hello folks! this week, we’re taking a look at the Mountain Goat’s 2004 album, We Shall All Be Healed. based on the liner notes and the things that John Darnielle has said about the record, , We Shall All Be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! we return to our journey through the Mountain Goats discography with their other 2002 record, Tallahassee. as i mentioned in the All Hail West Texas review, that is viewed as kind of the end of an era, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! im gonna get ahead of this one and let y’all know im incapable of being impartial about today’s album, All Hail West Texas. it was incredibly important to me at a difficult point of change in my life,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
hello folks! today we’re checking out the last of the early-tape-compilations, 2002’s Ghana. when the compilations were re-released on record label 3 Beads of Sweat, they added this comp to the mix. let’s dig in! it is wild that the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
morning folks! we’re continuing our journey through the Mountain Goats discography with The Coroner’s Gambit, released in 2000. i dig Jaipur as an opener. it’s got an almost threateningly measured pace to it, and i think the chorus here works[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
morning folks! we’re gonna be checking out the second of the compilation records put out to cover early Mountain Goats material, Protein Source of the Future… Now! this compilation, along with Protein Source of the Future… Now!, were originally released[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
morning folks! we’re gonna be checking out the first of the compilation records put out to cover early Mountain Goats material, Protein Source of the Future… Now! this compilation, along with Bitter Melon Farm, were originally released in 1999 with Ajax[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
morning folks! we’re gonna be checking out a short entry in the Mountain Goats discography – it’s 1998’s EP, New Asian Cinema. Cao Dai Blowout is an interesting song, the first literal haunting we’ve gotten. i like it. Korean Bird[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
morning folks! we’re gonna be checking out the next album in the Mountain Goats Discography today, Full Force Galesburg, from 1997. New Britain kicks off the record – does an interesting little shift in the guitar chords here. a very[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
morning folks! we’re back today with the next Mountain Goats album, Nothing For Juice, released in 1996. Then the Letting Go is the opening track, and even as short as it is it’s an incredibly strong opener. really dig the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…