John Darnielle

2/3 of Hail Mary Mallon (Rob Sonic and Aesop Rock) Aesop Rock will head out on tour in May with Rob Sonic & DJ Big Wiz, and though they are billed separately, it means we’re getting Hail Mary Mallon aka the crew formed by the trio…

The ‘Stand Up For Women’s Health’ rally went down in Foley Square this afternoon (2/26), from 1-3pm. According to a post-event press release,On Saturday, February 26, thousands of people came together in Foley Square, in downtown Manhattan, to stand up for women’s health, and fight back against the recent Congressional attacks against Planned Parenthood and family planning funding…

By the time I got to the Extra Lens show at the Mercury Lounge, I had missed John Vaderslice (luckily NYC Taper taped it) and the room was so packed that I had to stand a few inches away from the door…

DOWNLOAD: The Extra Lens – Only Existing Footage (MP3) Comprised of John Darnielle (the Mountain Goats) and Franklin Bruno (Nothing Painted Blue, the Human Hearts) and formed in the Inland Empire during the region’s brief next-Seattle shortlist period, the project began as a potential home for any song John wrote that had a) more than three chords or b) a bridge…

Superchunk at South Street Seaport in 2009 (more by Chris LaPutt)The Daily Tar Heel: What’s different about as opposed to past Superchunk records…

Doveman in an apartment in October (more by Ezra Caldwell) tonight in NYC * Imogen Heap @ Webster Hall * Phish @ Madison Square Garden * McCoy Tyner Trio @ Blue Note * Happy Ending Music w/ Doveman @ Joe’s Pub * David Thomas w/ Greil Marcus @ The New School * The Mountain Goats, Final Fantasy @ The Bell House * The Shaky Hands, Takka Takka, US Royalty @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn * Titus Andronicus, The Beets, Algernon Cadwallader @ NYU Kimmel Center * Jaguar Love, The King Left, Yes Giantess, Violent Soho @ Mercury Lounge * Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica w/ DJ Spooky & ICE @ BAM Howard Gilman Opera * Phoenix, Passion Pit, Jack’s Mannequin, Manchester Orchestra @ Hammerstein Jaguar Love is a band that includes members of Blood Brothers and Pretty Girls Make Graves…

“I was just watching the Colbert Report and on came the Mountain Goats aka John Darnielle, one of the best indie songwriters out there. The interesting part…

“And the words sound so good sung. ‘We were drunk while we were married a week and we both had us a farmer’s tan, I like rock songs, hey baby baby yeah’ (‘What Do’)…

FF DOWNLOAD: Mountain Goats – Genesis 3:23 (new MP3) Final Fantasy played the Pitchfork Festival on July 18th, which is where the photos in this post are from (check out his Mayhem t-shirt)…