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Mnementh:
*warning, this post contains some name dropping*

So I've been hearing a lot of talk about them around here lately and it makes me feel good that they're doing so well.  I've only been into The Mountain Goats since Tallahassee, but I've known lead singer John Darnielle's wife Lalitree for a good four years or so.  She used to post on my other place.

She's responsible for getting me into a crapload of bands before people had really heard of them.  The Weakerthans, Lightheavyweight (never really big, and now defunct), John Vanderslice, Interpol, and others.  She also got me into bands I wouldn't have discovered otherwise, like Jawbreaker.

I knew signing to 4AD would get them big, but even though they sold out shows back in 2003 in Boston I didn't expect the worldwide acclaim they're getting here.

The Texas Hero:
One of my favorite bands. I kick myself for missing them the past two times they came here to Houston.

Their songs just make me happy...and hte lyrics are so descriptive. Some people dont dig the voice, but I love it.

Inlander:
True confession time: I only got into the Mountain Goats a couple of months ago, when I bought the Sunset Tree.  Well siree, that album just blew me away - hands down, one of the best releases so far this year, and since then I've been scooping up any of their/his albums I can get my hands on (so far: Sweden, the Coroner's Gambit, All Hail West Texas, and Tallahassee).  I am a bonafide fan - not a long-term one, sure, but a true one.  I also found out recently that they will be playing in Melbourne, where I live, on my birthday, and I'm very excited.

Micolithe:
Not only are the Mountain Goats awesome, the cover of Neutral Milk Hotel's "two headed boy" is just as good (no more, no less) than the original. Which is incredibly rare.

sp2:
Confession 1: I have never heard of the Mountain Goats

Confession 2: I hated the shit out of In the Airplane Over the Sea.

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