merlin:

The Mountain Goats – “This Year” (2005)

There will be feasting
And dancing
In Jerusalem next year.

I am going to make it
Through this year
If it kills me.

[Vis-à-vis]

I might have missed this video. Very silly of me if that’s the case. The song I’ve heard of course, lots and lots of times.

inthefade:

notveryraven:

a good man

John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats sings for Wisconsin: Power in a Union.

I won’t see anything better than this today.

Agreed.

buongiorno:

John Darnielle performing a Tiny Desk Concert at the NPR offices. 

[… A paragraph about The Life of the World to Come dvd.]

Anyway, here he performs two of my favorites from the most recent record and then one of my most favorite songs of all time. Do watch this. Everybody needs the sort of sideswiping reality check that is John Darnielle’s songwriting prowess.

I have yet to see the Mountain Goats live, but damn, the next time! There is no excuse as the music is almost always excellent. (When not excellent it’s “just” very damn good.)

buongiorno:

There is only one way to do things, and that is the John Darnielle way. 

And the world, in its cold way, started coming alive.

There are several other ways to do things too, but they’re the wrong way. Still possible to go down on though.

Can’t wait for the new album.

hypem:

adashofpanache:

Thank You Mario But Our Princess Is In Another Castle, The Mountain Goats & Kaki King. Okay even if it is technically supposed to be about Toad.

Yeah when you came in
I could breathe again

This EP. It is really excellent.