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  Hear the Men's Crunchy 'New Moon' Leftover 'B Minor'

  April 11, 2013 – Fresh off the Men's SPIN-approved new album New Moon — the band's fourth LP in as many years — the prolific Brooklyn punk quintet are back with yet another new track called "B Minor." The song, which headlines their label Sacred Bones' latest Todo Muere comp, is a crunchy garage blast leftover from the Men's New Moon sessions, and "B Minor" carries some of that album's Ragged Glory vibe."B Minor," along with unreleased cuts from Mo …
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  Watch the Men's VHS-Addled, Smoke-Spewing 'I Saw Her Face' Video

  March 19, 2013 – Recent Breaking Out stars the Men have a brightly shining and bracingly intense new album out, fittingly called New Moon, so it's about time that the Brooklyn five-piece had a proper music video. We first heard the noisy pastoral punk squaller "I Saw Her Face" last month, but the band has since dusted off the single for a solid visual treatment. …
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  The Men, 'New Moon' (Sacred Bones)

  March 13, 2013 – "The Men" initially strikes as a pretty arrogant band name. But given the dizzying speed of their evolution, the Brooklyn quintet that shines so brightly on New Moon were probably wise to keep their options open by assuming such a generic tag. …
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  Open Heart, Clear Mind: Behind the Men's 'New Moon'

  March 5, 2013 – The Men don't like staying in one place. In a career that now spans four albums in five years, the Brooklyn band has explored new sounds, varying lineups, and different recording locales. …
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  10 Albums You Can Hear Now: Youth Lagoon, the Men, Major Lazer, and More

  February 26, 2013 – It's Tuesday! Grab a pair of headphones and plug into the 10 ready-to-stream albums below.1) Youth Lagoon, Wondrous Bughouse. "[One] of the most arresting headphone records you'll hear this year. …
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  Hear the Men's 'I Saw Her Face,' Pastoral Punk a la Neil Young

  February 21, 2013 – Bands that release an album every 12 months aren't supposed to be as good as Brooklyn garage-punks the Men. Their sublimely violent 2011 set Leave Home made SPIN's 50 Best Albums list for the year and 2012's prismatic squaller Open Your Heart was given our Essential stamp — could a hat trick be on the way? Considering what we've heard so far of March 5's New Moon, the answer may be yes. …
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  The Men Stay Plugged in on 'Electric' New LP Advance Track

  January 9, 2013 – In the lunar cycle, a new moon means no moon, which always struck as unnecessarily confusing. The Men, however, are very much present on "Electric," the raucous first single from upcoming album New Moon. …
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  Hear Nude Beach's Full Fantastic 'II'

  August 6, 2012 – In a telephone conversation we had this past winter with schizophrenic Brooklyn post-punkers the Men, we asked if there was one band in their home borough with whom they felt some kind of spiritual connection or kinship. They answered quickly and enthusiastically: Nude Beach, a trio that, while certainly less abrasive, seem to share an implacable lust for timeless American songwriting as penned by Tom Petty and Paul Westerberg. …
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  The Battle of the Sexes: Screaming Females and the Men

  May 15, 2012 – You will never truly grasp the majesty of Marissa Paternoster until you look deep into her eyes as she solos, which, yeah, good luck with that, even under ideal circumstances. …
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  The Men Announce Tour, Share 8-Minute Epic 'A Minor'

  March 27, 2012 – As part of label home Sacred Bones' forthcoming Record Store Day comp, Todo Muere Volume 2 (the very same mentioned in our brief Skype interview with Danish labelmates War in February), the Men have shared "A Minor," a previously unreleased, eight-minute epic that's every bit as psychedelic and stormy as the many wailers that fill the Brooklyn outfit's most recently released (and SPIN Essential'd) full-length, Open Your Heart. …
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