If I have nothing else to say, it is this: Man Man puts on one mother of a live show. Don’t miss it if you get the chance.
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Philadelphia’s Man Man are one of those bands that just doesn’t stop touring, except to do a little recording now and then. Luckily, I’ve managed to get a few minutes to chat with the band’s singer/keyboardist/evil genius mastermind Ryan Kattner (AKA Honus Honus) on a rare, much deserved break.
“Because of band circumstances and whatnot,” explains Kattner, “I became without a home about six months ago. I’m still without a home; we tour so much. We have a couple of weeks off, so I’m just in LA couch-surfing … Nothing interesting, and definitely not jet-setter glamorous.”
After three solid years on the road, he seems to be enjoying a little time off before hitting the road again. He recalls, “in the old days - when I say ‘old days’ I mean like last year - we’d go on a gruelling tour we’d come back and immediately have to go back to our day jobs working in cafes and bars and moving companies.”
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As the second night of Canadian Music Week rolled around, I found myself running just a wee bit behind. I got to Lee’s Palace just in time to catch the tail end of Rebekah Higgs‘ set. I’m not sure what the rest of her material’s like, but it’s pretty obvious that I’ve caught her and her band on their “rockin’ out” number, which seems to consist primarily of Rebekah wailing wordlessly into a microphone with far too many effects while the band bashes one chord as enthusiastically as possible. Pity.
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