The Mountain Goats

Soundcheck | Mar 29, 2011

Led by indie rock yarn-spinner John Darnielle, The Mountain Goats’ songs have been inspired by Darnielle’s troubled adolescence, geography, heavy metal, and on their newest album, “All Eternals Deck,” by a mysterious deck of tarot cards. They’ll play live in The Greene Space.

The Mountain Goats is a band built around John Darnielle, who just might be indie rock’s most inventive storyteller.  The Mountain Goats’ songs have been inspired by Darnielle’s troubled adolescence, geography, heavy metal, and on their newest album, “All Eternals Deck,” by a mysterious deck of tarot cards.   They’ll play live in The Greene Space.

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