Minus the Bear

Ghost Work (Seaweed, Minus the Bear, etc) prep LP2 (stream "Godspeed on the Trail")

Light a Candle for the Lonely arrives in March via Spartan Records.

Minus The Bear’s ‘Highly Refined Pirates’ turns 20: “A different kind of everything”

Minus The Bear’s landmark debut album ‘Highly Refined Pirates’ turns 20, and we look back with an in-depth retrospective including interviews with the band…

Minus The Bear albums ranked from worst to best

Minus The Bear were a band who fit in everywhere and nowhere all at once. They touched on indie rock, math rock, electronic music, dance-punk, pop, emo, post-hardcore, prog, and more, and created great music every step of the way. Here’s a dive into their eight core releases, ranked in order of greatness…

2002's best emo & post-hardcore albums, discussed and debated

We dive deeper into our recently-published list of the best emo & post-hardcore albums of 2002 with a podcast episode that dives into the making of the list, the albums on it, some albums that were left off, and more…

David Knudson (Botch, Minus The Bear) teams with Cursive's Tim Kasher on new song (listen)

It’s the first single off David’s new solo EP, which arrives next week.

David Knudson talks Botch's new song, 20 years of Minus The Bear's 'Highly Refined Pirates' & more

On the new episode of the BrooklynVegan podcast, the Botch/Minus The Bear guitarist also reveals he has a song with Tim Kasher coming out soon, and much, much more…

Botch release first new song in over 20 years!

”I was sick of everything in quarantine,” guitarist David Knudson said. ”Lots of frustration had set in at home, and I figured the best way to deal with it was to write something heavy.” And so the first Botch song in over 20 years was born…

35 Best Emo & Post-Hardcore Albums of 2002

The emo floodgates opened in 2002. In honor of their 20th anniversaries, this edition of ‘In Defense of the Genre’ looks at the best emo and post-hardcore albums from that year.

Listen to Minus The Bear guitarist David Knudson's proggy new song "Varv"

Former Minus The Bear/Botch guitarist David Knudson’s debut solo album arrives this Friday.

Our favorite songs of the week (playlist)

This week’s playlist includes new music by Soccer Mommy, Lykke Li, Zola Jesus, Tyler, he Creator & Nigo, Destroyer, Aldous Harding, Denzel Curry ft. Robert Glasper, and more.
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