Though close to 1,500 miles away from each other, Philadelphia and Nebraska will both soon be united and represented in the shape of a downtown experimental/indie rock concert.

Announced Wednesday on the State Theatre's Web site, indie-rocker group Cursive will join the experimental-rock outfit, Man Man, for a performance on Monday, May 4. Tickets go on sale at 11 a.m. Friday, and State Theatre Executive Director Mike Negra anticipates the student-oriented show will "sell out very quickly."

Negra said the show came about because of multiple requests and feedback from students and patrons who expressed an interest in bringing Philadelphia native Man Man to the State Theatre.

"Man Man's been on our radar for a long time," Negra said. "We know they have a lot of support in this marketplace and should do well."

Kristy Cyone, marketing manager, attributed the Man Man requests to students from Philadelphia supporting their local bands.

"Them being a Philly band, there's a lot of people here throughout the semester that want to see them without going home and trying to find a show," Cyone said.

Negra said the concert will be a co-headlining show, much like the Hold Steady and Drive-By Truckers concert held in November.

There will be a third band opening for both bands that has not yet been named.

Cursive hails from Omaha, Neb., and has been together since 1995. The group has released seven albums -- its most recent being Mama, I'm Swollen. Matthew Zartman (junior-electrical engineering) said he first heard Cursive when a friend gave him the band's fourth album The Ugly Organ. He's been a fan ever since.

"I like their diversity with the sound," Zartman said. "A lot of times they'll have some extreme dissonance. Then it'll get quieter, softer and more melodic, like out of nowhere."

Cyone said she too enjoys Cursive's style of music, describing it as "creative" and "unique."

"It doesn't necessarily stick to the trends of what everything else sounds like," she said. "It makes you think a little bit. I appreciate that."

Perhaps a bit more eccentric, Man Man focuses more on the experimental side of rock music. Besides guitar, bass and drums, the band members play clavinets, saxophones, French horns, flutes, xylophones and marimbas among others.

Its music has been featured in the TV show Weeds and a series of Nike commercials. The band's most recent record is 2008's Rabbit Habits.

Cyone and Negra both said the show -- because it is during finals week -- should interest more students than usual.

"Being an end-of-semester show," Cyone said, "I think it's a great way to unwind."