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- * Jay Reatard, Soiled Mattress and the Springs, Times New Viking @ London Barden's Boudoir, 14/05
- * Man Man, Bloodgroup @ Manchester Phoenix, 14/05
- * Black Lips @ London 100 Club, 15/05
- * The National @ Dublin Olympia, 15/05
- * Jens Lekman @ Glasgow Oran Mor, 15/05
- * the pAper chAse, Black Mountain, Vessels @ Leeds Cockpit, 15/05
- * The Raconteurs @ Liverpool Academy (Liverpool University), 15/05
- * Frightened Rabbit @ Dunfermline Carnegie Hall, 15/05
- * Caribou, Born Ruffians, Wildbirds & Peacedrums @ London King's Cross Scala, 15/05
- * The Twilight Sad, Frightened Rabbit, Dirty Summer @ Dunfermline Carnegie Hall, 15/05
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Minus The Bear
Signed to label: Undergroove Recordings
Seattle-based dance-punk-rock-ish five-piece with two full-lengths to their name to date (2006).
Minus The Bear are:
Dave Knudson - guitar
Cory Murchy - bass
Jake Snider - vocals, guitar
Erin Tate - drums
Alex Rose - keyboards
Matt Bayles - former keyboard player, left early 2006
The band's albums, so far, are Highly Refined Pirates (2002, Suicide Squeeze US, Undergroove UK) and Menos El Oso (2005, likewise).
Releases
- Planet Of Ice - album, out 10/09/2007 on Undergroove Recordings. 1 review (read/post)
- Interpretaciones Del Oso - album, out 26/03/2007 on Suicide Squeeze. 1 review (read/post)
- Menos El Oso - album, out 27/09/2005 on Undergroove Recordings. 1 review (read/post)
- Highly Refined Pirates - album, out 09/08/2004 on Undergroove Recordings. 1 review (read/post)
Past events
- Thu 20 Dec at London Astoria 2 formerly Mean Fiddler. 1 review (read/post)
- Tue 18 Dec at Colchester Arts Centre. (post review)
- Mon 17 Dec at Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms. (post review)
- Sat 15 Dec at Oxford Academy. (post review)
- Fri 14 Dec at Birmingham Barfly. (post review)
- Thu 13 Dec at Manchester Academy 3 (formerly Hop & Grape). (post review)
- Wed 12 Dec at Glasgow King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. (post review)
- Tue 11 Dec at Leeds Cockpit. (post review)
- Mon 10 Dec at Sheffield Corporation. (post review)
- Sun 09 Dec at Nottingham The Rescue Rooms. (post review)
- Sat 08 Dec at Milton Keynes The Pitz at Woughton Centre. (post review)
- Fri 07 Dec at Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach. (post review)
- Thu 06 Dec at Yeovil Orange Box. (post review)
- Wed 06 Dec at London Islington Academy. 1 review (read/post)
- Tue 05 Dec at Manchester Satan's Hollow. (post review)
- Mon 04 Dec at Bristol The Cooler. (post review)
- Sun 03 Dec at Sheffield Corporation. (post review)
- Wed 29 Nov at Glasgow Nice N Sleazy's. (post review)
- Tue 28 Nov at Leeds Cockpit. (post review)
- Mon 27 Nov at Exeter Cavern. (post review)
- Sun 26 Nov at Cambridge The Soul Tree. (post review)
- Sat 25 Nov at Oxford Zodiac / Academy 2. (post review)
- Wed 02 Nov at London Camden Underworld. 1 review (read/post)
- Wed 20 Oct at London Camden Underworld. 1 review (read/post)
News
- 03/09/2007: Minus The Bear name album tracks
- 31/08/2007: Minus The Bear tour update: full dates confirmed
- 17/08/2007: Minus The Bear: UK dates confirmed for December
- 19/07/2007: Minus The Bear's Planet of Ice set for September release
- 06/07/2007: Coachella line up leaks onto the net
- 06/12/2006: Follow the Bear: Seattle's Minus get remixed
- 25/10/2006: This Et Al: tour dates and album forthcoming...
- 14/06/2006: Murder City one-off: acclaimed (and rather defunct) punks announce show
- 01/09/2005: Follow the Bear... to Leeds, Belfast, Lincoln...
- 24/08/2005: Minus The Bear, plus new album
Features
- 02/05/2008: DiS @ Coachella: Prince, Portishead and The Verve? Pigs might fly...
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- 13/11/2007: Cub Scouting with the Bear: UK duo question Seattle prog-punks
- 29/10/2006: The Weekly DiScussion: How do you DiScover new music?
- 08/08/2006: The Tuesday DiScussion: Deafened by Death From Above? Submit your own indie mixes...
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