The Mountain Goats "Jenny From Thebes" Color:Half Yellow / Half Black Each imbued with an endearingly

Each imbued with an endearingly naive synth pop sensibility

and (gulp) Mötley Crüe are fun (particularly their energetic version of the Cure's "Close to Me")

7L shows yet again — as he did with the group's debut — that he remains a formidable yet underappreciated musical force

“How I Wrote ‘Elastic Man’” is another mad hoedown

' 'metal gods

The Mountain Goats "Jenny From Thebes" Color:Half Yellow / Half Black Each imbued with an endearinglyJenny 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.