I saw Man Man open for Arcade Fire, I think, 4 years ago. They were cool; a bunch of sweaty guys wearing white Hanes T-shirts, banging drums and shit. Anyhow, I never thought people would be talking about them in 2008.
Not only are Man Man constantly blogged about and name dropped on Stereogum and Pitchfork, they get to play thier infernal, feral racket all over the world. Check out this video, which features them performing one of their sort of alright songs on the streets of Paris. I don’t really get it, but they seem nice enough–so fuck it.
Incidentally, what does anyone think about my idea for a reality show called, Humiliate Me. Contenstants live in a house presided over by someone like Bam Margera and are subjected to infinite and indescribable “challenges” acts of humiliation. If someone makes it through an entire month, they win. This is basically what reality TV really is, so why not do it whole hog?
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Wait, didn’t Nick Cannon do a movie about these guys?
See for you people who aren’t hip enough to know why this is so cool/brilliant it is because they are not playing traditional music but instead making noises that are not “mainstream” or “stock” which =’s super mega hipster point bonus. No matter how shitty the music, if you can call it that, all that matters is that the music is popular enough to be cool in their niche but not too popular that they would ever hear it outside of their vinyl collection. Burn in hell Williamsburg.
Fuck me I hate noise bands. I don’t care what anyone says there is zero fucking talent involved. Thanks for getting me all riled up at the end of the day.
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