The Mountain Goats - Jenny from ThebesJenny from Thebes began its life as many albums by the Mountain Goats do, with John Darnielle playing the piano until a lyric emerged. That lyric, Jenny was a warrior Jenny was a thief Jenny hit the corner clinic begging for relief, became Jenny III, a song which laid down a challenge hed never taken up before: writing a sequel to one of his most beloved albums. The Mountain Goats catalog is thick with recurring characters Jenny, who originally

dextrously finger-picked folk songs peppered in throughout the album are nuanced in their vocal delivery and confident in their intricate arrangement

Post-punk milestone

Pure Comedy is a gorgeously rendered black & white document of the live tracking

At The Start Of A Journey That Commenced Before Phrases Like Kosmische And The Xeno-Ignant Krautrock Tag Had Become Mag Hack Currency

and soothingly discomforting

who has worked with Parquet Courts

cold beers on a hot porch

Damo Suzuki’s last album with Can as Vocalist

manifesting love songs based in ghostly affairs

and by incorporating jazz and improvisational techniques in their music

Katie’s magical vocals – but still incorporates a wide and untethered vision

to the ecstatic