The Mountain Goats have announced the dates on the first leg of their upcoming North American tour. I'm not kidding. 09-01 Livermore, CA - Wente Vineyards Estate Winery * 09-07 Raleigh, NC - Fletcher Opera Theatre (Hopscotch Festival) 10-06 Durham, NC - Reynolds Industries Theatre ! 10-09 Richmond, VA - The National ^ 10-10 Baltimore, MD - The Ottobar ^ 10-11 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts ^ 10-14 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg ^ 10-15 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom ^ 10-18 Boston, MA - House of Blues ^ 10-19 Ithaca, NY - The Haunt ^ 10-20 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre ^ 10-22 Grand Rapids, MI - The Ladies Literary Club ^ 10-23 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre ^ 10-24 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theatre ^ 10-26 Iowa City, IA - The Blue Moose Tap House ^ 10-27 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre ^ * with the Dodos ! with Anonymous 4 ^ with Matthew E. White