Man Man dirges continental, mixing waltzes, pirate singalongs, pub chants, and carnival melodies into chest-thumping anthems, the kind of pidgin music produced by working classes in tight quarters. But live it’s easy to ignore the subtleties of the songs, which makes Six Demon Bag a different, but equally great experience.  Full text...

There are plenty of reasons to love Man Man, but the most compelling is its utter absurdity.  Full text...

As a song and title, the breakneck "Young Einstein on the Beach" might be more self-referential than the band intended.  Full text...

Six Demon Bag is a subtle improvement on the band's debut.  Full text...

Man Man sound like they're having a good time, though, so it's easy for us to have one as well.  Full text...

…Six Demon Bag will be called strange and crazy and original and maybe even intense. The accordions and organs and Brian Deckish percussion, chimes and lupine voices will be noted.   Full text...

As unnerving as Man Man can be - and comfortable moments on this album are few and far between - Six Demon Bag still sticks to its own idiosyncratic logic. Rather than hitching its wagon to cabaret-punk boomslang, Man Man holds its course and pursues its own stylishly bizarre aims.  Full text...

Songs like "Young Einstein on the Beach," "Hot Bat" and "Fishstick Gumbo" could perfectly segue out of Bungle's "Travolta" or even "Desert Search for Techno Allah" on some killer mix tape that has yet to be made.  Full text...