A conversation with John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats

It can boggle the mind to consider just how far The Mountain Goats have come. In the project's earliest days, John Darnielle recorded (now famously) to cassettes using a boom-box and little more, accompanied by a motley crew of collaborators, gradually moving on from homegrown favorite (but not before offering eternal fan favorite All Hail West Texas) to true indie hero, expanding his, and his band's, musical palette from release to release, eventually arriving on the emotional landmark that is ...