The Mountain Goats

this is really great!
white cedars is gorgeous

the diaz brothers is power pop!

also conspicuously absent from that list: chapel hill's own GOAT THROWER!!!

wher is lubricated goat

re: this album: didn't like it at first but now I love it. might help that I somehow ended up making lovefucking to it the other day? pretty sure I came during "The Diaz Brothers"

also: sitting at a red light just now on my way home from work, with windows down and screaming along (as is my wont), the line "Mistreat your altarboys long enough and this is what you get" earned a "woo!" from one of the cars next to me

A review from a most unlikely source!

http://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-mountain-goats-disco-purgatorio/

Larison: Mountain Goats Album a "Stunning" Repudiation of Romney Campaign

Hahaha

Eve Tushnet is a great cyberpunk trait-name.

Video for "Cry for Judas"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bptnhUOG2GU

friend of mine said they killed it last night

I am dead excited to see them this weekend. I do a lot of tMG listening but every time I see them there'll be multiple requests for songs I've never heard of, or the name has escaped me, and I'll get the sensation that people are just making up song titles on the spot. "Play 'Queen of Cups'! 'The paw of Romulus'! 'Alpha Fright Night'! 'Orange ball of empathy'!"

theme song from armageddon

Okay everyone go see this tour, it's fucking incredible

this was one of my favorite mountain goats shows i've seen. the horns are a really great addition.

i was wildly impressed with matthew e white, also.

paw of romulus is a jam

well what the shit, i had no idea this tour was happening and they are here next wednesday, and i dont have anything to do that night so well holy shit awesome

http://www.daytrotter.com/#!/concert/the-mountain-goats/20055796-3737475

show highlights for me:

1. Ezekiel 7 and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace - this song flat-out slays me and the version they did was just beautiful; absolutely haunting, turning fragility into the most powerful musical weapon imaginable
2. Space Gladiator 1 aka Amy - all of the new uptempo songs were unbelievably tight but this one in particular hummed top to bottom, from the initial stick beats that counted the band in, over the "tattoos/garish hues" bridge to the perfect abrupt ending
3. the horns - OH MY GOD THE HORNS you just can't even imagine the shivers caused by "White Cedar" and "Cry For Judas"
4. Due to confusion about when Matthew E. White was going on, we missed about half of that set, which sucks because what we heard was WAU AWESOME

"Space Gladiator"!!

lol I have just now realized that is not actually the title of that song

I'm calling it that anyway

you'll hear no objection from me... mountain goats space gladiator concept album sounds amazeballs!

(speaking of which: should I bite the bullet and give Moon Colony Bloodbath a listen? for whatever reason, I've always avoided it, expecting it to be disappointing... but I have no idea what gave me that impression)

I'd say definitely yes, that entire cluster of vinyl releases (w/ black pear tree and satanic messiah) was very strong imo.

seriously though, Ezekial 7 may be my overall favorite MG song

my only prob w/that great record is that i have no idea what the titles of the songs are unless i have my ipod handy

E7 = the last song, dreamy piano ballad "drive 'til the rain stops/keep driving"

"1 Samuel 15:23", the moody first track with the "peel grapes" line and the rumbling toms, is also bad ass

ah gotcha...haha i call that other song "peel grapes" in my head actually

mountain goats space gladiator concept album sounds amazeballs!

also: "PLANT grapes" ffs you charlatans!

http://www.moldychum.com/storage/rpb.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1299550631318

Why oh why is this tour coming to Milwaukee and Minneapolis but not Madison?

I honestly cannot type anything correctly today, I could have sworn I wrote "plant"

Seeing JD do Ezekiel 7 at the Royal Festival Hall show - his first with solo piano? - is something I'll hopefully never forget.

Was that the show with Anonymous 4? It was amazing, and to an extent the reason I've been having trouble getting into this album is that it's not that show (which I was warned of directly from the stage!)

Nope, this was back in...2009? The Life of the World to Come had just been released and then entire crowd knew every word from it. Such a special special gig.

Annonymous 4 w/Owen Pallet at the Barbican was also amazing - upthread I praised/thanked Owen for making the first gig my younger brother ever went to one to remember...at the time I did not know who [redacted] was, and as such did not extend my thank yous to him, an act of which I am now regretful for. So, [redacted], thank you for everything.

Wish I could go to show on Monday but Grand Rapids is a loooong drive.

I'd posit that one's memory of the A4 show is strengthened by the temporality of that programme's existence. Not that it was bad (or even merely good, I was thrilled tbh) but these songs are strong in any context and the album versions do them all great justice.

oh what I mean is that the fleeting nature of the A4 thing was a good aesthetic move, "One night only!" etc.

Oh for sure - I'm just mentioning the unexpected effect it had on me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8GbLFApNK0

boom

[mod edit] I just wanted to mention your new record slays, and moved me deeply. keep on etc

show tonight was the shit, horn section add-on is badass, people in future spots on the tour should just go buy those tickets right now.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8474/8126137405_50a1e9d131.jpg

Thanks for the autograph!

My buddy just mailed this to me from the New York show. Listening to it in traditional Wisconsin fashion, with local microbrews.

i've never seen john live. what i've read about some of his diehard fans makes me think i would feel kind of uncomfortable (i am easily made uncomfortable). maybe if i just stay in the back by the bar with my SO and don't make eye contact with anyone.

Mountain Goats are definitely the band I'm most irritated about still never having seen live.

GO SEE THEM THEY ARE AWESOME AND AMAZING

also, due to the nature of the fans, you don't actually have to engage them at the show and you can be in your own bubble buffeted by awesome music

I'm excited to finally see them in December.

what was that early-00s band that would appear on MTV with an adoring teenage crowd sitting around them as if they were a campfire and earnestly sing along with every emo word?

like dashboard police or something.

Dashboard Confessional?

yeah. i was kind of picturing that type of scenario, with me awkwardly handing a beer standing against the back wall wishing i were somewhere else.