Are the groups Man or Astro-man? and The Lumineers based out of the same American city? 
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Title: Jeremiah Fraites
Passage: Jeremiah Fraites (born January 17, 1986) is an American musician.  Formerly a resident of Ramsey, New Jersey, and now based in Denver, Colorado, he is one of the founding members of the band The Lumineers.
Title: Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks
Passage: Schoolhouse Rock!  Rocks is a tribute album based on the Emmy Award-winning animated TV series, "Schoolhouse Rock! ".  It was released by Atlantic/Hollywood Records in 1996 and contains 15 tracks, the original "Schoolhouse Rocky" theme and covers of 14 songs from the series performed by popular music artists.  There was also a promo-only 7" single distributed to promote this album featuring the Man or Astro-man?  track and the Pavement track.  This single was pressed on yellow vinyl. " Three Is a Magic Number" was one of the last recordings made by Blind Melon's Shannon Hoon, who died of a drug overdose in October 1995.
Title: Pittsburgh Business Times
Passage: The Pittsburgh Business Times is a diversified business media company serving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  It publishes daily stories on its website and social networks, and a weekly edition available in print and online.  It is published by the American City Business Journals.  Published since August 31, 1981 it was founded by the Business Journal Publications Company which merged the paper with the rival "Pittsburgh Business Journal", owned by Scripps-Howard, on March 21, 1985.  They combined operations by April 1 of that year.  In 1986, Business Journal Publications was acquired by American City Business Journals.  The paper was sold in 1988.  American City Business Journals reacquired the "Business Times" in 1996 with purchase of CityMedia Inc.
Title: Jonny Browning
Passage: Jonny Browning is an American instrumental surf musician, primarily known as touring guitarist Victor Vector for the band Man or Astro-Man?  Prior to his performing in the band, he also played the part of Chromo-Crunch in Man or Astro-Man? : Clone Project Alpha in 1997-1998.  He has played guitar and written songs for Sound of Humans (also featuring Birdstuff of Man or Astro-Man? ), Jonny and the Shamen, and The Man Made Brain.  He currently plays guitar and writes for Canadian instrumental surf band The Other Timelines.  Jonny has played in bands or recorded with members of many other bands, including: St. Vincent, The Polyphonic Spree, Drive-By Truckers, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Verbena, and Servotron.  He was born and raised in Alabama and has resided in Vancouver, BC since 2009.
Title: Mulchmen
Passage: The Mulchmen were an instrumental surf rock band based in Dayton, Ohio during the late 1990s.  Their style combined the surf guitar influence of Dick Dale or Link Wray, early British punk, and the use of a theremin.  They have opened for bands such as Dick Dale, Man or Astro-man? , Los Straitjackets, and The Breeders.
Title: Birmingham Business Journal
Passage: The Birmingham Business Journal is a weekly business newspaper published in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.  The newspaper was founded in 1983 by Tina Verciglio-Savas and became a part of American City Business Journals in 1999.  The newspaper publishes business news in the Birmingham area and also the state of Alabama.  The Birmingham Business Journal is a part of American City Business Journals owned by Advance Publications, which also publishes "The Birmingham News".
Title: Man or Astro-man?
Passage: Man or Astro-man?  is a surf rock group that formed in Auburn, Alabama, in the early 1990s and came to prominence over the following decade.
Title: The Lumineers
Passage: The Lumineers are an American folk rock/Americana band based in Denver, Colorado.  The founding members are Wesley Schultz (lead vocals, guitar) and Jeremiah Fraites (drums, percussion).  Schultz and Fraites began writing and performing together in Ramsey, New Jersey in 2005.  Cellist and vocalist Neyla Pekarek joined the band in 2010.  The Lumineers emerged as one of the most popular folk rock/Americana artists during the revival of those genres and their growing popularity in the 2010s.  The band's stripped back raw sound draws heavily from artists that influenced Schultz and Fraites such as Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty.  They are known for their energetic live shows and several international hit singles including "Ho Hey”, “Stubborn Love”, “Ophelia” and “Cleopatra”.  The band has become one of the top touring bands in the U.S. and also sells out shows around the world.
Title: Mega Gem
Passage: Mega Gem is an American Indie Pop band founded in 2010 and based in Denver, Colorado.  On October 19, 2012, Mega Gem released their debut album, Colors of the West, on Wild Baby Records.  Colors of the West features 33 musicians, including guest a appearance by Stelth Ulvang of the Grammy nominated American folk band The Lumineers While their musical style may vary from traditional punk music, the band is still influenced by the DIY-Punk sub-culture.  The band's entire discography is available for a pay-what-you-want pricing scale on their Bandcamp page.
Title: Brian Causey
Passage: Brian Causey is an American guitarist, composer and singer.  He is a founding member of Man or Astro-man?  and was the main songwriter/guitarist in the band from 1991 to 1998.  After his departure from Man or Astro-man? , Causey composed and performed the theme song for "", for which he was awarded a BMI Cable Award in 2003 and 2004.  He currently runs record label Warm Electronic Recordings.  His stage name is a reference to the popular snack item made by Little Debbie, "Star Crunch".
The Lumineers Man or Astro-man?