PEOPLE!

the Mountain Goats / Final Fantasy fall tour 2009 begins on Wednesday, Nov 4 in Grand Rapids, MI.

The band are super excited to get out on the road, so these shows should be great ones!!

Send us your youtube links when you post them!!

XXtMGs



Wed    4-Nov    Grand Rapids, MI    The Ladies Literary
Thu    5-Nov    Chicago, IL    Metro
Fri    6-Nov    Madison, WI    High Noon Saloon
Sat    7-Nov    Minneapolis, MN    Cedar Cultural Centre
Tue    10-Nov    Seattle, WA    The Showbox
Wed     11-Nov    Portland, OR    Wonder Ballroom
Fri    13-Nov    San Luis Obispo, CA    Downtown Brew (early show) *
Sat    14-Nov    San Francisco, CA    The Fillmore
Sun    15-Nov    Los Angeles, CA    Henry Fonda Theater
Wed     18-Nov    Austin, TX    Antone's
Thu    19-Nov    Dallas, TX    Granda Theater
Fri    20-Nov    Nashville, TN    Mercy Lounge
Sat    21-Nov    Atlanta, GA    Variety Playhouse
Mon    23-Nov    Orlando, FL    The Social
Tue    24-Nov    St. Augustine, FL    Cafe Eleven
Fri    27-Nov    Washington, DC    930 Club
Sat    28-Nov    Philadelphia, PA    Theatre of Living Arts
Sun    29-Nov    Boston, MA    Wilbur Theatre
Tue    1-Dec    New York, NY    Webster Hall
Wed    2-Dec    Brooklyn, NY    The Bellhouse




*new show

The Mountain Goats celebrated the release of The Life of the World to Come in New York City this year.

Here are links from two performances from the last few days. Enjoy!!


http://www.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/episodes/2009/10/05/segments/141937


http://pitchfork.com/news/36726-watch-the-mountain-goats-on-colbert/

NEW RECORD/COLBERT REPORT/ALBUM STREAM!

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS will make their national TV debut appearance on the Colbert Report next Tuesday, Oct 6, 2009. The Life of the World to Come , the brand new record by the Mountain Goats, is available around the world on the very same day. You can listen to the new record streaming in it's entirety from Sept 29, 2009 on colbertnation.com.


FILM SCREENINGS

THE LIFE OF THE WORLD TO COME: A FILM BY RIAN JOHNSON
The Mountain Goats in solo and duo performance at Pomona College. In this film by Rian Johnson (Brick, the Brothers Bloom), John Darnielle performs The Life of the World to Come on piano and guitar. Shot in the same building where, as an eight-year-old piano student and new transplant to Claremont, he performed Bach minuets for the state examiner, THE LIFE OF THE WORLD TO COME takes the songs from the album and restores them to their raw original states: skin, blood, and bone.


NYC
Date - Sunday, 10/4
At - Housing Works - 126 Crosby St.
Presented by - Other Music
5:45PM - Doors
6 - 7PM - Film Screening
7 - 7:30PM - Q&A/Post-screening discussion with John and Rian
7:30 - 8:30PM - Cocktail Hour
Admission is free / open to the public / first come, first served
Album will be on sale early at this event

Chicago
Date - Monday, 10/5
At - Chopin Theatre - 1543 W. Division
Presented by - Reckless Records
8PM - Film Screening
Admission is free / open to the public / first come, first served
Album will be on sale early at this event

Seattle
Date - Monday, 10/5
At - Sunset Tavern - 5433 Ballard Ave. NW
Presented by - Sonic Boom Records
8PM - Film Screening
Admission is free / open to the public / first come, first served
Album will be on sale early at this event

Oh, yes, there will be touring, and singing, and incantations hurled toward the moon when it's visible. See you there!

