The Brooklynites take a gentle turn from their punk roots to draw on a host of new influences, but still rock like muthas
Rewind to 2011: New York amp molesters the Men make Leave Home, a gloriously oppressive record documenting unhealthy manifestations of seething attitude and amplifier vivisection...
The phrase "Whatever you are, be a good one," most oftenly attributed to Abraham Lincoln appears to be a piece of advice that the Men have taken to heart. When they were a...
When the time came to record their new album, The Men headed a couple of hours north of New York City to a cabin in the Catskill Mountains. The upshot of a 300 million year...
Brooklyn’s The Men keep 2013’s garage rock torch blazing on their sophomore LP, New Moon. In recent days, the genre has witnessed a revival of sorts, with bands such as Parquet...
It's the first law of indie-rock: Every grungy, guitar-powered act-- from Dinosaur Jr. to Titus Andronicus-- eventually goes a little Crazy Horse, gradually easing their squalling...
Evening. From a very recent Spotify update: the new album by The Men. Genre: noise pop/rock. Enjoy! (Note: Tomorrow I’m going back home again, which means no blog updates during...
At times quite captivating and as rowdy, New Moon is ultimately an album half-full of both indelible sonic fury and equally forgettable missteps.
The Bleakest AmRep sludge possible gets noogied by jagged Residents angles: The noise-metal Primus?
Open Your Heart is both tremendously physical and friendly, knocking you on your ass one second and then immediately helping you back up to put a beer in your hand. While there...
These Brooklyn-based animal men are rocking for themselves, but we’re all invited.
Howdy. I’ve been on the road for a couple of days, but this new album by The Men sure looks like a very recent addition. Read this review and enjoy! (Genre: rock) The Men – Open...
It seems odd that one of the punkest records of 2012 would open with a riff reminiscent of the Doobie Brothers’ “China Grove,” but it does. After that opening guitar lick, however...
Brooklyn four-piece stand at the edge of a breakthrough – now, do they stick or twist?
The Men are on that careful edge of breakout stardom in music circles due to their second release, Leave Home. It's eight tracks of pure garage noise, mixed in with nice helpings...