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The Mountain Goats

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4.3

6 of 7(86%)customers would recommend this to a friend.

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5 / 5

John Darnielle was AMAZING!

The Music Box at the Fonda @

- Hollywood @

,CA @

- Sun, Nov 15, 2009 @

Favorite moment: Songs from "We Shall All Be Healed" and earlier... @

Opening act(s): Final Fantasy @

Posted 11/16/2009

by Quietism1

The Mountain Goats & Final Fantasy were both incredible. I have seen the Mountain Goats before on the East Coast, with just John and Peter on acoustic guitar/bass, and in a room of only about 150 people. This was WAY bigger than that. I didn't have any expectations of John and the boys being able to ROCK the songs the way they did. Some songs were totally different than they were on their LP release, and a lot louder! It was amazing and I am still in awe of how great the show was. P.S. Final Fantasy (Owen P.) kicks ass. SO Original!

The Music Box at the Fonda @

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- Sun, Nov 15, 2009 @

Favorite moment: Songs from "We Shall All Be Healed" and earlier... @

Opening act(s): Final Fantasy @

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Review 2 for The Mountain Goats

4 / 5

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Favorite moment: Every time Owen Pallett had his mouth open @

Opening act(s): Final Fantasy! @

Posted 11/16/2009

by talo

Location: Los Angeles

Final Fantasy was amazing. Crowd wasn't ready for him, I think - got a lukewarm reception. Mountain Goats was fun as always, but too simple/conventional/earthy to follow up after Final Fantasy.

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Favorite moment: Every time Owen Pallett had his mouth open @

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Review 3 for The Mountain Goats

5 / 5

The Moutain Goats Ready for "The Big Time"

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Favorite moment: When Owen Pallet came out to accompany on his magical violin! Oh, and TWO encores! @

Opening act(s): Final Fantasy. @

Posted 11/16/2009

by ofMontrealfan

Location: The Music Box at the Fonda

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The Mountain Goats show last night at the Music Box at the Fonda was great. John Darnielle and company were in fine form. He always seems to be having such a good time, and he seems like such a Nice Guy. I love how it always looks like he is smiling and having a great time when he is singing. Smiles are contagious.
The show was heavy with songs from the new CD, and they sounded great. I really liked when he played his older stuff too, because I am more familiar with it - but it all worked!
I loved the fact that all the guys in the band were wearing jackets (and ties) - it was just a little touch of class. Funny, but true.
The Fonda did not open up the balcony, where there are actually seats, so that was not great, and I think the building in on a raised subfloor, because the bass lines were practically a full body massage. A little too much, but this was particularly true of the opening act, Final Fantasy. Owen Pallet is so talented! I don't think he needs to drown out the high notes with such a heavy base line.

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- Sun, Nov 15, 2009 @

Favorite moment: When Owen Pallet came out to accompany on his magical violin! Oh, and TWO encores! @

Opening act(s): Final Fantasy. @

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Review 4 for The Mountain Goats

1 / 5

I would not recommend this venue!

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Posted 11/16/2009

by Anonymous

Location: Los Angeles

I love The Mountain Goats' music, but NOT when the sound is fuzzy/over-amplified. I'm not a sound engineer, so don't know the cause. Bad microphones? Bad speakers? The Mountain Goats playing, primarily, "acoustic" music like they're a heavy metal band? The concert was very disappointing.

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Review 5 for The Mountain Goats

5 / 5

Wonder Ballroom @

- Portland @

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- Wed, Nov 11, 2009 @

Posted 11/12/2009

by Anonymous

This was the most amazing thing I have ever seen! It was short, but it was still worth it. I would have liked to hear So Desperate, Up The Wolves, Woke Up New, and Half Dead, but over all it was pretty good.

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Review 6 for The Mountain Goats

5 / 5

Showbox at the Market @

- Seattle @

,WA @

- Tue, Nov 10, 2009 @

Posted 11/11/2009

by Warhawk94

Intelligent music... Such a breath of fresh air. A good mix of various forms of music plus witty jokes, intelligent lyrics, and amazing acoustics. Two encores and people wanted more.

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Review 7 for The Mountain Goats

5 / 5

Wow

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Favorite moment: BEDMBID @

Opening act(s): Final Fantasy @

Posted 11/11/2009

by Fartflake

One of the best concerts of all time. Who has a recording?

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Favorite moment: BEDMBID @

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