When I saw The Mountain Goats at The Caverns in April last year, I wondered why John Darnielle chose to introduce “No Children” by singing the first verse of “I Hope You Dance” by Lee Ann Womack.

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When the Mountain Goats play in Portland, it always feels a little bit like a hometown show. Frontman John Darnielle spent just a year of his adult life here, in 1985, during the period that inspired ...

Dotted across the mountains of Southeast Alaska, white mountain goats move deftly through rugged snowscapes. Though climbing high into the mountains leaves predators below, an avalanche could pose a ...

I can’t remember the first time I encountered the great indie rock band the Mountain Goats, perhaps because to know them at all feels like having known them forever. Even on a first listen, their ...