Man Man Recent News

Video Premiere: Man Man "Mister Jung Stuffed"

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:05:00 -0700

Today Pitchfork premiered the new video for "Mr. Jung Stuffed" from Philly rabble rousers Man Man. Check it out at pitchforkmedia.com!

Watch Man Man, DeVotchKa, and Islands Live At Coachella!

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:04:00 -0700

Can't make it to Coachella this year? Then make sure to head over to the ATT Blue Room where you can watch free live webcast of all ANTI artists (DeVotchKa, Islands, Man Man) playing Coachella this weekend. Just go to: http://attblueroom.com/home/index.php

*Also, 3 archived full songs from artist sets available for free on cell phones in USA on Cingular Wireless and European Union on Vodaphone Wireless. Check with your carrier for details.

MAN MAN: Amoeba In-Store in SF on 4/22

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:04:00 -0700

Man Man will be performing at Amoeba in San Francisco on Tuesday, April 22nd at 6 pm. Make sure to not miss it!

Rabbit Habits, out now.

Amoeba
1855 Haight Street.
San Francisco, CA
http://www.amoeba.com

Man Man On NPR's Bryant Park Project

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:04:00 -0700

Check out Man Man's song "Top Drawer" on NPR's Bryant Park Project. Click here now.

Rabbit Habits, out now!

ANTI at South By Southwest

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:03:00 -0700

Check out the following live performances captured at our SXSW showcase.

Billy Bragg - I Keep Faith

DeVotchKa - Along the Way

The Weakerthans - Night Windows

Man Man - Doo Right

Tim Fite - More Clothes

Islands - The Arm

Man Man To Play Coachella, All Tomorrow's Parties and announce European Tour Dates

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:03:00 -0700

Hide your houseplants cuz Man Man is continuing their global subjugation. After an appearance at Coachella, the pied pipers of Philly will be bringing their joyful mayhem, first to All Tomorrow's Parties, then to the rest of The Continent.

05.09.08 All Tomorrow's Parties Festival Rye, East Sussex (UK)
05.10.08 All Tomorrow's Parties Festival Rye, East Sussex (UK)
05.12.08 Crawdaddy, Dublin (Ireland)
05.13.08 Cargo, London (UK)
05.14.08 The Phoenix, Manchester (UK)
05.15.08 Start The Bus, Bristol (UK)
05.17.08 La Nuit De Botanique Festival, Brussels (Belgium)
05.18.08 Rotown, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
05.19.08 Voxhall, Aarhus (Denmark)
05.20.08 Loppen, Copenhagen (Denmark)
05.21.08 Henriksberg, Goteborg (Sweden)
05.22.08 Garage, Oslo (Norway)
05.23.08 Debaser, Stockholm (Sweden)
05.24.08 KB, Malmo (Sweden)
05.25.08 Knaack, Belin (Gemany)
05.26.08 FZW, Dortmund (Germany)
05.27.08 PMK, Innsbruck (Austria)
05.28.08 La Casa 139, Milan (Italy)
05.30.08 Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona (Spain)
05.31.08 Le Ciel, Grenoble (France)
06.01.08 La Cave A Musique, Macon (France)
06.02.08 Nouveau Casino, Paris (France)
06.03.08 Paradiso, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
06.04.08 Doornroosje, Nijmegen (Netherlands)
06.05.08 Vera, Groningen (Netherlands)
06.07.08 La Terra Trema Festival, Cherbourg (France)

Man Man "Hurly Burly" Launches on Stereogum

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:03:00 -0700

Man Man's "Hurly Burly" has premiered on Stereogum’s Gum Drop. Click here to go to stereogum.com and check it out!

Watch Man Man and Islands SXSW Performance on Stereogum.com

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:03:00 -0700

This South By, Man Man were good good (last time we make that joke). We caught the face-painted Philly boys twice this week -- both outdoors -- once at Cedar Street Courtyard as part of the Anti- showcase (great), then a late-night set out at the way-off-the-beaten-path Scoot Inn for the Solid PR showcase (even better). We managed to get some video footage of Rabbit Habits standouts at the Cedar Street show -- raucous, organ-pumping "Mister Jung Stuffed" and kazoo funk-vamp jam "Hurly/Burly." Impressive beard growth, dudes. Can we do a top five bands of SXSW? OK, cool. Man Man makes the list. Meet "Mr. Jung": -Stereogum.com

Click here to watch their performance.

It's in the blogger code to toss out superlatives with reckless abandon, but really -- we weren't lying when called Islands set at Cedar St. the best of this fest. (OK, maybe Fuck Buttons @ Volume today is a contender.) Yeah that's Nick strangling Subtitle with a drum mallet, and yes Nick was wearing white face. (Move over List Christee, there's no monopoly on theatricality.) Islands stormed the Cedar St. Courtyard with black outfits and a perfect mix of Return To The Sea + their excellent upcoming Arm's Way. But don't take these words for it: Stereogum videographer Matt Neatock (newly converted Islands fan #1) fought the crowd to capture three tunes of new and old. -Stereogum.com

Click here to watch their performance.

