Minus the Bear news

Over the last half-dozen years, Patrick Keenan's Winter Sounds have released two full-lengths with a changing cast of players, moved to Nashville, reworked the lineup, and recorded a new album titled Runner .

Rise Records have set a June 19th release for Make Do And Mend's new studio album

Rise Records have set a June 19th release for Make Do And Mend's new studio album

The trend of fauna-inspired band names is spiraling out of control. Don’t believe me? read more

Mumford & Sons have been working diligently on the follow-up to their debut album, Si gh No More , and fans may have read an interview in which the band suggested that the new material will sound like " Black Sabbath meets Nick Drake ." But speaking in this week's issue of NME , singer Marcus Mumford said those comments had been a joke.

A few months ago, The Daily ran an article about a local band called To Paint the Sky. Before reading it (and without ever having listened to them), I inferred that TPtS is the kind of band who describes itself as “post-[insert genre here]” or “[insert genre here]-core,” feels the need to clarify on its Facebook (or, more likely, Myspace) page which members perform “clean vocals” and “dirty ...

Instead of Sleeping, a Pittsburgh-based indie rock band, said it is excited to play another show in the Dayton area later this month. The band will perform at 8 p.m. March 31 at The Attic, located at 2852 Wilmington Pike in Kettering, Ohio. The show also will include local bands Generation 25 and Follow the Norm. "We love this town," the band said in a tour update on its website....

BERKELEY, Calif., March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Los Angeles based indie label Dangerbird Records and its catalog of artists are the latest to join local social radio app DeliRadio. The Dangerbird roster ...

Tremont Music Hall was full to the brim last Friday night of indie music fans eager to feast their ears on Minus the Bear’s energetic performance. “It’s always a pleasure coming to Tremont Hall,” said lead singer Jake Snider, trying his best to pronounce “Tremont.”

2/24/12 - MINUS THE BEAR Seattle-based indie-prog quintet Minus the Bear have been churning out catchy albums since 2001’s This Is What I Know About Being Gigantic. 2010’s OMNI saw them take a more electronic and poppy turn, but their live shows remain both groovy and sensual with singer/guitarist Jake Snider and the rest of the boys masterfully recreating their records’ math-rock riffs and Snider’s ...

I'd known for a while that Minus the Bear undoubtedly had that rare gift that so few alt/prog-rock bands have of being able to hold my attention — not only because of their infectious melodies, but of the sheer unpredictability in their production.