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Mountain Goats, "Sax Rohmer #1"
Behold the latest video from the Mountain Goats, of "Sax Rohmer #1", from the forthcoming album Heretic Pride. What fascinating images those are, even though all those scrolling lyrics did have me a bit woozy. If there's a smarter artist working in popular music today than John Darnielle, it would be news to me.
Darnielle, by the way, has penned a book for the great 33 1/3 series, on Black Sabbath's Master of Reality, which is coming out in April. Reading Darnielle's blog over the years, I've always been fascinated that a folkie like him could be so deeply into heavy metal, so I'm not at all surprised to see him writing about Sabbath. If you're as intrigued about this as I am, follow this link for directions on obtaining a free .pdf sampler of the book.
February 2, 2008 in Books, Music | Permalink
Comments
What album do you rec starting with for a newbie?
Posted by: Matthew Tiffany at Feb 2, 2008 12:19:03 PM
Very cool video, and I dig the song too. I can't wait for the new album!
Posted by: Matt Bell at Feb 3, 2008 11:13:39 AM
Also, I don't know if you've read the 33 1/3 series books before, but the one on Neutral Milk Hotel's The Aeroplane Over The Sea is also pretty great.
Posted by: Matt Bell at Feb 3, 2008 11:14:57 AM
Matthew, as I mentioned in my message, I don't actually own any Mountain Goats albums - just a bunch of mp3s, all of which are terrific. You probably can't go wrong with any tMG album released during at least the last seven or eight years.
Matt, I'm a big fan of the 33 1/3 books - I have the Replacements, R.E.M. and Smiths ones. The Replacements book was written by Colin Meloy of the Decemberists, and is particularly good. The Tom Waits and Minutemen books are on my wishlist right now.
Posted by: Pete at Feb 3, 2008 2:31:00 PM