MAN MAN: FEATURE ON PITCHFORK AND HEADLINING TOUR ANNOUNCED

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:02:00 -0800

MAN MAN ANNOUNCE HEADLINING TOUR IN SUPPORT OF ANTI- RECORDS DEBUT RABBIT HABITS

(Jan 7) Philly's favorite sons Man Man are readying a three week tour, scheduled to kick off on March 4th in Baltimore MD. Famous for kinetic live shows that include playing everything from apples to zithers, the band, likened to "an epic street battle between two Vietnam war vets fighting over who gets to sleep on the sewer grate" by Pitchfork Media, are set to release their much anticipated Anti- Records debut Rabbit Habits on April 8th.

The tour, which includes support act the Extraordinairies, will find Man Man entrenched at the legendary weekend-long South By Southwest music festival in Austin TX, where their riotous junkyard-carny paroxysm of guitars, woozy horns and flying spoons will be performed nightly. A month after the release of Rabbit Habits, Man Man will also perform at the glitzy ATP Vs. Pitchfork festival in the United Kingdom, playing alongside the likes of Of Montreal, Ween and Hot Chip.

Man Man has honed their live show down to a sassy science, touring with such indie heavyweights as Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire and the Fiery Furnaces. In a quest to keep the energy flowing, and perhaps to keep from having to brawl with the wise-asses who yell things in quiet moments, Man Man do not break between songs, but rather move from one song to another, commandeering and discarding any of number of the instruments lying at their feet as the mood strikes and the music dictates.

Rabbit Habits, Man Man's third, marks their debut for the acclaimed Anti- Records, home of such notables as Tom Waits, Nick Cave and Neko Case. Successfully capturing the raw spirit and essence of a Man Man live show, the record is the end product of the efforts of a band who are earnestly saying something important, even if you can't always make out the words over the blare of the sousaphone.

Check out the Pitchfork Premiere of "Top Drawer"! Click here.

Man Man Tour March 2008:
03-04 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
03-05 Greensboro, NC - Greene St. Club
03-06 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle
03-07 Mt. Pleasant, SC - Village Tavern
03-08 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
03-09 St. Augustine, FL - Cafe Eleven
03-10 St. Augustine, FL - Cafe Eleven
03-11 Pensacola, FL - Sluggo's
03-12 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
03-13 to 03-15 Austin, TX - South By Southwest
03-17 Lawrence, KS - Jackpot Saloon
03-18 Columbia, MO - Blue Note
03-19 Bloomington, IN - John Waldrom Arts Center
03-20 Louisville, KY - Headliner's Music Hall
03-21 Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig
03-22 Millvale, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre
04-10 NYC - Bowery Ballroom
05-09 to 05-11 Rye, England - ATP vs. Pitchfork

ANTI SIGNS THE INCOMPARABLE MAN MAN, "A WEIRD, RAUCOUS DELIGHT" (THE PHOENIX)

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:11:00 -0800

Hailing from Philadelphia, Man Man are an astonishingly original quintet who have found the perfect berth for their gypsy-swamp-rock-carny-soul sound at the equally singular Anti- Records, home to other such illustrious iconoclasts as Tom Waits, Nick Cave and Neko Case.

The band had the following to say about the signing:
Honus (vocals/keys/etc): "Championship Rings!"
Chang Wang (sax/etc): "Wow! Yes!"
Sergei Sogay (bass/etc): "Warm Socks!"
Cougar (guitar/trumpet): "Pizza Party!"
Pow Pow (drums/etc): "Ladies Please!"

Man Man have been understatedly described by NPR as "quirky and mischievous... often with old-world instrumentation and plenty of theatrics." The pre-eminent online music publication Pitchforkmedia.com more extravagantly enthuses, "Man Man's power isn't derived from the genres they stumble across, or the maniac light in their eyes, or the sweat pooling in their beards. It's the unbearable sadness in their marrow and how they transform it, like the existentially distressed but heroically steadfast men men they are, into a terrible and lionhearted joy."

Known for their literally non-stop kinetic live shows, which utilize a variety of more traditional musical instruments like the accordion, the Moog keyboard and the xylophone, as well as incorporating often overlooked noisemakers like soup pots, shoes, a fire extinguisher and squeaky toys, Man Man have floored crowds around the world on tour with indie darlings such as Cat Power, Arcade Fire and Modest Mouse.

The exuberantly schizophrenic Man Man move, sometimes seamlessly and sometimes in intentional fits and starts, between genres and sounds on their recordings as freely as they change instruments during their live shows. Spin opines "often sinister, occasionally busting out some doo-wop, and on one track accompanied by a chorus of kindergartners, Man Man is a refreshing breath amid today's polluted airwaves," and Prefix magazine states "Man Man's music will irritate you, make you laugh, put you off and then bring you back for more. It is in this conflict that the band exists and succeeds so well."
Man Man are currently finalizing the recording of their Anti-debut. Expect the brilliantly unexpected in spring 2008.