THE MEN stopped through chicago this past wednesday to play everyone's favorite dilapidated warehouse space on the south side of chicago, Treasure Town..... shows there are always quite awesome and this one was no exception.....
NUDE BEACH opened for THE MEN to complete the noisy rock line-up....and they are certainly an up-and-coming power popped DIY punk band to keep yr eyes on.... click here to for an interview NUDE BEACH did for VICE and here for their bandcamp page......
you can't go wrong with two amazing band from brooklyn in a spot where you can bring yr own booze.....and i can't say this enough, THE MEN are a band you definitely need to see live..... go buy their new lp OPEN YOUR HEART from SACRED BONES right now......
watch highlights from the show below......
and rock n roll like you were there...
THE MEN
NUDE BEACH
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Monday, March 26, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
the men - open your heart + tour dates
bands that stick out because they're difficult to describe and equally enthralling are few and far between. i like to think that most of the bands on TINY GROOVES fit into that awesome category of unique sonic adventurers.....so you need to hear THE MEN if you haven't already....
THE MEN are one of those unique noisy rock n roll bands you just gotta hear to believe.....last year's LEAVE HOME lp was released to rave reviews from pretty much everyone, but their new album, OPEN YOUR HEART, surely will surpass even that....
THE MEN have strayed even so slightly away from their sludgey post punk noise metal thrashing mayhem and have headed more squarely into fugazi / sonic youth post-everything rock territory.... angular, loud songs that rock like any fiercely independent band has from any decade you wanna conjure up in a review..... television, dinosaur jr, jesus lizard, the oh sees, maybe...you could honestly compare them to quite a few bands, but THE MEN sound unlike any easy description...
i can't rave about THE MEN enough...... and i need to get my hands on OPEN YOUR HEART, which our friends at SACRED BONES, are going to unleash upon the world this spring....... read what they have to say about THE MEN below.....
Ironically referred to by Timeout NY as “Thurston Moore & the E Street Band,” The Men have never been a band to play by categorical punk subgenre rules. Instead, over the last three years, this band has dabbled in everything from hardcore punk to psych to shoegaze to black metal; and they have done all of it effortlessly, and for the most part, flawlessly. Totally removed from the current climate of ADD-youtube-blog-hyped generation of musicians under 21, The Men stand out from the pack as both scene elders and actual record collectors. What makes this band so unique is their ability to synthesize their influences rather than just regurgitate them.
On Open Your Heart, the band’s 3rd full length, the NY quartet explore twangy country music, guitar solos, surf-ish riffs, psych, and just about everything in between. Erring on the side of literal as opposed to ironic, the song titles here (“Oscillation,” “Country Song,” “Ex-Dreams,” etc.) blatantly celebrate the band’s “you get what you pay for” DIY aesthetic. Beyond their genre-defying writing experiments, some of the band’s finest singles to date are on this record; “Open Your Heart,” “Please Don’t Go Away,” and “Candy” all demonstrate a new pop sensibility that previous albums only hinted at. Additionally, having four songwriters in the band lends itself to a truly unpredictable and thrilling live experience. With Open Your Heart, The Men embrace what is truly their calling, and flower into the fully diversified punk band their fans have always championed them for being.
BUY OPEN YR HEART when it comes out
and see THE MEN live......
you will regret missing them if you don't...
The Men Tour Information
- 3/7/2012: Brooklyn, NY, 285 Kent
- 3/8/2012: Richmond, VA, Strange Matter
- 3/9/2012: Savannah, GA, Savannah Stopover
- 3/10/2012: Nashville, TN, The End
- 3/11/2012: New Orleans, LA, Siberia
- 3/12/2012: Houston, TX, Warehouse Live
- 3/14/2012: Austin, TX, SXSW
- 3/15/2012: Austin, TX, SXSW
- 3/16/2012: Austin, TX, SXSW
- 3/17/2012: Austin, TX, SXSW
- 3/18/2012: Dallas, TX, Club Dada Bro Fest
- 3/19/2012: Kansas City, KS, Asshole Castle
- 3/20/2012: Iowa City, IA, Gabe’s Oasis
- 3/21/2012: Chicago, IL, Treasure Town
- 3/22/2012: Detroit, MI, Lager House
- 3/23/2012: Rochester, NY, The Bug Jar
- 3/24/2012: Montreal, QC, TBA
and watch a live set below....
Thursday, July 21, 2011
the men- leave home
one might say they do it to disrupt the sub-sub-sub genre scenesterism of the music scene, or maybe cause they have so many good records in their collection they just gotta try some things out.
i can imagine THE MEN playing a noise rock loft show in nyc, and yet at the same time also imagine them opening up for sonic youth in the mid 80s.
pitchfork seems to think every band in the book "THIS BAND COULD BE YOUR LIFE" is an influence, and yeah the sst and touch & go reference points make sense.... (husker du "land speed record" or "metal circus" era, jesus lizard, big black)
but THE MEN also meld together noise, psych, punk, post-hardcore, shoegaze and garage rock into hazy loud feedback-riddled mess of an lp.......
LEAVE HOME, just released on sacred bones, is a bit more cohesive and straight forward then their previous lp IMMACULADA....it reminds me of a punked out version of boris' pink lp quite a bit......
anyway you have to check the men out for yerself.
i promise you its worth the time, many listens in and i'm still hooked even if i can't quite describe it.......
.......if you like what you hear, click here for the LEAVE HOME lp. and here for their previous lp IMMACULADA.
and go see THE MEN for free
at PERMANENT RECORDS CHICAGO
August 12 at 6pm.......
at PERMANENT RECORDS CHICAGO
August 12 at 6pm.......
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