Pitchfork

[Posted Wednesday, September 24th, 2003 04:00:00 Pitchfork Central Time]

Beginning this week, The Mountain Goats will tour Texas and the Pacific and Mountain Time Zones for the first time in nearly two years. As John Darnielle, the cabra papa himself, previously told Pitchfork, he's been working contentedly on a new album at Bear Creek Studios in Washington with producer John Vanderslice. Although there's no new album info, essays on Darnielle's website, Last Plane To Jakarta, indicate he's been listening to a whole helluva lot of Ozzy and trying to not focus too much on the state of world affairs.

The smart money says that the follow-up to last year's Tallahassee, which will be his second album for 4AD, will still feature voice and guitar, but likely show off more in the way of a full-band sound. Contributions from Vanderslice and others in the Bay Area and Anacortes/Seattle/Olympia communities are likely. Feel free to ask Darnielle about the new album yourself at one of his upcoming shows. Fellow champions of indie-Americana, The Baptist Generals, whose outstanding No Silver/No Gold was released by Sub Pop earlier this year, will open. The dates:

09-24 Lubbock, TX - Space 1110
09-25 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room *
09-26 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington * (w/ The Medicine Show)
09-27 Austin, TX - Mercury at Jazz *
09-29 Phoenix, AZ - Modified *
09-30 San Diego, CA - Casbah *
10-01 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland * (w/ The Court and Spark)
10-02 San Francisco, CA - Cafe du Nord *
10-03 Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan * (w/ Bronwyn)
10-04 Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern *
10-05 Anacrotes, WA - Department of Safety * (w/ The Microphones)
10-07 Olympia, WA - The Go Club *
10-09 Boise, ID - Neurolox *
10-10 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court *
10-11 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge *
10-12 Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground (w/ Poison Control Center)

* with The Baptist Generals