August
21 - 2nd annual Durham, Be Easy, Durham, NC *

September
18 - Ithaca College Ithaca, NY *

October
9 - Paradiso, Amsterdam, NL *
10 - QEH, London, England *
11 - Ruby Lounge, Manchester, England *
13 - Point Ephemere, Paris, France *
15 - Magnet, Berlin, Germany *

November
4 - Ladies Literary Club (Calvin College), Grand Rapids, MI #
5 - the Metro, Chicago, IL #
6 - High Noon Saloon, Madison, WI #
7 - Cedar Cultural Centre, Minneapolis, MN #
10 - the Showbox, Seattle, WA #
11 - Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR #
14 - the Fillmore, San Francisco, CA #
15 - Henry Fonda Theater, Los Angeles, CA #
18 - Antones, Austin, TX #
19 - Granada Theater, Dallas TX #
20 - Mercy Lounge, Nashville TN #
21 - the Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA #
23 - the Social, Orlando, FL #
24 - Café 11, St. Augustine, FL #
27 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC #
28 - Theater of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA #
29 - Wilbur Theatre, Boston MA #

December
1 - Webster Hall, New York, NY #
2 - Bell House, Brooklyn, NY #

* JD solo
# full band, with Final Fantasy

We interrupt Guessing At French 101 to inform you that the Chicago show April 1st has been moved to the Portage Theater on North Milwaukee. That means that there are now some seats available, since the church show was sold out. See you there!

Addin' dates & diggin' in the crates:

March
6-8 - Harvest of Hope Festival
26 - Hamilton, NY, Donovan's Pub at Colgate University

See you out there!

You guys! It is time for me to tour! It is time for me to do it inna solo acoustic style, with John Vanderslice at my side doin' it in like fashion! These are the dates! C'mon out and sing songs of love and disaster with us!

the Mountain Goats and John Vanderslice: Gone Primitive
a night of amplified acoustic guitar and voice

March
18 - Asheville, NC, the Grey Eagle
20 - Norfolk, VA, the Atticus Theatre
21 - Washington, DC, Sixth and I Synagogue
24 - Northampton, MA, Pearl Street
25 - Somerville, MA, the Somerville Theatre
27 - New York, NY, the Society for Ethical Culture (part of the Wordless Music series)
29 - Gambier, OH, Kenyon College
30 - Oberlin, OH, Oberlin College

April
1 - Chicago, IL, Epiphany Episcopal (tickets here)
2 - Champaign, IL, Courtyard Café at University of Illinois
3 - Iowa City, IA, the Mill, Mission Creek Music Festival
4 - Richmond, IN, Earlham College
6 - Bloomington IN, Buskirk-Chumley Theater

See them here!

Hello intrepid Myspace warriors! I bet some of you were saying to yourself, "I wish I could go see JD play a solo set in Lyons, Colorado, at an outdoor festival, and then watch him freak completely out when he finally gets to see Missy Higgins play!" Well: I am a wish-granting machine! I will be playing a set on August 17th, just me and my guitar. The whole deal is called the Folks Festival, and details are here. Hope to see some of you there!

Comrades! In the event that any of you didn't see it at the Mountain Goats homepage: we're touring. Here are the dates. There are a couple of dates yet to be added. Those dates have already been decided, though. So, no amount of campaigning for a Big Horn, Wyoming stop will do you any good. However! We welcome your efforts in this regard! Long have we dreamt of becoming Big Horn's adopted sons!

First we're playing twice in England.

September
14 - Dorset, End of the Road Festival
15 - London, ULU

Then we're touring America with one of the most gifted artists alive.

the Mountain Goats and Kaki King present: THE LAST HAPPY NIGHT OF YOUR LIFE

October
13 - Chicago, IL, Park West
14 - Milwaukee, WI, Pabst Theatre
15 - Omaha, NE, The Slowdown
17 - Denver, CO, Bluebird Theater
18 - Salt Lake City, UT, In the Venue
20 - Seattle, WA, Showbox
21 - Portland, OR, Wonder Ballroom
25 - Los Angeles CA , Troubadour
26 - Los Angeles CA, Troubadour
28 - San Diego, CA, the Belly Up Tavern
29 - Tucson, AZ, Club Congress
31 - Lubbock, TX, Tequila Jungle

November
1 - Austin, TX, Antones
2 - Dallas, TX, Granada Theatre
3 - New Orleans, LA Republic
5 - Chapel Hill, NC, Cat's Cradle
6 - Washington, DC, 9:30 Club
7 - Philadelphia, PA, Theatre of the Living Arts
8 - Brooklyn, NY, Music Hall of Williamsburg
9 - New York, NY, Webster Hall

See you there!