Chorus.fm — The Mountain Goats have announced some new tour dates. You can find those below. 07/22 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean 09/18 – Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head Live 09/19 – Richmond, VA @ The National 09/20 – Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theater ... more info

Consequence of Sound — Full-band outing kicks off mid-September. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Miracle Legion's first show in 20 years, The Mountain Goats, TV on the Radio stumping for Bernie, Earth Wind & Fire, Jeffrey Lewis, Colin Stetson, and Citzen are just a few of this busier-than-usual Monday in NYC. Continue reading… more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The 2016 National Book Critic Circle Awards were presented last night. Download an unreleased Mountain Goats song. eBooks on sale for $1.99 today: Emma Donoghue's Landing Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions Kurt Vonnegut's Player Piano Kurt Vonneg... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Mountain Goats will continue to support this year's Beat the Champ on a 2016 tour in April, which follows some John Darnielle solo performances in February. The tour brings them back to NYC's City Winery, where they played... more info

Mercury News, California — Cave Singers, Kamasi Washington, Parquet Courts, Cayucas, Escort and The Thermals among other acts set to appear at 24th annual Noise Pop. more info

Stereogum — John Darnielle is the frontman of the Mountain Goats, one of the greatest bands in the world. He’s also a great writer, and you should really read Wolf In White Van, the novel he published last year. Christopher R. Weingarten is a writer, specifica... more info

Stereogum — Our apologies for not being more up on the teenage-movie soundtrack-album world, but the soundtrack for the new drama Paper Towns has been out for a few weeks, and it looks pretty great. The album includes some great previously-released songs from pe... more info

Stereogum — Hate Eternal frontman Erik Rutan may have the strongest death metal pedigree of any living human. He’s probably best known these days as the driving force behind Florida’s well-regarded Mana Studios, where he’s engineered albums by such extreme... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this year, when the Mountain Goats were getting ready to release their great wrestling-themed album Beat The Champ, I took frontman John Darnielle to his first pro wrestling show in 35 years. He didn’t want me to put any details in the stor... more info