John Darnielle

The Mountain Goats’ Musical Theatre Storytelling in ‘Jenny From Thebes’

The Mountain Goats’ Musical Theatre Storytelling in ‘Jenny From Thebes’

Can the Mountain Goats’ uncompromisingly oblique and challengingly uncommercial Jenny From Thebes become a fully-staged Jennymusical?

The Mountain Goats Go to the Movies

The Mountain Goats Go to the Movies

The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle has been a cinephile all his life, but he never created an album about the movies until this year’s thrilling Bleed Out.

Why the Mountain Goats’ ‘All Hail West Texas’ Will—In Time—Both Outpace and Outlive You 

Why the Mountain Goats’ ‘All Hail West Texas’ Will—In Time—Both Outpace and Outlive You 

Twenty years old, John Darnielle’s unique, emotion-driven songwriting gave the Mountain Goats’ All Hail West Texas unrivaled staying power.

Fact and Fiction: The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle on Wrestling and the Creative Process

Fact and Fiction: The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle on Wrestling and the Creative Process

The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle on the “most musically interesting record by a country mile”, the wrestling-themed album Beat the Champ.

Just Stay Alive: An Interview With John Darnielle of Mountain Goats

The Mountain Goats: All Eternals Deck

The Extra Lens: Undercard

Get Holy: An Interview With John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats

Into the Void: John Darnielle on Sabbath, Extreme Metal, and Indie Rock