Perennial indie rock superhero John Darnielle is taking his Mountain Goats on the road yet again this fall. Tagging along this time is Kaki King, who is very, very good at playing the guitar. You people like guitars, right? Led Zeppelin played guitars. No Age play guitars. Good.

If you ask me, the best part of this tour is going to be spending Halloween at a place called the "Tequila Jungle" in Lubbock, TX (Halloween being the clear winner for second most tequila-conducive holiday after Cinco de Mayo). All Hail West Texas, then, unless the Tequila Jungle is one of those places where it’s just a name and not actually a giant concert hall completely full of deadly animals and exotic, beautiful plants with bottles of tequila hidden under them like Easter eggs.

Also, here is an article from a few years ago that features John Darnielle copping to having a crush on Kaki King.

"Dates," indeed:

08.02.08 - Durham, NC - Bull City Headquarters # 09.14.08 - Dorset, England - End of the Road Festival 09.15.08 - London, England - ULU 10.13.08 - Chicago, IL - Park West 10.14.08 - Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre 10.15.08 - Omaha, NE - The Slowdown 10.17.08 - Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater 10.18.08 - Salt Lake City - UT, In the Venue 10.20.08 - Seattle, WA - Showbox 10.21.08 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom 10.25.08 - Los Angeles CA - Troubadour 10.26.08 - Los Angeles CA - Troubadour 10.28.08 - San Diego, CA - the Belly Up Tavern 10.29.08 - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress 10.31.08 - Lubbock, TX - Tequila Jungle 11.01.08 - Austin, TX - Antones 11.02.08 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre 11.03.08 - New Orleans - LA Republic 11.05.08 - Chapel Hill, NC - Cat’s Cradle 11.06.08 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club 11.07.08 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of the Living Arts 11.08.08 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg 11.09.08 - New York, NY - Webster Hall

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Meanwhile, check out Darnielle’s 33 1/3 book about Black Sabbath’s Master of Reality (TMT Review).

[Photo: Steven Dewall]