John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats uploaded a 90-second song to Twitter, defending Justin Bieber, sort of, while mostly criticizing the paparazzi.

The amazing Superchunk and Mountain Goats drummer has been making his way through the autobiography of Kiss' Peter Criss, and tweeting his findings.

I wasn't quite sure what was going on in this Mountain Goats video when I watched it, but it made me happy.

The best new albums coming out this week, including releases from the Mountain Goats, Miguel, and Skyzoo.

As you may have heard, pioneering lady astronaut Sally Ride died of cancer yesterday. Because gays could not legally marry in the state Ride, a lesbian, resided in, Ride's longtime partner will get screwed a bit when it comes to the estate Ride left behind, and whoever runs the Mountain Goats Twitter account took offense when gay marriage opponent Mitt Romney decided to praise her.