frontman John Darnielle. 26 year-end book lists were added to Largehearted Boy’s ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Fold interviewed author Alexander Chee. Stream a new Mountain Goats song. Check out November's eBook deals. The Current is sharing a five-part podcast about the history and legacy of Husker Du. Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Literary Hub, and BuzzFeed previewed No... more info

Stereogum — The Mountain Goats recorded a new song for Joyful Noise Recordings' Almost Live series, where they get a band to come in and record a song in their office that is then cut to limited-edition vinyl. John Darnielle and company's contribution to the ser... more info