Darnielle

Dylan and Randy Newman wrote great lyrics, but John Darnielle is at least as good, if not better. etc.

Matthew Yglesias » My Generation 2009

The Extra LensTwo of indie rock's finest storytellers -- John Darnielle (Mountain Goats) and Franklin Bruno -- team up for their on-again, off-again side project.

Getting Up Guide: Beer and Ballet, Edwidge Danticat Alex Baldinger 2010

Dear audience at the concert of Mr. John Darnielle:

Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway mrissa 2009

John Darnielle lives in Durham I think which is very good for you!

Angus' music picks for 2008 2008

This isn't really part of the Madonna HateFest, but Durham, NC's John Darnielle, he of the Mountain Goats (and author of a new book 33 1/3 book on Black Sabbath), is guest blogging over at Powell's.

Mountain Goat 2008

This isn't really part of the Madonna HateFest, but Durham, NC's John Darnielle, he of the Mountain Goats (and author of a new book 33 1/3 book on Black Sabbath), is guest blogging over at Powell's.

April 2008 2008

I've taken my iPod off "Shuffle Songs" for the first time since I got it, am playing Darnielle constantly, memorizing lyrics so I can sing them out of tune in the shower, and am working on converting my wife and child.

I'm a Believer: Eric Spitznagel and the Mountain Goats Lou Anders 2007

I love that John Darnielle, the lead singer (okay, the only singer), has a piercing nasal tenor that makes most people scrunch up their face and say, "What the hell is that?"

I'm a Believer: Eric Spitznagel and the Mountain Goats Lou Anders 2007

Then he pops up in my inbox explaining that not only is he obsessed with the Mountain Goats, but rather than respond to my email, he's blogged about his love of John Darnielle (the man behind the band) at great length.

Archive 2007-09-01 Lou Anders 2007

Then he pops up in my inbox explaining that not only is he obsessed with the Mountain Goats, but rather than respond to my email, he's blogged about his love of John Darnielle (the man behind the band) at great length.

I'm a Believer: Eric Spitznagel and the Mountain Goats Lou Anders 2007