John's essay is from Vinyl Me, Please's new Grateful Dead box set, which also includes essays by members of My Morning Jacket, The National, The Decemberists, Dirty Projectors, Animal Collective, and more.
This new Grateful Dead box set features eight classic studio and live albums on colored vinyl and essays by modern musicians, including members of The Decemberists, Animal Collective, My Morning Jacket, Margo Price, and more...
Today's picks for live videos to watch while you're home and every show is cancelled include Pale Saints in 1991, Superchunk in 1992, Op Ivy's final show at 924 Gilman, John Darnielle solo in 2002 and more...
The Mountain Goats released the Dungeons & Dragons-inspired In League With Dragons last year, and the ever-prolific John Darnielle is already at work on new music.
We knew John was an Inter Arma fan from when he wore their shirt on Colbert earlier this year, and sure enough, their album Sulphur English, which he wrote the liner notes to, made his list.
Eirik Norheim aka Messiah aka Billy Cockroach was one of the vocalists on Mayhem's 1987 debut EP 'Deathcrush,' but he left the band afterwards and went on to play in several other bands including the street punk-leaning Cockroach Clan, who are now back with their first album in 22 years...