Mountain Goats to Tour With Barbara Morgenstern

The German electronics goddess will accompany the Mountain Goats on a short string of West Coast dates this June. The trek will be followed by the Mountain Goats' performance at our own Pitchfork Music Festival, which they claim to be "totally stoked" about as well. Can ya blame 'em?

Darnielle added, "full-on crazy-people-style touring will recommence in the fall when the new album comes out." New Mountain Goats album! Yay!

All hail West, um, North America:

06-08 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards
06-09 Seattle, WA - Neumos *
06-10 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *
06-12 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill *
06-13 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill *
06-14 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour *
06-15 San Diego, CA - Casbah *
07-29 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) #

* with Barbara Morgenstern
# with Silver Jews, the Futureheads, Ted Leo / Pharmacists, Art Brut, Destroyer, Band of Horses, Man Man, Hot Machines, Matmos, Dominik Eulberg, Ada, Ghislain Poirier, 8 Bold Souls, and more

Morgenstern, who recently dropped her latest record, The Grass Is Always Greener on Monika, has a jaunt of her own lined up for May. Before heading to the U.S. to meet the Mountain Goats, she'll journey across Europe, focusing heavily on Germany. Upon returning home from North America, Morgenstern can be caught performing at several festivals in her country and Spain.

Greener grass:

05-05 Berlin, Germany - Maria am Ostbahnhof *
05-06 Leipzig, Germany - Ilses Erika
05-07 Oldenburg, Germany - Amadeus
05-09 Hamburg, Germany - Tanzhalle
05-10 Koln, Germany - Gebaude 9
05-11 Bielefeld, Germany - Forum #
05-12 Duisburg, Germany - Hundertmeister
05-13 Antwerp, Belgium - Petrol
05-15 Frankfurt, Germany - Mousonturm Studio
05-16 Munich, Germany - Orange House
05-17 Hall In Tirol, Austria - Stromboli
05-18 Wels, Austria - Alter Schlachtof ^
05-19 Weinheim, Germany - Café Central
05-20 Luzern, Switzerland - BOA
07-14 Grafenhainichen, Germany - Ferropolis (MELT! Festival) %
07-29 Ribnitz-Damgarten, Germany - Rock Die Disko Festival &
10-13 Barcelona, Spain - LEM Festival

* with Mico, Gudrun Gut
# with Jason Collett
^ with Gustav
% with Art Brut, Dominik Eulberg, Jamie Lidell, the Gossip, Editors, Erlend Øye, Herbert & Dani Siciliano, Aphex Twin, Battles, Hot Chip, Isolée, the Streets, We Are Scientists, and more
& with Chloé, Cio Dor, Das Bierbeben, Gesine Pertenbreiter, Laya Lopass, MaikEm, Martin Menzel, Richard Bartz, Savas Pascalidis

The Mountain Goats: http://www.themountaingoats.net/
Barbara Morgenstern: http://www.barbaramorgenstern.de/