Blog: Scenestars

I swear I've been to a mountain goats show before, but they opened for someone else and I don't recall much about their performace. After seeing their new video for Woke Up New, now I wish I had paid more attention. If I recall correctly, the show they played pulled a fairly large crowd, so hopefully they'll return soon. "Get Lonely" is every bit as assured as its predecessor, "The Sunset Tree", but the mood is entirely different. "Sunset" chronicled the fraught, violent relationship between John Darnielle and his stepfather and derived its power from [...]