Des Ark Did It First
By Sam Goblin | April 5, 2021
By Sam Goblin | April 5, 2021
Des Ark Did It First
Sam Goblin (Mister Goblin) pays tribute to Don’t Rock the Boat, Sink the Fucker on its 10th anniversary.
Sam Goblin
Sam Goblin currently lives in Maryland. He formerly played music with Two Inch Astronaut, and currently performs as Mister Goblin. He hopes to never, ever, ever become a music writer.
Talks
Charlie Looker Revisits Extra Life’s Made Flesh with Sam Goblin
By Sam Goblin | March 8, 2021
By Sam Goblin | March 8, 2021
Charlie Looker Revisits Extra Life’s Made Flesh with Sam Goblin
“It’s like a bad smell in the room.”
Appreciating the Ordinary with Land of Talk
By Sam Goblin | July 31, 2020
By Sam Goblin | July 31, 2020
Appreciating the Ordinary with Land of Talk
Sam Goblin (Mister Goblin) talks Indistinct Conversations.
A Conversation with the Bog-Dwelling Mastermind Behind Mister Goblin
By Maggie Nye | January 14, 2020
By Maggie Nye | January 14, 2020
A Conversation with the Bog-Dwelling Mastermind Behind Mister Goblin
Author Maggie Nye scores a rare interview with the 252-year-old pop sensation.
JPEGMAFIA Is Rap’s Modern Day Morpheus
By Sam Goblin | October 2, 2019
By Sam Goblin | October 2, 2019
JPEGMAFIA Is Rap’s Modern Day Morpheus
According to Sam Goblin (Mister Goblin), All My Heroes Are Cornballs forces us to experience the world as it is.
Devin Has No Tolerance for Bullshit
By Sam Goblin | July 26, 2019
By Sam Goblin | July 26, 2019
Devin Has No Tolerance for Bullshit
Sam Goblin (Mister Goblin) on how Maneka’s new record navigates the “repressed ideological contradictions” of the white indie world.
Claire Cronin’s New Album is Really Spooky
By Sam Goblin | July 9, 2019
By Sam Goblin | July 9, 2019
Claire Cronin’s New Album is Really Spooky
Sam Goblin (Mister Goblin) loves Big Dread Moon in the same way he loves the Halloween franchise.
La Dispute Isn’t Just a Sad Band
By Sam Goblin | March 22, 2019
By Sam Goblin | March 22, 2019
La Dispute Isn’t Just a Sad Band
Jordan Dreyer talks to Sam Goblin (Mister Goblin) about Panorama, the pressures of making “sad” music, and the movie Bubble Boy.
Dicaprio 2 May Already Be J.I.D.’s Defining Masterpiece
By Sam Goblin | January 10, 2019
By Sam Goblin | January 10, 2019
Dicaprio 2 May Already Be J.I.D.’s Defining Masterpiece
For Sam Goblin (Mister Goblin), J.I.D.'s second album harkens back to Lil Wayne's Tha Carter II.
Hear First: Mister Goblin’s Final Boy
By Sadie Dupuis | December 3, 2018
By Sadie Dupuis | December 3, 2018
Hear First: Mister Goblin’s Final Boy
Stream the debut EP and read an essay on being a boy in a band by Sadie Dupuis (Speedy Ortiz, Sad13) here.
Sour Skittles
By Sam Goblin | October 24, 2018
By Sam Goblin | October 24, 2018
Sour Skittles
Sam Goblin on working in music while living with OCD.
Pet Fox Makes Sinister Pop
By Sam Goblin | September 13, 2018
By Sam Goblin | September 13, 2018
Pet Fox Makes Sinister Pop
"Like their namesake, the band is more at home in the night, skulking around in the wash of your headlights, half daring you to run it over."
