Friday, 18 Apr 2008
Public Service Announcement: Please be on the lookout for a group of gypsies, traveling north towards Minnesota performing circus anthems and stealing the rock and roll hearts and souls of everyone in their path. The individuals in question were recently spotted last night at the High Noon Saloon performing as Man Man and were accompanied by another group of misfits called Yeasayer.
Initial reports are still coming in through a haze of whiskey and beer, but all indications point to an unforgettable night of live music. Early symptoms of exposure include sore feet and weight loss due dancing and sweat. Others have reported a strong desire to dress only in white and apply paint to their faces. In some cases individuals have reported transfixed pupils based on the intense lighting during the Yeasayer extravaganza. The only known remedies at this point are purchasing copies of Rabbit Habits and All Hour Cymbals, specifically from here as tomorrow is record store day after all.
Side effects are common and to be expected, and are best remedied by leaving comments on this site describing the magnitude of your exposure and if you were forced to call in sick to work. In rare instances night tremors and flashbacks have occurred and you are again urged to leave your thoughts in the comments section, remembering to identify the moment you lost any chance of ever being the same again.
Myspace: Man Man
Myspace: Yeasayer
MP3: Man Man - “Top Drawer”
MP3: Yeasayer - “2080″
MP3: Yeasayer - “Sunrise”
Find more MP3’s at The Hype Machine or buy stuff from Strictly Discs | eMusic
April 18th, 2008 at 5:48 am
Yeasayer is great - but All Hour Cymbals sounds like it was recorded by a microphone set up behind a closed door. It’s all muffled. The mix is earmuffs. Kind of a shame.
April 18th, 2008 at 6:58 am
Really wish this show was coming through Nashville. Yeasayer is on my must see list right now…
April 18th, 2008 at 7:22 am
I thought the show was good and high energy, but I think I might have enjoyed it more if it was 10 years ago and I still indulged in more substances than jack & cokes. I was impressed with the live act that Man Man puts on, but (and I know it’s just personal preference) I can’t imagine ever listening to a full album of them. They seem like the kind of band that would get a lot of mileage out of being a novelty act for stoners. That’s probably too harsh, but it’s early and I’m at work
(And Yeasayer: I wish all their work had some of the driving beat that 2080 does and wasn’t sprawling out all over the place. Again, substances would have probably enhanced the experience, with all the projected graphics coloring the stage and the band.)
April 18th, 2008 at 9:15 am
man man’s beauty lies in the paradox created by the pairing of freak show sonics and twisted fairy tale lyrics. i hear similar criticisms about animal collective. novelty or not, pot or not, man man is a treasure that not necessarily everyone finds valuable. the sheer quanitity of instruments on stage (a lot of which were probably only utilized once or twice throughout the set) combined with the completely feral energy of honus honus and the rest of man man made for one of the better live shows i’ve been to.
also, i don’t know what that new yeasayer song was, but it was superb. i loved their performance of forgiveness, i didn’t see that coming. i’ve heard some bad things about yeasayer live, but they put on a great show. the drummer knows his drum machines and loops and it was very cool to just watch him. the bassist played a fretless bass for the duration of the set = double points.
it’s just really fun to watch music like this performed live.
April 18th, 2008 at 10:32 am
The “new” Yeasayer song, if you’re talking about the one I’m thinking of, is “Final Path” [it’s got the refrain “nothin’s gonna stop the sky from falling / nothin’s gonna stop the water rising / nothin’s gonna stop the sun from burning”]. You can find it out there on the interwebs; I know they played it at their Daytrotter performance, and I even have a studio recording of it from somewhere. Yeah, it is quite awesome.
Howabout their heavy rendition of “No Need to Worry”? WOW. And just the whole feel of their live versions of these songs– much more dancey, supported by the drum machine.
I’m not a huge Man Man fan at all, and so definitely would have preferred the roles were reversed and we’d get a full 90 minute set from the agreeable ones. Really wanted to see more of my favorite album of last year.
Overall, great show.