Do you remember the last time The Mountain Goats toured as a duo, just John Darnielle and Peter Hughes? I sure don’t, but I’m pretty sure they had to ride across the country in covered wagons and escape from velociraptors and send letters with homing pigeons and they couldn’t even watch TV. How do you reckon they managed to record so many damn albums?
According to Pitchfork, The Mountain Goats will be reliving those weird, rough years this summer, when John and Peter hit the road for a string of all-ages shows. In a characteristically clever blog post, John says he’s been working on a master setlist that will most likely include old favorites, such as “Fall of the Star High School Running Back” (!!!). Last year, The Mountain Goats released Transcendental Youth (TMT Review), and hopefully they’ll bang out some songs from that too.
They’re playing all of these shows with The Baptist Generals, who will be releasing their first album in years on May 21 via Sub Pop, and they’ll all be traveling the country on turbo-magic hovercrafts, because it is the future.
Dates:
05.01.13 - Boone, NC - Appalachian State University
06.03.13 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
06.04.13 - York, PA - Strand Capitol Performing Arts
06.05.13 - Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell’s
06.07.13 - New Haven, CT - Center Church on the Green
06.08.13 - Portland, ME - Port City Music Hall
06.09.13 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground Ballroom
06.11.13 - Munhall, PA - Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead
06.12.13 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
06.14.13 - Cincinnati, OH - Taft Ballroom
06.15.13 - Bloomington, IN - Buskirk Chumley Theatre
06.16.13 - Evanston, IL - Space
06.17.13 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
06.19.13 - Kansas City, MO - The Record Bar
06.20.13 - St. Louis, MO - Old Rock House
06.22.13 - Birmingham, AL - The Bottletree
06.23.13 - Gainesville, FL - High Dive
06.24.13 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room
06.26.13 - Charleston, SC - The Charleston Pourhouse
06.27.13 - West Columbia, SC - New Brookland Tavern
06.28.13 - Wilmington, NC - The Soapbox
07.26-28.13 - Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival
09.13-16.13 - Miami, FL - Atlantic Ocean Comedy and Music Festival
• The Mountain Goats: http://www.mountain-goats.com
• Merge: http://www.mergerecords.com
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