The Mountain Goats (Band)

The Mountain Goats

John Vanderslice's Emerald City Offers Parable for Paranoiac Times

Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar Plan Kerouac Tribute Show in S.F.

Autumn de WildeJay Farrar (left) and Ben Gibbard​We reported earlier that Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Son Volt's Jay Farrar teamed up on the soundtrack to a new Jack Kerouac documentary, One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur. (The movie and the soundtrack come out Oct. 20). Now th ... More >>

Will Payne Was Hungry for Radio Food Talk, So He Created Sound Bites

FacebookPayne: Feeding the unmet appetite.​These days, radio is a medium often relegated to background noise -- buzzing through the kitchen, perhaps, as you prepare dinner. That's why it's so nice of Will Payne of Pirate Cat Radio to host Sound Bites, a fine, filling radio show about food you ... More >>

Local Frequency: Q&A with Upstairs Downstairs

​Mission-based indie rock band Upstairs Downstairs juxtaposes dark, atmospheric lyrics with lush folk-pop melodies, crafting the perfect soundtrack for foggy, rainy days in the city. The year-old act will be recording its first EP this December. Title pending, the disc will be a collection of cu ... More >>

Owen Pallett’s ambitious pop compositions

​Mission-based indie rock band Upstairs Downstairs juxtaposes dark, atmospheric lyrics with lush folk-pop melodies, crafting the perfect soundtrack for foggy, rainy days in the city. The year-old act will be recording its first EP this December. Title pending, the disc will be a collection of cu ... More >>

Sasquatch! Music Festival Lineup: Pavement, Dam-Funk, Girls, Massive Attack, the XX

Joseph SchellEdward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros: festival favorites​More music news today for festicationers: Sasquatch! Music Festival laid out its lineup last night at a party at Seattle's Crocodile Cafe. This Memorial Day Weekend (May 29-31) the indie rock caravans will head to Washington's ... More >>

Craggy Crimes of Passion

Joseph SchellEdward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros: festival favorites​More music news today for festicationers: Sasquatch! Music Festival laid out its lineup last night at a party at Seattle's Crocodile Cafe. This Memorial Day Weekend (May 29-31) the indie rock caravans will head to Washington's ... More >>

Arthouse movie listings for December 8-14, 2010

Joseph SchellEdward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros: festival favorites​More music news today for festicationers: Sasquatch! Music Festival laid out its lineup last night at a party at Seattle's Crocodile Cafe. This Memorial Day Weekend (May 29-31) the indie rock caravans will head to Washington's ... More >>

The Mountain Goats Perform a Soundtrack Live at the Castro Theatre

The Mountain Goats at the Castro Theatre last night. Pics by Chris.​The Mountain Goats (live film soundtrack)December 14, 2010 @ The Casto TheatreBetter than: Fumbling with the bong, trying to synch up Dark Side of the Moon and The Wizard of Oz. We've all surely heard the joke by now. The "how ma ... More >>

John Darnielle: Mountain Goat, American Idol

The Mountain Goats at the Castro Theatre last night. Pics by Chris.​The Mountain Goats (live film soundtrack)December 14, 2010 @ The Casto TheatreBetter than: Fumbling with the bong, trying to synch up Dark Side of the Moon and The Wizard of Oz. We've all surely heard the joke by now. The "how ma ... More >>

Fresh Times for Mission Recording Studio Different Fur, the Mountain Goats, and More

From SF Weekly's latest music section: Different Fur owner/engineer Patrick Brown behind the board.​Different Fur: Late in 2009, the Mission recording studio Different Fur played host to a night of local musical magic. Upstart Berkeley band the Morning Benders was recording a video with the t ... More >>

Let the Cassette Tape Die Already

And stay dead! (Photo via.)​ In its July issue, Wired magazine takes note of a disturbing trend: The apparent unwillingness among young, music-loving cool types to let the cassette tape die a complete and much-deserved death. Noting that 2010 saw both the last new car ship with a tape player ... More >>

After 13 Years, Berkeley Label Absolutely Kosher Will Stop Releasing New Records This Fall

​There is only Hard Times left for Absolutely Kosher. Battered by the economic collapse and by titanic shifts within the music industry, the 13-year-old independent Berkeley record label that released albums from artists such as the Mountain Goats, the Wrens, Xiu Xiu, and Pinback's Rob Crow ... More >>

Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

​There is only Hard Times left for Absolutely Kosher. Battered by the economic collapse and by titanic shifts within the music industry, the 13-year-old independent Berkeley record label that released albums from artists such as the Mountain Goats, the Wrens, Xiu Xiu, and Pinback's Rob Crow ... More >>