Direct From Dakar: Red Vinyl LP The Mountain Goats 2 is now reissued featuring

2 is now reissued featuring Richard Young’s iconic original photography

and take these unsaid feelings to another plain in terms of sound

the Chicago-based band is expanding one of its best with multiple collections packed with hours of unreleased studio and live recordings

ancient and anguished

the band entered the studio to record their major label follow-up to their debut album Spanking Machine

Direct From Dakar: Red Vinyl LP The Mountain Goats 2 is now reissued featuringSenegalese vocalist Omar Pene was at the height of his powers when, with his group Super Diamono, he arrived at Real World in 1996 and gifted a live session that blew everybodys hair back. By then Pene had been with Diamono for over two decades, assuming a captaincy in the 80s that saw the band jousting for popularity at home with the mighty Youssou NDour. Both acts were rooted in mbalax, Senegals explosive, syncopated dance music. Both were pivotal