Austinist Show Preview & Giveaway: Man Man & More at Emo's Outside

Rumors of a Red River invasion by a wacky troupe of sea chantey-warbling, non-stop exhibitionists throwing themselves around on stage while singing “Fee-fi-fo-fum” in union can only mean one thing- Man Man must be returning to Austin. It seems like ages ago that the band opened for Okkervil River inside Stubb’s, performing their powder-keg victory dance to a tightly packed, surprised but impressed audience, and since then they’ve caught on as quickly as one of their hum-able vaudeville throwbacks, having been tapped for a commercial here and a high-profile festival there, all the while pulling in a supportive fan base.

This time around they'll be headlining at Emo’s outside, and bringing along Philly brethren The Extraordinaires, a well-suited opening act with an equally entrenched love of all things nautical, wild, and unpredictable, and who helpfully describe their sound “by saying 'swoosh', or with a picture of Shaq slamming a dunk.” Songs like “Hi Five the Cactus” may sound painful, but their literary tin-pan alley goes down easy. Local blues/soul singer Black Joe Lewis will also perform, keeping with the theme of eye-opening music you don’t usually hear or see all in the same place.

Man Man: [official] [myspace]  
The Extraordinaires: [official] [myspace] 
Black Joe Louis: [myspace] 

Man Man, The Extraordinaires, Black Joe Louis 
Saturday, October 20th 
Emo's Outside

Image of Man Man by Michael Persico from their MySpace site

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