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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Tonight! / Video Man Man - Tonight!

Posted by Rob Simonsen on Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 10:13 AM

Yes! Man Man are bringing their freak show to Portland tonight! You can read what I wrote about them for the paper this week here, but really, if that clip above of them performing "Black Mission Goggles" doesn't sell you on the greatness of this band, nothing probably will.

I cannot recommend going to this show enough. I really like their records, but seeing Man Man live is just a whole different beast. Everyone writhes, wiggles, and shakes their way through each track, and, needless to say, the end result is always a fucked up dance party. This band is sheer kinetic energy, and it's hard not to get caught right up in the middle of it all.

Plus, seeing a mustache of that caliber in person is worth the trip and door price alone.

Man Man play the Hawthorne Theater tonight with Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band and Mimicking Birds. 8pm. All Ages. $15.

 

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This is probably going to sound like "I was into them first" bullshit, but here goes... I miss the old Man Man.

Yes, the old band who played on the first album, and who absolutely killed a Dante's Low Dough Show in 2003 or 2004 the first time I saw them. That night, as my friends and I stood drop-jawed, that band killed it with a subtlety and dare I say it, sensetivity, that has been missing since the old dudes left.

Last night, they played many songs from "Turban" but alas it was all banging on shit as loud as possible, and the quiet parts seemed like filler. I mean, it's effective and legitimately nuts, but that was only one side of the Man Man I fell in love with. Maybe that makes me sound like a grumpy old-timer, but these days there seems to be ONLY one side to Man Man.
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