Man Man
- HOMETOWN:
- Philadelphia PA
- MYSPACE:
- myspace.com/wearemanman
- WEB SITE:
- wearemanman.com
Based out of Philadelphia, PA, Man Man is an experimental indie band that incorporates Eastern European and circus-esque styles in their music, creating a unique sound. The band consists of Honus Honus (lead vocals, piano, organ, persussion), Pow Pow (drums and other various percussions), Cougar (trumpet, guitar, percussion), Sergei Sogay (bass, synths, percussion), and Chang Wang(sax, percussion). Their style has been compared to a mixture of Tom Waits, Frank Zappa, and Captain Beefheart. Man Man is known for their distinctive live shows where the members of the band dress in white tennis outfits and don war paint. During their sets the band does not take breaks between songs in order to keep a constant energy level. Man Man has released two LPs with Ace Fu Records: The Man in the Blue Turban With A Face (2004) and Six Demon Bag (2006). In November 2007 they signed with the Anti-Label to release a new CD/LP/Solar Flare in 2008.
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Okkervil River w/ Man Man & Crooked Fingers (outdoors)
Sat. 09/27 | 10:00PM @ Emo's (Downtown)
Okkervil River will win your heart with their emotionally introspective indie rock songs, Man Man will help you discover moves you …more»
Austin City Limits Music Festival
Fri. 09/26 | 11:00AM - Sun. 09/28 @ Zilker Park (South of the river)
For complete lineup and more info visit www.aclfestival.com/lineup.aspx
Man Man In-Store Performance
Wed. 04/30 | 5:00PM @ Waterloo Records (Downtown)
Refreshments provided by Shiner!
"THE BIG ONE". Presented by Do512, GamePlan Marketing & Events, and Sweet Leaf Tea
Sat. 03/15 | 2:30PM @ \The Graveyard\"--Do512 Compound" (South of the river)
Sat March 15 2:30p-10p @ Do512 Compound (2208 S. Lamar, behind STRUT) RSVP to get on the guestlist now (PLEASE DO NOT RSVP to the email above! Look up and left to RSVP w/ your nam…more»
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Fri. 03/14 | 12:00AM @ Scoot Inn & Bier Garten (East of I-35)
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Anti/Utne Reader - DeVotchKa / Billy Bragg / The Weakerthans / Man Man / Tim Fite ...
Thu. 03/13 | 8:00PM @ Cedar Street (Warehouse District)
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Sat. 10/20 | 10:00PM @ Emo's (Downtown)
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There are plenty of reasons to love Man Man, but the most compelling is its utter absurdity. Honus Honus (a.k.a. Ryan Kattner), the gravel-voiced frontman and the band’s only original member, sports an admirable moustache/half-dyed pseudo-mullet combo and does an old-fashioned boot beat-stomp while clad all in white during the band’s excellent live show. During “Push the Eagle’s Stomach,” from the Philadelphia hobo-junk-blues collective’s sophomore album, Six Demon Bag, someone (a high-pitched demon, perhaps?) screeches what sounds like “my brown eye’s blacker than yours,” simultaneously invoking scatological humor and playing off Kelis’s hit of yestersummer. Yes, Man Man thrives on the bizarre and has an almost circus-like originality. And therein lies much of the band’s charm.-Prefix Mag
Two of the buzzier bands at SXSW team up for a tour. Man Man plays a brassy, bent blues, while Yeasayer’s modified world-beat is reminiscent of Brian Eno’s work with Talking Heads.
— Joe Gross more at austin360.com