Monday, September 28, 2009

MAN MAN to play Lex Halloween show!


Last week, our good friends at Bullhorn gave word that experimental Philadelphian pirate-vaudevillian troupe MAN MAN have confirmed to headline what is shaping up to be one of the greatest Halloween shows Lexington has hosted in years. Even if pirate-vaudevillian music isn't your forte, these guys put on a hell of a fun show, with obvious hints of forefathers Tom Waits and Frank Zappa, but a sound that is altogether new in many ways.

Nina Mashurova wrote
: "Man Man attacks their live shows with a frenetic energy that can only come from doing elaborate campfire dances with mischievous, vaguely anthropomorphic pagan deities clad in sparkly athletic gear. They rock classic white tennis outfits, feathers, and war paint. They play without pausing to take a breath. They sound like a pirate invasion, an electroclash polka, an orchestra turned party turned interplanetary zoo. Gravelly-voiced vocalist and resident wild man Honus Honus howls over melodic sax swells, tribal rhythms, high-pitched refrains, creating a cavalcade of sound that wields plenty of skill to match the spectacle."

Bullhorn and The Beaux Arts Ball Foundation presents:
The Half Way to Beaux Arts Ball

proceeds to benefit the BABLink
The Hood Internet
The March Madness Marching Band
costume contest(winner receives free tickets to the spring Beaux Arts Ball) and more
Sat. 10/31 at Busters
doors @ 830
tickets- $20 advance $25 DOS

We get an extra hour to party as the clock falls back that night...!

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