Next week, the Mountain Goats drop their new album Transcendental Youth, though god knows we probably won’t untangle all the lyrical tangles until long, long after that. Mountain Goats albums, after all, are like that. But now we can get a head start on it. We’ve already heard early song “Cry For Judas,” b...

The Mountain Goats are just about to release Transcendental Youth, which is their 14th studio album. In support of their album the group, comprised of John Darnielle, drummer Jon Wurster and bassist Peter Hughes, is about to set out on another nationwide tour. But before they leave, the band’s charismatic frontman Darnielle (above, center) met...

I gave up on Showtime’s mom-dealing-pot dramedy Weeds years ago, during the scene where Snoop Dogg showed up and started rapping about “milf weed.” The world, however, apparently didn’t. The show is now in its eighth and final season, and it’s resurrected its old gimmick in which various differen...

Earlier this month, we learned that the Mountain Goats have a new album called Transcendental Youth coming out in the fall. And today, the first track from the LP hits the internet. It’s called “Cry For Judas,” and it’s an expansively bouncy tune that, as promised, makes prominent use of a horn section, wh...

Many, many big album announcements this morning! Here’s another one: John Darnielle’s great Mountain Goats have completed their umpteen millionth studio LP. (Actually, their 15th.) It’s called Transcendental Youth, and it features a bunch of songs that John Darnielle recently debuted onstage with Owen Pallett and th...