New Times features Mountain Goats

"The band is now based out of Durham, North Carolina, a place that's shaping up to be the new epicenter of all things cool and country."

—"Mountain Goats Made Lo-Fi Bedroom Tracks Before It Was Cool" Jacob Uitti, New Times

Rolling Stone Profiles Durham's John Darnielle

"If you stayed here for a week you would think about moving here," Darnielle says as we drive around downtown Durham... Darnielle points out the farmers market, Dame's Chicken and Waffles ("the best restaurant in the South") and the Carolina Theatre, which he talks about like he's gunning for a spot on the Chamber of Commerce. "It's probably my favorite place on the planet," he says. "Built in 1926. They have a monthly horror festival that I'm a big supporter of called Retrofantasma. They also have one of the biggest North American documentary film festivals, Full Frame, and an annual horror festival called Nevermore.""

—"The Slow Climb: How the Mountain Goats' John Darnielle Became the Best Storyteller in Rock," Christian Hoard, Rolling Stone