hello folks! today, we’re wrapping up what turned out to be a six month project with the most recent record from the Mountain Goats, Jenny From Thebes, released last October when i was earlier in the discography. it’s been billed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! hello folks! today, we’re checking out Bleed Out, by the Mountain Goats, a record i reviewed here on the site when it originally released. I thought about just linking back to that review, but ive been thinking a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! as we inch closer to the current day in the Mountain Goats discography, i’m taking a look at 2021’s Dark In Here. absolutely love the guitar in Parisian Enclave – there’s a warmth to it that sets the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! this week, we’re gonna look at the studio record that the Mountain Goats were working on as the pandemic lockdown began, which was released later that year – Getting Into Knives. Corsican Mastiff Stride is an odd song[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! today’s record has a very interesting story – just before the 2020 lockdowns for Covid, the band had been in the studio and John Darnielle had been reading The Last of the Pagans by Pierre Chuvin. he talked[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! today we’re gonna be taking a look at In League With Dragons, the 2019 record from the Mountain Goats! im not in love with Done Bleeding as an opener. i think id really prefer a track like Younger[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! we’re continuing our drive through the Mountain Goats discography this week by checking oit 2019’s Goths! i think Rain in Soho is my favorite track on the record, and putting it first is kind of an odd decision[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! today we’re taking a look at the Mountain Goat’s 15th full studio record, Beat the Champ. this record was released in 2015, and is heavily themed on professional wrestling and fighting. let’s check it out! up first is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! this week, we’re taking a look at Transcendental Youth, the 2012 record by the Mountain Goats, as we make our way through their discography. let’s dig in! i really like Amy AKA Spent Gladiator I – a track[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! this week’s record was actually the most recent record the year i first hear the Mountain Goats, so mentally i’ve been dividing the discography into the early period (pre-All Hail West Texas), a middle period (AHWT to here[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…