With 23 albums to choose from, getting into The Mountain Goats can seem like an insurmountable task for the casual listener. But the truth is, not even the most hardcore Mountain Goats fan has heard ...

The Mountain Goats will bring their “Bleed Out” tour to WAVE this Sunday. The band will be going a duo show that just features singer/guitarist John Darnielle, second from left, and ...

John Darniella of the band, The Mountain Goats, playing the guitar. The band performed in Black Mountain, NC on Sep. 20, 2025. Photo courtesy of @mountaingoatsmusic/Instagram Finding ways to stay ...

In an age of Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber, the understated talent of a lone man with an acoustic guitar often goes underappreciated. However, since their inception in 1991, The Mountain Goats have been ...

The Mountain Goats play at Cat’s Cradle Friday, April 8, with Megafaun at 9 p.m. The show is sold out. Peter the Hitchhiker is a famous music fan. Just last month, he had an extra ticket for a concert ...

Sincere, specific and smart as hell, John Darnielle is the prolific singer-songwriter who's been releasing music as the Mountain Goats since 1991 — first solo, then with other musicians like long-time ...

When the Mountain Goats play in Portland, it always feels a little bit like a hometown show. Frontman John Darnielle spent just a year of his adult life here, in 1985, during the period that inspired ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Indie-folk band The Mountain Goats will be performing at The Egg in Albany this fall. The concert is scheduled for October 11 at 8 p.m. Get the latest news, weather, sports and ...

For about the first decade of their existence, the Mountain Goats were not an actual band; they were John Darnielle's solo project. The plural-noun band name was a kind of in-joke; Darnielle would ...

Peter Hughes, the longtime bassist and backup vocalist in the Mountain Goats, is leaving the band. Hughes joined the Mountain Goats back in 1996 and performed on nearly every album, beginning with ...

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