The new album from The Mountain Goats is titled Goths, inspired to a large extent by the band's love for bands of the post-punk era. Bands like Siouxsie and The Banshees, The Cure, Bauhaus and Gene Loves Jezebel. The previous Mountain Goats studio album Beat The Champ had songs that dealt with the professional wrestling circuit. Just like the songs on that album, John Darnielle's lyrics on Goths go deeper than the ostensible subject matter. Darnielle's words are smart and funny as usual, and definitely dominate the proceedings. Here's an interesting fact- for the first time on a Mountain Goats album, no guitars (other than bass) are played!
Here are the Top 30 releases played on Studio One Tracks as of May 29, 2017:
1 San Fermin- Belong
2 Sylvan Esso- What Now
3 Hoops- Routines
4 Kevin Morby- City Music
5 Pokey LaFarge- Manic Revelations
6 The Mountain Goats- Goths
7 Gorillaz- Humanz
8 Future Islands- The Far Field
9 Mac DeMarco- This Old Dog
10 Slowdive- Slowdive
11 Thurston Moore- Rock N Roll Consciousness
12 Woods- Love Is Love
13 Perfume Genius- No Shape
14 Wavves- You're Welcome
15 Girlpool- Powerplant
16 Trombone Shorty- Parking Lot Symphony
17 Nite Jewel- Real High
18 Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds- Lovely Creatures: The Best Of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
19 Father John Misty- Pure Comedy
20 Hazel English- Just Give In/Never Going Home
21 LCD Soundsystem- "Call The Police" single
22 The War On Drugs- "Thinking Of A Place" single
23 Son Volt- Notes Of Blue
24 The New Pornographers- Whiteout Conditions
25 Daniel Romano- Modern Pressure
26 (Sandy) Alex G- Rocket
27 San Cisco- The Water
28 Pinegrove- Everything So Far
29 Timber Timbre- Sincerely, Future Pollution
30 Land Of Talk- Life After Youth