the Mountain Goats, Whelans, May 22 2011 (1 Viewer)

[Unknown Convict]

first Irish date since october 2002. so f'n stoked.

presuming it's a trio gig (i.e. incl. wurster and p.p.hughes).

who's promoting? foggy? doolittle?

 

[pavlos]

Wahey! This is great news!

 

[jay69]

jon wurster is playing on these dates.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

jon wurster is playing on these dates.

yay! funniest man in rock

 

[Duncan_Thaw]

Nice one - very excited about this!

 

[Foggy]

on sale now www.tickets.ie

 

[buck]

this is great newses....i just got me some tickets....

 

[ann post]

tempting. this is the only song i know, what should i listen to?

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[pavlos]

tempting. this is the only song i know, what should i listen to?

All Hail West Texas is a good start - I don't think I know anyone who doesn't like "The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton". Full Force Galesburg is a good one as well, it's got some really great songs on it too. He's got a massive back catalogue, so dive in!

 

[ann post]

thanks pavlos, will give them a spin!

 

[Unknown Convict]

tempting. what should i listen to?

http://thumped.com/bbs/showthread.php?79185-What-Mountain-Goats-Album

 

[ann post]

thumped just keeps on delivering. by that thread i am swayed to dive in at
coast to coast

The Sunset Tree is what I would recommend. Its a gigantic tower of a record that made me fall in love with them when I really wasn't expecting it.

as i like gigantic towers of records.

thanks unknown convict.

 

[Nate Champion]

This is one of my favourite songs ever. I prefer when he slows it down. He has a fine voice, but its fragility is best suited to this sort of affair.

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[Duncan_Thaw]

I love The Goats dearly but have to say I never really got into The Sunset Tree. The album that got me into them was We Shall All Be Healed - heard the lead single Palmcorder Yajna on 6 Music and immediately fell in love. However I would agree with Pavlos - All Hail West Texas is a good place to start because it's at the midway point of Darnielle's output (and is just a great album).

 

[Unknown Convict]

good session archive here. the wfmu one is great, home recorded to tape.

http://www.the-collective.net/~sashwap/goats/

np: minor joan crawford vehicle

 

[ann post]

I took the sunset tree out a few days back as i'd a pile of driving to do. i really enjoyed it.

 

[Unknown Convict]

[VIDEO]http://s401.photobucket.com/albums/pp94/theaudiopervjr/?action=view&current=mountaingoatsletterman_Segment100-00-05-00-03-40.mp4[/VIDEO]

 

[Duncan_Thaw]

Thanks a lot for the link to that wfmu session UC - absolutely fantastic. That new song on Letterman sounds great as well. I've been checking out a few of the more obscure releases over the past few days... Devil In The Shortwave, Isopanisad Radio Hour, On Juhu Beach etc. All great listens. Was surprised by just how slow and dark On Juhu Beach was.

 

[Unknown Convict]

Thanks a lot for the link to that wfmu session UC - absolutely fantastic. That new song on Letterman sounds great as well. I've been checking out a few of the more obscure releases over the past few days... Devil In The Shortwave, Isopanisad Radio Hour, On Juhu Beach etc. All great listens. Was surprised by just how slow and dark On Juhu Beach was.

no sweat. get new asian cinema too - the 3 yo-yo 1-sided 12s are some of the best things he's done (except dirty old town, which doesn't really add anything to the song). juhu has transjordanian blues which is hardly slow! its a beautiful hand-sewn 3" cd too but i think there were <100 made.

heres the letterman audio: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3605553/Birth of Serpents on Letterman 2_23_2011.m4a?dl=1

 

[Duncan_Thaw]

Yeah, "transjordanian" kinda ruins my theory! I guess I was thinking of the first 2 tracks in particular... I know a lof of tMG songs sound desperate, but those two are very slow and almost mournful. Will def check out New Asian as well then - cheers!!