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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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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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A few weeks into the semester, the Duke Coffeehouse has released its schedule and it is excellent. Phosphorescent, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down and Durham’s own John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats will be making stops. Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu has also rescheduled his cancelled show from last semester. K Records is [...]
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