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The Mountain Goats — Heretic Pride

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By Cameron Gordon (CHARTattack) February 19, 2008 4:27 pm
The Mountain Goats have always been a few popularity notches below their peers in The Shins and Spoon, despite their stylistic similarities and the comparable quality in songwriting. In spite of his permanent underground standing, lead Goat John Darnielle continues to soldier on and provide listeners with quality full-lengths such as Heretic Pride...
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The Mountain Goats — Get Lonely

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By Bryan Borzykowski (CHARTattack) September 5, 2006 2:10 pm
By now you already know what to expect from The Mountain Goats — minimalist production, hushed songs and soul-baring lyrics. Even 14 albums in 11 years can't get these guys to try something dramatically different, but frontman John Darnielle does "tortured indie rocker" so well that we can forgive him for his lack of adventure. Still,...
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The Mountain Goats — The Sunset Tree

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By Brian Wong (CHARTattack) April 26, 2005 12:00 pm
The Sunset Tree is the 19th disc from super-prolific main Mountain Goat John Darnielle. The record’s middle-of-nowhere desolation and folk-pop songs about nature and demons might mistake Darnielle for being Canadian, but we'd gladly accept the troubadour as one of our own. Possessing a sharp voice and literate lyricism of The Weakerthans' John K....
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The Mountain Goats — We Shall All Be Healed

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By Shannon Whibbs (CHARTattack) February 3, 2004 10:57 am
The Mountain Goats follow up 2002's gloomy Tallahassee with We Shall All Be Healed. John Darnielle's distinctively high, slightly nasal voice is still at the forefront and the sound is as lo-fi as ever, but Darnielle has fleshed out his ranks with gentle touches of piano (Franklin Bruno), bass (Peter Hughes) and mournful fiddle (Nora Danielson)....
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I Read The News Today... For March 3, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 3, 2011 4:11 pm
Public Enemy will headline a day at this year's Bestival in England, joining The Cure and Primal Scream, who are the other bill-toppers. —BBC Radio 1 Memphis, Stars singer Torquil Campbell's side-project with Chris Dumont, are giving away two tunes from their upcoming Here Comes A City album. You can get "I Am The Photographer" and "I Want The...
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The Mountain Goats — "Ezekiel 7 (And The Permanent Efficacy Of Grace)"

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By CHARTattack Staff October 2, 2009 4:46 pm
The clip for The Mountain Goats' "Ezekiel 7 (And The Permanent Efficacy Of Grace)" is just John Darnielle playing his piano and singing, but it's beautiful in its quiet stillness. This track will be included on The Mountain Goats' 17th (!) studio album, The Life Of The World To Come, which is out on Tuesday. All of its songs are based...
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Black Eyes For Crystal Castles Over Use Of Artist's Madonna Image

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By CHARTattack Staff April 24, 2008 3:30 pm
Toronto electro-punk duo Crystal Castles are in the midst of a heated dispute over artwork they've used on T-shirts, the cover of their "Alice Practice" seven-inch and the limited-edition "banned" version of their self-titled full-length debut. The graphic in question features a drawing of Madonna with a battered eye that...
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Mountain Goats Have Heretic Pride

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By CHARTattack Staff January 4, 2008 6:00 pm
Warped American folk-rock band The Mountain Goats are done grazing and will release the 13-track Heretic Pride on Feb. 19 via 4AD. The album was recorded at Prairie Sun in Cotati, California and produced by Scott Solter and John Vanderslice, who has produced previous records for Mountain Goats. Main Mountain Goat John Darnielle was joined in...
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Pedal Power Propels The Bicycles Back On Top

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) September 6, 2006 5:00 pm
The battle at the top of the chart continues for a sixth straight week, as yet another album falls out of the top spot. This is the first time in the 10-year history of the weekly top 50 chart that there have been five changes at #1 in five consecutive weeks. This time, rather than a new album moving into the top spot, it's one that occupied the...
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John Darnielle Gets Lonely On New Mountain Goats Album

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) June 2, 2006 4:30 pm
John Darnielle, the primary (and often solitary) member of American folk-rock outfit Mountain Goats, has readied a new album titled Get Lonely. Darnielle is joined on the follow-up to last year's The Sunset Tree by friends Peter Hughes and Franklin Bruno of Nothing Painted Blue, as well as cellist Erik Friedlander and drummer Corey Fogel. Get...
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The Chart Is Kind To Caribou

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) May 17, 2005 3:30 pm
In one of the biggest surprises in recent chart history, a real dark horse has come outta left field and driven the ball out of the ball park for a grand slam. Last week's Chart Sizzler, Caribou's The Milk Of Human Kindness, leapfrogs 12 places to capture #1 on the campus chart this week, out-stepping Spoon's Gimme Fiction, which jumps two spots...
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