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Track: The Mountain Goats relish in Wild West psychedelia with ‘Dark In Here’

CALIFORNIAN staple The Mountain Goats have released the title track “Dark in Here” ahead of their album, out on June 25th on Merge Records. Led by songwriter John Darnielle, the…

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Track: The Mountain Goats drop ‘The Slow Parts On Death Metal Albums’ and announce a tour Stateside

IS IT time that John Darnielle’s purveyors of the great Americana dream, The Mountain Goats, received an award for industry? In the accursed year of our Lord, 2020, when the…

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See: Reigning Sound drop a video for their reforming principle, ‘Let’s Do It Again’; warm garage rock for cleared chairs, loved ones and a decent bourbon

SCRATCHING that seven-year itch was a good idea. Yep, it’s been seven looong years since Greg Cartwright’s Memphis-meets-garage aesthetic, as propounded by his lovely Reigning Sound, brought any new music…

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News: The Mountain Goats announce an album for late June, laid down in Muscle Shoals; hear the warm country rock of ‘Mobile’

THEY’RE nothing if not prolific and industrious, John Darnielle’s much-loved exponents of Americana, The Mountain Goats. It was only a year or so ago that John was in conversation with NPR about…

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Track: Reigning Sound – ‘Oh Christine’: a sweet Americana lament from returning Memphis cult heroes

RETURNING Memphis prodigals Reigning Sound have followed up the the classy garage-rock soul of “A Little More Time” from last month with another little cracker on the path to their…

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Track: Reigning Sound – ‘A Little More Time’: Greg Cartwright’s garage band get the seven-year itch

CAST your mind back now: did you fall for the hip-shimmying rush of Reigning Sounds’ “I’ll Cry”, hitting the sweet garage spot wherein the classic Memphis soul sound smashed straight…

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NEWS: Fruit Bats announce lush new album for Merge; see the video for The Balcony

CHICAGO’S pristine and lovely Fruit Bats, who’ve been providing us with excellent folk-rock that completely illustrates the wondrous magic of music when they’re flying high (and they mostly are, let’s…

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TRACK: Mountain Goats – ‘Picture Of My Dress’: yearning Americana ahead of next week’s album; live stream news

MOUNTAIN GOATS have dropped just one more track ahead of next week’s new album, Getting Into Knives – and they’ve gone with the acoustic Americana excellence of “Picture Of My…

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SEE: The video for Mountain Goats’ ‘Get Famous’, their first in five years

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS are primed and ready on the starting grid for the release of their new album, Getting Into Knives, on October 23rd; and for the first time in five years…

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TRACK: Mountain Goats’ ‘Get Famous’: a warm groove with a lyrical arrow

JOHN DARNIELLE’S evergreen and much-loved Mountain Goats are shaping up to release their second full-lengther of the year, Getting Into Knives; and today they’ve released a highlight from the forthcoming album…

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