Minus the Bear

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Seattle's Minus the Bear is a band that sneaks up on you. Read More

In any other context, lyrics about drinking, sex and exotic places might call to mind, say, the boasts of Lil Wayne or Jay-Z . Read More

If you still haven't heard of Minus the Bear , do yourself a favor. Read More

buon giorno luamada : buon giorno luamada - more blissful blossoming lotuses of lovely dream noise from perdizes dream , brazils answer to not not fun. if yr familiar with babe, terror's warm analogue burblings then yr on safe ground here. does that sleepy dusk/dawn sensation home-taping thing that the likesof ducktails and their various bastard children do. y'know hazy backround fizz in a hot bath-full of guitar fuzz and clean strummery. it's hard to imagine all this stuff not coming from some sunny dreamland of cold beer and tropical weather and girls with darkdark hair tucked behind their ears swaying in the perfect breeze of postsummer somnambulism. think if it was made here this record would sound like pissing rain, malfunctioning machinery and the garrulous nonsense of shouting drunks. occasionally it bums you out for a few minutes with the found sound atonal hush lastbest heard on mogwai's come on die young. and sometimes wanders into creaky david (rather then julian) lynch soundscape territory. and randomly batters a cheap distorto guitar. but it's all good. exceptionally so. minus the bear : into the mirror – only a fool don't like minus the bear. if only all indie pop rock prog post-something quirky tuneful funk noise buggers sounded this fucking good. anyway in advance of next years new record, there's a single available from the usual places (and at shows). this is the b-side. it's better than the a-side. whatever. fact is knudson's a goddam geetar genius. this reminds me in all the right ways of the dismemberment plan. you could even dance to the beast should you wish to. i did. hell i'm jigging like a complete arse in front of my type-thing just now. fact is if tv on the radio can hang with bowie and get their mugs in broadsheets and on the cover of rolling stone* then so can, nay should, this lot. beats. tunes. energy. you can't exactly go wrong. Read More

Squarely fitting Minus the Bear into a musical genre is about as difficult as finding a primo spot for a semi-truck in the Olive Garden parking lot on a Saturday evening. Read More

Minus the Bear is missing something … and it's not a grizzly. Read More

If you like Death Cab for Cutie, then there's a high probability that you'll dig the soothing, mid-tone pout-rock of Minus the Bear , a Seattle-based (geez, what is it with that city?) indie band hitting the Black Sheep (2106 E. Platte Ave., ticketweb.com ) at 8 tonight. Read More

The band Minus the Bear performed at The Westcott Theater Tuesday night, and the musical performance packed gusto that brought out the inner bear in every person. Read More

For a band often classified as alternative, Minus the Bear speaks in another musical language that makes it stand out. Read More