Stream Mannequin Men's Fresh Rot

Download: Mannequin Men - "Weekender"
Download: Mannequin Men - The Boys (They Don't Mind)
Download: Mannequin Men - "Grapefruit"

Chicago proto-punk revivialists Mannequin Men released their second album, entitled Fresh Rot, yesterday on Flameshovel. For those of you who are cautious consumers, or just like to listen to music for free over the interweb, the album is available for streaming. Just click here to listen away. If you like what you hear, then buy the album from Flameshovel here.

For those of you who like live music, you're in luck. Mannequin Men will play a show this coming Friday, the 21st, at the Triple Rock. Show is 21+ and costs ten dollars on the day of the show. Buy tickets for 8 dollars in advance here.

(Jonathan Graef)

Mannequin Men - Fresh Rot

Download: Mannequin Men - The Boys (They Don't Mind)
Download: Mannequin Men - "Grapefruit"
Download: Mannequin Men - "Weekender"
Download: Mannequin Men - "Pigpen"

Mannequin Men are a rowdy, raucous and utterly infectious garage-rock band that likes to write and record albums in a single, unholy day of productivity. That approach is what led to their second full-length album Fresh Rot. They rock directly, enthusiastically and hard in way that way that recalls simpler times without resorting to fashionable irony or needless post-modernism. Basically, they are like The Dandy Warhols, or The Hives maybe, without the quotation marks and with much better hooks.

Songs like "Grapefruit" and "Pigpen" are ripe with the sort of hyperactive emotions and power that could fuel a thousand teenagers jumping on a thousand beds playing thousands of air guitar chords. Fittingly, the band has a reputation for glorious drunk live shows. You can see them for yourself when they come to your town to promote Fresh Rot, which comes out on September 18th via Flameshovel. Listen to the four tracks at the top of the post to get an idea of what you're in for.



Tour Dates:

Sept. 8th 2007
6:00P
Pass Out Records In-Store
Brooklyn, NY

Sept. 8th 2007
8:00P
Don Pedro’s
Brooklyn NY

Sept. 9th 2007
10:00P
Piano's NYC
New York City, NY

Sept. 21st, 2007
8:00P
Triple Rock Social Club w/ THE VIBRATORS!!
Minneapolis, MN

Sept. 22 2007
8:00P
Vaudeville Mews I
owa City, Iowa

Sept. 28th 2007
8:00P
LSA w/ BLACK LIPS, Selmanaires FRESH ROT RELEASE SHOW
CHICAGO

Oct. 3rd 2007
8:00P
400 Club
Minneapolis, MN

Oct. 14th, 2007
8:00P
Velvet Lounge
Washington D.C.

Oct. 18th, 2007
8:00P
CMJ Music Festival
New York, NY

Oct. 19th, 2007
8:00P
CMJ Music Festival
New York, NY

Oct 20th 2007
8:00P
CMJ Music Festival
TBA
New York NY

Oct. 21st 2007
8:00P
P.A.’s Lounge
Boston MA

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(Jonathan Graef)