JD Samson & MEN was an art collective and electropop group based in Brooklyn,
New York, created in 2007 by Le Tigre members JD Samson and Johanna Fateman. The
initiative expanded to incorporate Michael O'Neill, Ginger Brooks Takahashi, and
Emily Roysdon, eventually solidifying into a central lineup of Samson, O'Neill,
and Takahashi after Fateman and Roysdon reduced their involvement.
Self-releasing the EP MEN (2009) following promotional tours alongside Peaches
and Gossip, the group toured across Europe before Takahashi was replaced by Tami
Hart in early 2011. The band issued its...