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Like James Brown said (kind of), it's a man's man's world, and Philadelphia/New York kitchen sink rockers Man Man will continue their personal quest for world domination through incessant touring, kicking off a jaunt tomorrow night in their hometown. From there, they'll trek across the entire U.S. and even make a stop in Vancouver, playing with quite a few recent P4k favorites along the way, including the Thermals, Grizzly Bear, Asobi Seksu, and the Mountain Goats. In fact, they're playing with so many other bands that we've had to practically exhaust our symbols to list them all (yep, even the Euro got some play). Well done, Man Man. We'll see you on the road. Love, the world.

In other Man-tastic news, a certain Pitchfork advertising director's entrepreneurial aspirations have been thwarted, as Man Man have at last found a pair of labels to vinylize their output. This year's Six Demon Bag and 2004's The Man in the Blue Turban With a Face will finally get the wax treatment thanks to Tonearm Recordings and a mystery label-to-be-named, respectively. No word yet on release dates, but you should get excited anyway.

09-02 Philadelphia, PA - Vox Populi *
09-11 Purchase, NY - Purchase College
09-12 Cambridge, MA - TT the Bear's #$
09-13 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street #
09-14 Boston, MA - Tufts University Oxfam Café (students only)
09-15 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's #~
09-16 New York, NY - Spiegeltent
09-17 Buffalo, NY - Kitchen Distribution #
09-18 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop
09-19 Columbus, OH - Little Brother's #
09-20 St Louis, MO - Hi Pointe #
09-21 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium #
09-22 Urbana, IL - Canopy Club #^
09-23 Minneapolis, MN - Seventh Street Entry
09-24 Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
09-25 Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground
09-28 Seattle, WA - Neumos
09-29 Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan
09-30 Vancouver, British Columbia - Media Club
10-01 Eugene, OR - WOW Hall %
10-03 San Francisco, CA - The Independent &
10-05 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
10-06 San Diego, CA - The Casbah !
10-07 Phoenix, AZ - Modified Arts
10-09 Lubbock, TX - Winchester Pavilion
10-10 Norman, OK - The Opolis
10-11 Denton, TX - Hailey's @
10-12 Austin, TX - Emo's @
10-13 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
10-14 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder (Florida State University)
10-15 Orlando, FL - The Social +
10-16 St. Augustine, FL - Cafe Eleven
10-18 Birmingham, AL - BottleTree =
10-19 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
10-20 Durham, NC - Troika Music Festival €
10-21 Baltimore, MD - G Spot

* with Bradford Reed, American Sneakers, Buffalo Stance
# with Coyote
^ with the Life of Things
~ with Tiny Masters of Today
$ with Black Helicopter
% with Grizzly Bear
& with Pink Mountaintops
! with the Husbands
@ with the Thermals
+ with Wolf Eyes
= with Asobi Seksu
€ with the Mountain Goats