The Mountain Goats on the road in 2012

The Mountain Goats have announced new tour dates beginning January 19 in Austin, TX.

The Mountain Goats have been keeping busy since their summer tour in support of their Merge debut All Eternals Deck. They have shared the stage with John Hodgman, Roseanne Cash, Kristen Schaal, Wyatt Cenac, Eugene Mirman, and others at various “variety” shows. The Mountain Goats will close out 2011 with a couple of solo sets for charity, and then they will get right back to work.

In addition to the new tour dates visiting parts of the south they missed in 2011, the Mountain Goats will perform two special shows with Anonymous 4, appear at the 35 Denton Festival, and join “The Music of the Rolling Stones” at Carnegie Hall in March.

SPIN praised the Mountain Goats’ frontman John Darnielle as “indie rock’s greatest lyricist” on the cover of their April issue, while Rolling Stone touted him as an “ace word-slinger.”

The Mountain Goats can be found at mountain-goats.com.

The Mountain Goats on tour:
* = w/ Nurses

Dec 06: Chicago, IL – The Second City That Never Sleeps “Letters to
Santa” benefit
Dec 16: Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour Invisible Children Holiday
Benefit show
Jan 19: Austin, TX – Antone’s*
Jan 20: Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s*
Jan 21: New Orleans, LA – Tipitina’s*
Jan 23: Tallahassee, FL – Club Downunder*
Jan 24: Orlando, FL – The Social*
Jan 25: Tampa, FL – Crowbar*
Jan 27: St. Augustine, FL – The Original Cafe Eleven*
Jan 28: Atlanta, GA – The Earl*
Jan 30: Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club*
Jan 31: Charlotte, NC – Visulite Theatre*
Feb 02: Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle*
Feb 04: Saxapahaw, NC – The Haw River Ballroom*
Mar 09: Denton, TX – 35 Denton Festival*
Mar 13: New York, NY – Carnegie Hall: “The Music of the Rolling
Stones: Hot Rocks 1964–1971”
Mar 24: New York, NY – Ecstatic Music Festival w/ Anonymous 4
Apr 02: London, UK – The Barbican w/ Anonymous 4