Man or Astro-man? Literally on Fire, Days before SXSW Music Fest

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Playing for only the fifth time in a decade, Man or Astro-man? delivered straightforward, hard-driving rock, plus a flaming Theremin, lightning bolt generator and a computer keyboard played like a guitar emitting "System 7 resource sounds" (a techno geek thrill). The band also did spacesuit antics, amplifier climbing, drum kit crashing and the 1990s surf punk rock that has maintained an enthusiastic following, despite the band's MIA mode of operation.

Man or Astro-man?, composed of self-proclaimed extraterrestrials, plans to make some new music and play a little more regularly, the sweat-soaked band told Download Squad after their show.

Days before the SXSW music festival, Stumbleupon and digital marketing agency The Barbarian Group showed that the geek-tastic world knows how to throw parties that please. The three-band, free show packed the multi-level Mohawk club during the South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) conference week in Austin.

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