October 29, 2006–The Mountain Goats–The Parish, Austin, TX
I LOVED this show, the most minimal guitars you\”ve ever heard (at times) and a totally unpredictable voice which all fit with their studio work. The surprise was the dynamism of Mike — he was all repressed insanity – face contortions while he sang a ballad. Great lyrics and then these monologues in between each song that were Hilarious. He came off as this tortured smart ex-gothic (eyes very close together) who was saved by this band. And when the guitars stopped being minimal all three of the boys played well, one guy did keyboards at times. So interesting and bizarre in a not very loud way.