Pitchfork

One-man act Dan Snaith, otherwise known as Caribou (and previously known as Manitoba), will begin a lengthy international tour this Saturday, April 16 in support of his upcoming album The Milk of Human Kindness. The tour will start in Paris, France, before winding across the UK, Canada, and finally ending up in the U.S. As previously reported on Pitchfork, Snaith has enlisted fellow Canadians and Pitchfork faves the Junior Boys and Russian Futurists to share the bill for the American tour dates, while Cincinnati-based beat box master Boom Bip will play several shows with Caribou in England.

The UK portion of the tour coincides with the release of Milk, which will be issued in Great Britain on Leaf on Monday, April 18. U.S. fans, however, will have to wait another couple of weeks to get their hands on the record-- according to Domino U.S., a shipping delay has pushed the LP's release back from April 19 to May 3.

At every stop on the tour, Caribou will offer a limited-edition, 36-minute tour EP. Titled Tour CD 2005, the tracklist is:

01 Mix
02 Bloody Murder
03 Medium Sized Working Dog (Steady Steady)
04 Cardiff
05 Raspberry
06 The Snow Capes
07 Sinuses

If you can't come out to any of Snaith's upcoming shows, he hints on his website that "perhaps a handful of copies will be available via internet mailorder."

The recently renamed Caribou, who was forced to give up the Manitoba moniker because Dictators frontman Handsome Dick Manitoba sued for trademark infringement, is still popular among critics for his innovative beats and off-kilter indie pop. Handsome Dick, on the other hand, is still popular for, well, being a dick. Dates for Caribou's The Milk of Human Kindness tour are as follows:

04-16 Paris, France - Triptyque
04-17 Birmingham, England - Club HQ (w/ Boom Bip)
04-18 Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms (w/ Boom Bip)
04-19 London, England - Scala (w/ Boom Bip)
04-21 Edinburgh, Scotland - The Bongo Club
04-22 Glasgow, Scotland - Glasgow School of Art (w/ Kasule and Surface Empire)
04-23 Aberdeen, Scotland - The Tunnels (w/ Kasule)
04-26 Kingston, Ontario - Elixir Night Club *
04-27 Ottawa, Ontario - Babylon *
04-28 Toronto, Ontario - Legendary Horseshoe Tavern (w/ The Singing Saw Shadow Show)
04-29 Montreal, Quebec - Cabaret Music Hall *
04-30 Ithaca, NY - Noyes Community Center *
05-01 Annandale-On-Hudson, NY - Bard College *
05-02 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse *
05-03 Cambridge, MA - Middle East *
05-04 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom (w/ Four Tet) *
05-05 Brooklyn, NY - Northsix *
05-06 Providence, RI - The Living Room *
05-07 Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero Theater *
05-08 Charlotteville, VA - Satellite Ballroom *
05-09 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 *
05-10 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn *
05-11 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues Parish *
05-12 Houston, TX - Mary Janes Fat Cat *
05-13 Austin, TX - The Parish *
05-14 Denton, TX - Haileys *
05-15 Lawrence, KS - The Jackpot Saloon *
05-17 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre *
05-18 Salt Lake City, UT - Egos *
05-20 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress *
05-21 Phoenix, AZ - Modified Arts *
05-22 San Diego, CA - Casbah *
05-24 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland (w/ Brad Laner/Christopher Willits) *
05-25 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill *
05-27 Portland, OR - Berbatis Pan *
05-28 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey *
05-29 Victoria, British Columbia - Lucky Bar *
05-30 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richards on Richards *
05-31 Calgary, Alberta - Broken City *
06-01 Calgary, Alberta - Broken City *
06-02 Edmonton, Alberta - New City Liqwid Lounge & Suburbs *br> 06-03 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Amigos *
06-04 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Pyramid Cabaret *
06-05 Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar *
06-06 Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews *
06-07 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
06-08 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop *
06-09 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *
06-10 Hamilton, Ontario - The Casbah *

* with Junior Boys, the Russian Futurists