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Man Man to hop in the Van Van

1:59 a.m. · January 21, 2008 · by Eli Halpern

There comes a time in a Man Man’s life when he feels a great desire to
wander the country and bang objects of various shapes and materials in
people’s faces. It is said that this mysterious rite originated in the days
when Homo Homo Sapiens would chew their way underground to hibernate through
winter and emerge in spring along with the hares and jackalopes; they call
these strange behaviors Rabbit Habits.

Wiser than the astrologists and anthropologists who have woven these
masculine myths, music critics understand Man Man to be a musical band and
Rabbit Habits to be the latest record of their work. The album, which comes
out April 8th, will be the band’s first for Anti-Records, also the den of
Tom Waits and Nick Cave. By now everyone’s sick of the usual musical
comparisons, but the move to Anti- does conjures images of Honus Honus and
crew clawing for a handhold on those dissonant climbs of the musical
pantheon.

Following the excavation of Rabbit Habits, the Men Men have promised a
spring tour. So, it’s time to massage your eardrums and scrape the winter
salts off your eyes. And behold!

03.04 Baltimore, MD: Ottobar*?
03.05 Greensboro, NC: Greene St. Club*
03.06 Asheville, NC: Grey Eagle*?
03.07 Mt. Pleasant, SC: Village Tavern* ?
03.08 Athens, GA: 40 Watt Club*
03.09 St. Augustine, FL: Café Eleven*?
03.10 St. Augustine, FL: Café Eleven*
03.11 Pensacola, FL: Sluggo's*
03.12 Baton Rouge, LA: Spanish Moon*?
03.13 Austin, TX: SXSW?
03.14 Austin, TX: SXSW?
03.15 Austin, TX: SXSW?
03.17 Lawrence, KS: Jackpot Saloon*
03.18 Columbia, MO: Blue Note*
03.19 Bloomington, IN: John Waldrom Arts Center*?
03.20 Louisville, KY: Headliner's Music Hall*
03.21 Ann Arbor, MI: Blind Pig*
03.22 Millvale, PA: Mr. Smalls Theatre*?
04.10 New York, NY: Bowery Ballroom
05.09-11 Rye, England: Camber Sand Holiday Park (ATP vs. Pitchfork)

* With the Extraordinaries

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