David Knudson

Rick Froberg of Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes died over the weekend from an undiagnosed heart condition at age 55.

“His art made life better. The only thing he loved more than art and rock n roll was his friends“ – Rick’s Hot Snakes bandmate John Reis.

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…

This week’s playlist includes new music by Yves Tumor, Mount Kimbie (ft. Wiki), Special Interest, DeJ Loaf, Gladie, Daniel Avery, Ezra Collective, and more.

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

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

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…

”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…

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

Listen to new songs by Future/Kanye, Regina Spektor, Robyn/Louie Vega, Miya Folick, Michaela Anne, Kaash Paige, Baby Tate, Jesse Malin & Eugene Hutz (Pogues cover), and more…