Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the Thursday show happening at Bowery Ballroom. Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the Lucero show happening at Webster Hall. Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the Mountain Goats/Final Fantasy show... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — FF photos by Joseph Xu DOWNLOAD: Mountain Goats - Genesis 3:23 (new MP3) Final Fantasy @ P4K Final Fantasy played the Pitchfork Festival on July 18th, which is where the photos in this post are from (check out the Mayhem... more info

Clickmusic — 'The Life Of The World To Come' to be released this October. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Mountain Goats have announced fall tour dates for Europe and the US. PopMatters interviews Kim Deal of the Breeders and the Pixies. Vincent Lam talks to the Globe and Mail about adapting his novel, Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures, into... more info

Rawkblog — Best of 2009: Counting down the rest of the year’s most anticipated albums. Jams: A Fruit Bats First Look, the new Bible-thumping Mountain Goats single, She & Him live on KCRW. Photos: My press photos for L.A. up-and-comers The Whisper in the Roar... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Pitchfork has information on the new Mountain Goats album, The Life of the World to Come, due October 6th, and shares the album track "Genesis 3:23." The New York Times profiles author William T. Vollmann. Mr. Vollmann’s editors urged him... more info

Rawkblog — Photo by David Greenwald Today, indie folk poet laureates the Mountain Goats announced their latest record, the Bible-heavy The Life Of The World To Come, due Oct. 6 on 4AD. 2009 keeps getting better. Let’s hope this thing’s better than Year One;... more info

My Old Kentucky — John Darnielle goes with God on his upcoming album The Life Of The World To Come. Each of the 12 songs is named from Bible verses. When asked about it, Darnielle explained:"I guess the obvious question is going to be: "John, have you had some sort ... more info

Stereogum — After Heretic Pride and the Satanic Messiah EP, John Darnielle's getting more Godly with the forthcoming The Life Of The World To Come, which features a 12-song tracklist made entirely of Bible verses. He's joined on the collection by Superchunk drum... more info

Chorus.fm — Watch *PlayRadioPlay!* (http://www.myspace.com/playradioplay) perform a cover (http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=27145984&blogId=499012455) of *The Mountain Goats*' "San Bernardino" in the replies. more info