Hip To Be Square

If you haven't heard about the infectious movement sweeping across the indy nation about the dance craze, then you best check your self, cause it's upon us and Man Man is at the helm of the movement.

Shot over to PA's Lounge, one of Boston's premier locations for indy shows, to catch the Man Man craze and also came across a pleasent surprise in the opener, Roommate. But, before I get to Roommate, lets talk about Man Man for a second. First, their looks are deceiving. My first impression was that they were going to be aggressive personalities and hard to approach, completely false. Very nice guys, and of course, they live in the city of brotherly love so it makes sense - Philly forever baby. Second, their stage presence is perfect, and makes you just want to scream out, MAN MAN!!! They're all over the stage, bouncing around and getting in to the thick of the crowd.

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Roommate was interesting. Roommate is essentailly one guy from Chicago, Kent Lambert. On any given night he could be playing with one person or nine. But Kent has some great lyrics and plays a mean Keytar. He also loves the plinky sounds from a Nintendo Gameboy.

Visit Roommates myspace page and check out some sounds and then head on over to Kent's official site to learn about the album, Songs the Animals Taught Us and to see if they/he will be showing up in your neighborhood.