I have been strutting around like a motherfucking badass pretty much all day because of this.

mountaingoatsplusmovies:

the Mountain Goats valentine #2

This is perfect in absolutely every respect except that it’s “sign of land.”

Last night, I was hanging out with some friends at their studio, playing ukulele while they drew comics and made prints. Trying to decide what to play next, I asked if they liked the Mountain Goats.
They said they had not heard the Mountain Goats.

When I recovered from shock, I played “You Were Cool” for them. Halfway through, Jordan interrupted me to say, “You’re going to make me cry, here.”

“Welcome to The Mountain Goats,” I replied.

planetfool:

The Heathers performing Heretic Pride by The Mountain Goats at a Tower Records, April 17, 2010.

I’ve been eagerly awaiting a new album from this amazing duo for several years. This will do in a pinch.

fuckyeahthemountaingoats:

“Eugene Sue” tMG song that was auctioned earlier this year to raise money for tsunami relief

I had wondered if the winner of this auction would share the song with the world. I’m pleased that they did.

1. Frank Turner, England Keep My Bones
2. Aaron J. Shay, Nothing Is Ruined
3. Geoff Berner, Victory Party
4. Mark Growden, Lose Me In The Sand
5. Robert Sarazin Blake, A Long Series Of Memorable Nights Forgotten: The Belfast Sessions
6. Zoe Boekbinder, Darling Specimens
7. The Mountain Goats, All Eternals Deck
8. Gregory Paul, The Fremont Abbey Session
9. Renee de la Prade, Notes From Underground
10. Metaphorest, Volume 1

Honorable mentions: Hank Green, Ellen Hardcastle and Other Ephemera, and Laura Cortese, Acoustic Project

Extra honorable mention: Eliza Rickman, whose upcoming album Oh You Sinners should have come out this year, but was beset by tribulations. It will be amazing in 2012.

dictionaryofobscuresorrows:

adj. entranced and unsettled by the vastness of the universe, experienced in a jolt of recognition that the night sky is not just a wallpaper but a deeply foreign ocean whose currents are steadily carrying off all other castaways, who share our predicament but are already well out of earshot—worlds and stars who would’ve been lost entirely except for the scrap of light they were able to fling out into the dark, a message in a bottle that’s only just now washing up on the Earth’s atmosphere, an invitation to a party that already ended a million years ago.

Somewhat unrelated: “Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows” sounds like a description of a Mountain Goats album, if not a title.

Top 10 Artists:
1. Frank Turner
2. The Mountain Goats
3. Man With Hat
4. Punch Brothers
5. Culann’s Hounds

Top 5 Albums:
1. Frank Turner – England Keep My Bones
2. Punch Brothers – Antifogmatic
3. Culann’s Hounds – One For The Road
4. Man With Hat – Nothing Is Ruined
5. Corpus Callosum – Corpus Callosum

Top 5 Songs:
1. The Brendan Hines – Miss New York
2. Frank Turner – Peggy Sang the Blues
3. Frank Turner – I Still Believe
4. Janelle Monáe – Tightrope
5. Man With Hat – When You Wake Up

So yeah, I clearly really liked the new Frank Turner record. “Miss New York” and “Tightrope” have both been put on repeat more than once, so no surprise there. I am surprised about Culann’s Hounds, though. Not sure how that happened. The rest of my top artists all had new records out this year.
I’m always a little suspicious of the accuracy of last.fm’s data. It already claims that I’ve listened to Hank Green more than Mumford & Sons, and I don’t think that’s possible.