#30: Trailblazer @ Al’s Bar [Original Post] Man, what a great first Trailblazer show for me to catch. On record he can occasionally get a little noisy for my taste, but this set didn’t get too far from his solid guitar rock base. Solid songs and a great performance made this one of the best [...]

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2011 was (another) odd year for music. It felt like the average quality of albums was raised a bit, but nothing really stood out as a life-changing album or single of the year. Still, there was a lot of great music to be heard. Here’s fifty of my favorite tracks from the year, ranging from [...]

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After our interview ended, Honus from Man Man said they were going to have an awesome video for “Piranha Club.” Turns out I had to wait a few months to see it, but it was worth it. After getting some major inspiration from Crybaby, one youngster starts the most adorable band of gangsters ever.

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I feel that just saying “Man Man has a great live show” does a disservice to the band. To me, that label often means that their album work is so-so at best. There are tons of bands that are great live (Gogol Bordello, Peelander-Z) that have a monotonous snoozefest for half of their records. But [...]

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See you guys there! Man Man Grandchildren at the Southgate House Sun, October 16 Doors: 8pm | Show: 9pm $17.00

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Caring Is Cool is putting out a Japan benefit compilation, The Animal Within Us, featuring new songs by Honus Honus of Man Man, Alden Penner’s band The Hidden Words and a bunch more. You can preview 30 seconds of most of the songs at Amazon Germany or order the CD Oct 8th.

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Photographs taken by me at Bonnaroo. MP3: Mister Heavenly – Pineapple Girl One of my favorite albums of the year is the blessed collaboration between Man Man’s Honus Honus (or Ryan Kattner, if you prefer) and Islands/The Unicorns’s Nick Thorburn: Mister Heavenly. To celebrate the album’s release this week I’ve got a two-part interview with [...]

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Of all the incredible things about Man Man’s show, this is the most unbelievable: there are no diminishing results. I’ve seen them many, many times over the years and each show has been fantastic. Sure, some are better than others (the ’09 Halloween show was a favorite) but they’ve all been well above what you [...]

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I will unfortunately have to miss Man Man’s Lexington show this Thursday, but given that I’ll catch them at Bonnaroo a day or so later, I’m not too worried. You, however, don’t have to miss them: I’m giving away two tickets to see Man Man this Thursday at Cosmic Charlie’s. To enter to win, leave [...]

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