First, a story: it was my junior, maybe senior year in high school, I can’t really recall. I was spending the evening at a friend’s house, and we ended up outside listening to music. The music of choice was Radiohead, specifically their 2000 album titled “Kid A.” I had only really ‘dabbled’ in Radiohead, an [...]

The Mountain Goats’ Life of the World to Come is a hard album to review: sparse and quiet, there really isn’t much happening. There are no thumping beat machines, overdriven lead guitars, or even any intricate parts. But just like any other folk music, that’s where the beauty lies; in the stripped-down nature of someone [...]