Zoo Story: Bob Dylan vs. The Mountain Goats

By Jeremy D. Larson on June 3rd, 2013

How have Bob Dylan and John Darnielle, a.k.a. The Mountain Goats, traveled world?

Darnielle often sings in the present tense, moving with caution from place to place, detailing the ghosts that live in unexplored pockets of the world. He zooms in on Portmore in Jamaica, or Galesburg in Illinois to set a new backdrop for trials domestic and romantic, personal and imagined. His geography is only surreal in the sense that it is unfamiliar, whether he’s Going to Georgia or Going to Ghana. He is always there, living in that moment, experiencing the jungle or the desert with his heart in his hands.

The Mountain Goats to reissue All Hail West Texas

By Jeremy D. Larson on May 15th, 2013

Hail Satan!

Newport Folk Festival reveals 2013 lineup

By Staff on April 9th, 2013

Beck, Feist, The Avett Brothers, Jim James, and loads more.

The Mountain Goats announce “alternate configuration” tour dates

By Alex Young on April 9th, 2013

It’s like two bands for the price of one!

Sign a petition to help John Darnielle become the next U.S. Poet Laureate

By Jeremy D. Larson on December 28th, 2012

Sure! Why not?

Here are a bunch of your favorite musicians in Halloween costumes

By Michael Roffman on November 1st, 2012

And they’re just as clever as you.

Top 10 Videos of the Week (10/12)

By Michael Roffman on October 12th, 2012

“A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.” -Willy Wonka

Live Review: The Mountain Goats, Matthew E. White at Baltimore’s Ottobar (10/10)

By Drew Litowitz on October 11th, 2012

Big bands, small bar.

Audiography: Episode 058: “Joey Burns (of Calexico)”

By Len Comaratta on October 11th, 2012

Plus, audio reviews for The Mountain Goats, Miguel, and Ultraísta.

Video: The Mountain Goats – “Cry for Judas”

By Michael Roffman on October 9th, 2012

Nostalgic clip produces smiles and tears.