Peter Hughes, the longtime bassist and backup vocalist in the Mountain Goats, is leaving the band. Hughes joined the Mountain Goats back in 1995 and performed on every album except their 1994 ...

For about the first decade of their existence, the Mountain Goats were not an actual band; they were John Darnielle's solo project. The plural-noun band name was a kind of in-joke; Darnielle would ...

With 23 albums to choose from, getting into The Mountain Goats can seem like an insurmountable task for the casual listener. But the truth is, not even the most hardcore Mountain Goats fan has heard ...

John Darnielle is prepared to derail our entire conversation because of his obsession with Charles Bronson. This is, in part, because I’ve let him know right away that the Mountain Goats’ 2022 album, ...