Pitchfork

Fresh off a recent European tour, sci-fi/surf-rockers Man or Astro-man? are barreling through the U.S. until November in support of last year's excellent Albini-produced Spectrum of Infinite Scale-- their first good album in, like, five years. (We thought we'd never see it.) And yeah, this is the real thing, not one of those pansy Project Alpha clones. The band's live shows are notoriously fun, as the band likes to dress up in space clothes and go berserk onstage. Once they played with TVs on their heads and threw Little Debbie snackcakes into the audience. You don't want to miss out on free coconut rounds.

10-23 Champaign, IL - Highdive
10-24 Chicago, IL - Fireside Bowl
10-25 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
10-26 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre Center (Magic Stick)
10-27 Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
10-29 Hanover, NH - Dartmouth College (Panarchy Frat House)
10-30 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Club (Upstairs)
10-31 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Club (Upstairs)
11-01 Storrs, CT - University of Connecticut (African American Cultural Center)
11-02 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
11-03 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
11-04 Philadelphia, PA - Khyber Pass Pub
11-06 Columbus, OH - Little Brother's
11-07 Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall
11-09 Asheville, NC - Stella Blue
11-10 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle