Pitchfork

Clean frontman David Kilgour's not just some recovering germaphobe. He's also a touring machine. New Zealand's crown prince of power pop will follow a string of dates in Kiwi country with a voyage to the commons alongside fellow foreigner/famed former frontguy Euros Childs (he, after all, of English spellcheck enemy Gorky's Zygotic Mynci).

Euros, fresh off his stay at the Miracle Inn, will wrap up some Euro dates of his own before making his way Statesward for the joint trip.

The tour will mark the U.S. debut of Kilgour's band the Heavy 8's, which features Alan Haig (the Chills, the Verlaines), Thomas Bell, Tony De Raad (the Mad Scene) and Taane Tokona.

Whaddya get when you cross Euros Childs and the guy from the Clean? Why, baby wipes, natch! Grrrroooooan.

Kilgour / Euros:

10-27 Los Angeles, CA - Echo
10-28 San Francisco, CA -12 Galaxies
10-30 Portland, OR - Holocene
11-02 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
11-03 Denver, CO - Hi Dive
11-05 Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar
11-06 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
11-07 Detroit, MI - Pike Room
11-08 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
11-09 Brooklyn, NY - TBA
11-10 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
11-11 Cambridge, MA - TT the Bear's Place
11-13 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
11-14 Washington, DC - DC9
11-15 Durham, NC - Duke University Coffeehouse
11-16 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
11-17 Nashville, TN - The Basement

Kilgour:

09-13 Dunedin, New Zealand - Arc Cafe
09-14 Dunedin, New Zealand - Wanaka Cinema Paradiso
09-15 Hokitika, New Zealand - Crooked Mile Theatre
09-16 Lyttleton, New Zealand - Harbour Lights
09-19 Onekaka, New Zealand - Mussel Inn
09-20 Wellington, New Zealand - Mighty Mighty
09-21 Palmerston, New Zealand - Bar Mode
09-22 Coromandel, New Zealand - Hauraki House
09-27 Auckland, New Zealand - Dogs Bollix
09-28 Leigh, New Zealand - Leigh Sawmill
09-29 Kerikeri, New Zealand - Wharepuke
09-30 Russell, New Zealand - The Pub

Euros:

09-15 Chatham, England - Tapntin
09-16 Salisbury, England - End of the Road Festival
09-17 Brighton, England - Komedia
09-18 Birmingham, England - Bar Academy
09-20 Bristol, England - Thekla
09-21 Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales - Y cwrt
09-22 Aberteifi, Wales - Theatr Mwldan
09-23 Blackwood, Wales - Miners Institute
09-25 Southampton, England - Joiners Arms
09-26 London, England - Kings College
09-27 Manchester, England - Roadhouse
09-29 Middlesbrough, England - Knights
09-30 Newcastle, England - The Cluny
10-01 Glasgow, Scotland - King Tuts
10-02 Nottingham, England - The Social
10-04 Paris, France - Fleche D'or
10-06 Bologna, Italy - Covo
10-07 Milan, Italy - Casa 139
10-08 Rome, Italy - Circolo
10-09 Turin, Italy - Spazio 211
10-12 Madrid, Spain - Moby Dick
10-13 Vigo, Spain - Fabrica de Chocolate