Man Man Announces Tour, Pool Party

Having wrapped up its tour with Modest Mouse, Philadelphia’s Man Man is hitting the road again shortly with a slew of new material. On July 1, the group is making a special appearance at Brooklyn’s McCarren Park Pool, a now-waterless swimming facility used for various performances and recreational events that usually do not take place inside swimming pools (like kickball, or experimental rock concerts). At least the Man Man warpaint won’t wash off. Man Man released its last record, Six Demon Bag, on Ace Fu in February 2006. The group has been recording its third album at Shape Shoppe Studios...  read more

Man Man to Tour with Modest Mouse

Tonight Only: the Capital M tour with Man Man and Modest Modest Mouse Mouse. Okay, sometimes we get carried away. Regardless, indie-rock madmen Man Man will be on the road with indie-rock main men Modest Mouse later this year for a round of shows around the U.S. and Canada. The forever-touring Man Man has just left Chicago’s Shape Shoppe Studios with some new material you can read about here. And for more info on Modest Mouse, check out this month’s Paste cover story. Man Man tour dates (sans Modest Mouse): April 1 - Vancouver, British Columbia @ Richards on Richards...  read more

Man Man Record Record, Tour Tour

A year after releasing its first LP, Philadelphia’s Man Man are set to release a second record and launch an extensive tour in the coming months. No title has yet been announced for the follow-up to 2006’s wackily raucous Six Demon Bag, but the band has announced that it recently wrapped recording at Shape Shoppe studios in Chicago and will debut a number of new tracks during the two dozen tour stops scheduled for February, March, and April. Fellow Philadelphians Icy Demons will support a number of dates. Tour dates include: February 24 - St. Louis, Mo. @ The Gargoyle...  read more

Man Man Tours, Talks With Paste

Since the February release of its second full-length, Six Demon Bag, Philadelphia rock troupe Man Man has been praised by various respected critics and has received a very random shout out from John Legend during his acceptance speech at this year’s Grammy Awards. Crammed in a van in the desert in Arizona, lead singer Honus Honus (born Ryan Kattner) took some time out of a busy driving schedule to talk with Paste about all the publicity, new material and the non-stop gigging his band has taken on in recent months. “[Touring] is pretty much our life right now,” Kattner says....  read more