If you're looking for a border town getaway with a Canadian vibe but firmly on U.S. soil, check out this Montana gem.

Discover Jasper, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in no small part due to the abundant fauna that calls the National ...

Darnielle says that Indigo De Souza‘s “Heartthrob” is his song of the year, and writes, “I put together a ranked top 10 for 2025 because everybody’s always like ‘unranked, it’s a big list’ and I gotta ...

Like a Canadian looking for any opportunity to point out an actor or musician is Canadian, any Portland-based Mountain Goats obsessive will leap at the chance to tell you just how much the Rose City ...

The Mountain Goats will be bringing their distinct indie-folk sound to the Knitting Factory on Friday. Singer-songwriter John Darnielle founded the band in Claremont, California, in 1991. Initially, ...

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 ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. 'This Year: 365 Songs Annotated' is an annotated collection of some of the songwriter's most legendary lyrics, but it's so much more than ...

The musical tale of three shipwrecked souls makes for an unusually linear Mountain Goats record, full of powerful moments that not even the eternally moving John Darnielle can scrape into the whole it ...

Going into the new Mountain Goats album, Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan, it was hard to know what to expect. 2023’s Jenny from Thebes and 2022’s Bleed Out hadn’t blown this reviewer away ...

John Darniella of the band, The Mountain Goats, playing the guitar. The band performed in Black Mountain, NC on Sep. 20, 2025. Photo courtesy of @mountaingoatsmusic/Instagram Finding ways to stay ...

There is little trial and error when it comes to navigating avalanches. Especially if you’re a mountain goat, without access to an Intro to Backcountry course or ...