Stereogum — The great new Mountain Goats album Beat The Champ is all about the pro wrestling that frontman John Darnielle watched when he was a kid growing up in Southern California. Before making the new album, Darnielle wasn’t particularly up on things that ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... The Mountain Goats, Stephen Brodsky @ City Winery The Mountain Goats' new album is lyrically centered on professional wrestling, but whether... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Sufjan Stevens at his 2012 Christmas show (more by Amanda Hatfield) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... The Menzingers, Big Eyes, Cheerbleeders @ Court Tavern (BrooklynVegan Pre... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Ides of Gemini at Webster Hall in 2013 (more by Lukas Hodge) Doom trio Ides of Gemini were to have played four NYC shows this week -- three opening for The Mountain Goats (tonight, 4/9, at Webster and 4/11-12... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Waxahatchee at FYF 2013 (more by Wei Shi) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Waxahatchee, Girlpool, The Goodbye Party @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Waxahatchee's new album,... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Mountain Goats' wrestling-themed Beat The Champ and Waxahatchee's Ivy Tripp are two of the year's finest albums so far. I can also recommend Say Lou Lou's Lucid Dreaming and This Is The Kit's Bashed Out. Brian Wilson's new... more info

Stereogum — There’s this great thing that happens in the rare event that the Mountain Goats get to play a late-night show. At some point during the performance, frontman John Darnielle will look over at bassist Peter Hughes, and they’ll exchange one of those... more info

Stereogum — This week we ranked Ariel Pink’s albums and March’s metal tracks. GY!BE had our Album Of The Week and Speedy Ortiz dropped our favorite new song. We took Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle to his first pro wrestling show in 35 years. And we scratch... more info

Stereogum — In the crowd at a middle-of-nowhere North Carolina show, an earnest and bearded young man approaches John Darnielle, the Mountain Goats frontman. The young man slides in next to Darnielle, briefly and respectfully praising his music. This is nothing ... more info

Stereogum — Last night, WWE held what was probably its best Wrestlemania in years in San Francisco. And if you’re still jacked up enough from it that you need to blast more pro-wrestling shit through your brain (guilty), allow me to suggest a course of action.... more info