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John Darnielle has never been easy to read. But his latest album, The Life of the World to Come, is a bit surprising. In my superficial early listenings to the album (not the leaked version, but the real version), it sounds like a Mountain Goats album–which is certainly a good thing. All 12 tracks are Bible [...]
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(Via my friend, via her other friend) Back when Jamie Stewart played a Xiu Xiu show at the Coffeehouse, John Darnielle was in attendance, and it was great. Now, the two Durham denizens are popping up on Flickr, spending summer evenings on swinging benches. Check out the photo here.
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John Darnielle and John Vanderslice have wrapped up their Gone Primitive tour, which made a stop at the Duke Coffeehouse a few weeks ago. At said show, they played some selections from their joint vinyl-only EP Moon Colony Bloodbath but no copies were available at that point in the tour.
Well, the record was made, and Pitchfork is [...]
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Part of me thinks John Darnielle is a really complex guy and part of me thinks he should be pretty easy to read. I’m not really sure if either is true, but I’m pretty sure there’s no one else like him, and his show at the Duke Coffeehouse last night certainly proved that point.
Darnielle played [...]
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San Francisco-based John Vanderslice and hometown boy/the only constant Mountain Goat John Darnielle will play the second show of their 13-city Gone Primitive tour tonight at the Duke Coffeehouse. Doors are at 9, the show is at 9:30. Unlike most Coffeehouse shows, there were pre-sale tickets but there are still tickets available at the door [...]
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After three decades of releasing music, five of recording and about 40 shows, Texas-based Jandek will be gracing Triangle audiences with his music. Joining him on keyboard will be the Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle, drummer Brian Jones and Cantwell, Gomez and Jordan’s Anne Gomez on bass.
I can’t say much about his performance, but because this [...]
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