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...
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...
The August roundup of our punk column In Defense of the Genre includes recent news, reviews, and features, along with a list of the best songs of the month.
This week's playlist includes new music by Botch, Archers of Loaf, L.S. Dunes, The National (ft. Bon Iver), Pianos Become the Teeth, Pinkshift, and more.
Brian says ”there was good closure with Botch” for him, but ”the same can’t be said for the other Botch guys. There’s been a sense of unfinished business for a couple of ‘em.“
”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...