I was just watching the Colbert Report and on came the Mountain Goats aka John Darnielle, one of the best indie songwriters out there. The interesting part? The ColbertNation.com website is streaming his new album for 24 hours, a nice little window for the curious to visit and listen (and, if they’re horrible, horrible people, use a stream catcher to grab the music, but don’t do that.)
In short, in the Venn diagram of TV you have Colbert Report watchers and Mountain Goats listeners. Many of us exist, obviously, but the confluence of these two audiences into one tasty streaming opportunity is quite cool.
There are lots of services out there that allow for music discovery but this seems like a nice way to ensure that an obscure artist gets the attention he or she deserves while also winning over old and new fans of said artist. After all, guys like John Darnielle and Stephen Colbert bring something unreplaceable to each and every day although I won’t go as far as to say that we’re hearing the cogs all slipping at the same time.
Nice – I like the temporal nature of it as well. 24 hours drives an urgency and traffic to both participants in the equation.
Colbert the marketing genius.
Not my type of music, but I’m very happy to see Stephen using his celebrity to help others get an audience.
one of the best indie songwriters out there? Yeah, nah.
lol. Biggs obviously does not get out much.
Being a huge fan of the Mountain Goats I was so estatic to see them on the Colbert Report.
incredible lyrics, incredible passion, incredible music.
Actual mountain goats would be more interesting, unless they are eating grass at google… Boring
John is the defining lyricist of this Generation. I loved the show and I’m looking forward to seeing him in Nashville on the 20th of November.
Every song is intense.
Spent the day listening to archive.org selection from their site and then turned on the Colbert to see John Darnielle. I’m excited to see what the next step is.
24 hours? It’s been on http://3voor12.vpro.nl/luisterpaal/ for about a week!
Listen: http://3voor12.vpro.nl/speler/luisterpaal/42547641#luisterpaal.42547641
cool music..I liked the video.good ideas are here..
Thanks for the tip. I’m enjoying it now. Also caught some segments of Coal Bear (Colbert). He’s arguably the most underrated comedian on the planet. Nice cross promotion.
EASILY one of the best songwriters out there.
“and, if they’re horrible, horrible people, use a stream catcher to grab the music, but don’t do that.”
See, this is where the whole online distribution thing breaks down; the Internet is full of horrible, horrible people. This album will be all over the torrent sites in a matter of hours.
When you’re dealing with the labels, one feels like being a horrible, horrible person. When one deals with the artists, you go buy the music, preferably at a show.
The Mountain Goats is/are cool…
it’s over the internet in beginning of september
one of my favorite bands of all time.
Here’s a link to the official Mountain Goats site: http://www.mountain-goats.com/. The one in the article is a great site, but it’s just a fan site.
“when you punish a person for dreaming his dream,
don’t expect him to thank or forgive you.
the best ever death metal band out of denton
will in time both outpace and outlive you.”
Hail Satan!
Colbert did the same with the new “the flaming foxes” album a while back of which i’m a fan now
Is this some clever amalgamation of ‘The Flaming Lips’ and ‘Fleet Foxes?’
I don’t get it.
i think he meant flaming lips
Actually did this first a few weeks ago with The Flaming Lips, and we left the album up for 5 days, instead of 1.
http://bit.ly/7X7TG
I like this song…