The Man Man men have been doing their chaotic, percussive, theatrical thing in Philly for long enough now to risk self-parody, but Saturday’s sold-out homecoming show at Union Transfer was pure adrenaline rush.

Over the course of four albums since 2004, Man Man has honed its style, becoming incrementally more melodic and more inclined to anchor a song in a chant or a hook, although that hook is often a barbed shout.

“Mister Dagger meet Mister Back, inseparable, together at last,” Ryan Kattner (aka Honus Honus) growled in “Dark Arts” from last year’s Life Fantastic. The song hurtled forward on galloping drums, frantic marimba runs, and staccato piano chords, punctuated with screams, a sax solo, and unison bounces from the band members…  read more at Philly.com