The Mountain Goats

Last night during a show in Massachusetts, Julien Baker covered a bit of the Mountain Goats’ "No Children," off their 2002 album Tallahassee, as a lead-in…

Andrew Bird recently contributed a cover to a new compilation celebrating the release of the Mountain Goats' 2002 album All Hail West Texas. For his…

John Darnielle novel's Wolf in White Van will be adapted into a film as part of Sundance's Screenwriters Lab program. The adaptation will be directed…

Joyful Noise Recordings released a video of The Mountain Goats performing an unreleased song for their Almost Live membership series today. Like all of the…

The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle surprise-released a new EP late last night called Marsh Witch Visions. The release, according to a statement on the Mountain…

If you, like novelist Joseph Fink, can unironically claim, "I Only Listen To The Mountain Goats," then you'll want to tune into his podcast of the…

Last week Adult Swim announced the latest music project, a dream-pop compilation called LUXE. We already heard Tei Shi’s contribution, "One Thing," and now the…

The Mountain Goats' new album, Goths, is out May 19, and John Darnielle and company have just released their second single from the album--the tom-heavy, Sturm-und-Drang-y…

Following the recent success of John Darnielle's second novel Universal Harvester, which just hit the New York Times Bestseller List, the Mountain Goats have announced…

Don't believe the hype: Love stinks, and no day reminds you of its follies quite like Valentine's Day, as marketers fall over themselves to remind…

Nothing interesting ever goes on in rural Iowa, but nevertheless, something strange has happened to Jeremy Heldt and Sarah Jane Shepherd. Recently, customers at the…

The title of the newest song by The Mountain Goats, "The Ultimate Jedi Who Wastes All the Other Jedi and Eats Their Bones," isn't really…

In 1995, the Mountain Goats recorded "Cubs in Five," a short song in which John Darnielle sings about trying to reconnect with a former love.

David Bowie had meant to attend his Carnegie Hall tribute concert on March 31. Instead, hours after announcing the night's extensive lineup of artists (Pixies, Cyndi Lauper,…

Last month, the Mountain Goats released Beat the Champ, a wrestling concept album that contained the standout jangler "The Legend of Chavo Guerrero." Now, the…