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The Mountain Goats leader John Darnielle is a man with fascinating musical tastes -- he's really into death metal and Amy Grant and Dionne Warwick -- and the ability to talk and write about those tastes with searing precision. He's one of our great songwriters, and the Mountain Goats don't really do that many covers,…
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Photo by Jason BergmanThe 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 started out as just Darnielle, recording innumerable limited-edition cassette-only EPs on his boo...
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Joining a better-known performer on stage to help sing one of their songs can be a risky move when you don't know all the words. Just ask Art Brut's Eddie Argos, who joined the Mountain Goats onstage during a London show about a year ago. "I'd forgotten that when I was drunk on the Hold Steady tour in the U.S. that I'd told John I'd sing 'The Be...
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The Mountain Goats: / and Kaki King: Satanic Messiah EP / Black Pear Tree EP
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Two new EPs offer John Darnielle in ways we've never heard him before: with distinct, independent supporting actors (the pointillistic, vivid guitar work of Kaki King); and solo, with piano.read more
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