Botch

It's official, Botch are back for reunion shows.

The mathcore legends played a surprise set at a birthday party for producer and former Minus the Bear member Matt Bayles.

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...

After breaking up in 2002, Botch signed to Sargent House last year, with vinyl reissues on the way. Now they may be teasing something else, too...

It's a mini Botch reunion, with Dave Knudson and Dave Verellen joining Keith Buckley and others for a rendition of the ’Jane Doe’ classic.

Watch the one-off supergroup of Dimitri Minakakis, Kurt Ballou, Andrew Gormley, and Botch vocalist Dave Verellen's brother Ben take on ”To Our Friends in the Great White North.”