Minus The Bear Soundwave 2009 Promo

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Tours: Minus The Bear and Annuals

(Annuals)


(Minus The Bear)
Download: Minus the Bear - "Throwin' Shapes"
Download: Annuals - "Nah Keseyi"
Download: Themes - "Epic World"

On the local front, Themes will be joinging both bands for a stretch of the tour. Check it out below:

9/1 -- Seattle, WA -- Bumbershoot
10/8 -- Spokane, WA -- Service Station*#
10/9 -- Missoula, MT -- The Other Side*#
10/11 -- Englewood, CO -- Gothic Theatre*#
10/12 -- Omaha, NE -- Slowdown*#
10/13 -- Iowa City, IA -- The Picador*#
10/15 -- Minneapolis, MN -- Varsity Theatre*#
10/16 -- Milwaukee, WI -- Turner Hall*#
10/17 -- Chicago, IL -- The Vic Theatre*#
10/18 -- Columbus, OH -- Newport Music Hall*#
10/19 -- Detroit, MI -- Majestic Theatre Center*#
10/20 -- Cleveland, OH -- Grog Shop$
10/21 -- Boston, MA -- Wilbur Theatre*^
10/22 -- Washington, DC -- 930 Club*^
10/23 -- Philadelphiaq, PA -- Theatre of Living Arts*^
10/24 -- Providence, RI -- Lupo's at the Strand*^
10/25 -- New York, NY -- Webster Hall*^
10/26 -- Sayreville, NJ -- Starland Ballroom*^
10/28 -- Richmond, VA -- The National*^
10/29 -- Raleigh, NC -- Lincoln Theatre*^
10/30 -- Asheville, NC -- The Orange Peel*^
10/31 --Knoxville, TN -- Bijou Theatre*^
11/1 -- Atlanta, GA -- Variety Playhouse*^
11/3 -- Ft. Lauderdale, FL -- Revolution*!
11/4 -- Lake Buena, FL -- House of Blues*!
11/5 -- Jacksonville, FL -- Free Bird café*!
11/7 -- New Orleans, LA -- House of Blues*!
11/8 -- Houston, TX -- House of Blues*!
11/9 -- Austin, TX -- Waterloo Park*!
11/10 -- Dallas, TX -- House of Blues*!
11/12 -- Santa Fe, NM -- TBA
11/13 -- Tempe, AZ -- Marquee Theatre*!
11/14 -- San Diego, CA -- Soma*@
11/15 -- Pomona, CA -- Glass House*@
11/16 -- Los Angeles, CA -- Henry Fonda Theatre*@
11/18 -- Sacramento, CA -- Empire*@
11/19 -- San Francisco, CA -- Bimbos*@
*w/ Annuals
#w/ Themes
$ w/ The New Year
^ w/ Sylvie
! W/27
@ w/ Helms Alee

(Jonathan Graef)

Minus the Bear - "Throwin' Shapes" Video

Hoorah for retro, hooray for headbands, hooram for killer riffs.

(Ian Anderson)

New Minus The Bear Video Premiere

Download: Minus the Bear - "Knights"

MTVU has just premiered the video for "Knights" by Minus The Bear. The song is from the band's upcoming Planet of Ice. Watch the video for the song here.

Read MFR's take on Planet of Ice here

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(Jonathan Graef)

Minus the Bear - Planet of Ice

Minus the Bear
Planet of Ice (Suicide Squeeze, 2007)
Grade: B+

Download: Minus the Bear - "Knights"
Download: Minus the Bear - "When We Escape"

Seattle-based Minus the Bear will be following up their killer hit Menos el Oso in three weeks with Planet of Ice, a complete knock out album as well as a glorious Hoth reference (if you don't know what Hoth is, look it up).

Planet of Ice picks up right where Menos left off, on planet awesome. Granted, there are few (three to be exact) Pink Floyd-esque diatribes that show off a bit more of a space-y side of the fellas, which is pretty cool, but it gets a bit old after the sweet segment turns into a jam. However, the songwriting and precision is inspired throughout the album.

Aaron Tate's drumming continues to surprise me and furthers my indie cred as I drop his name at shows as "no doubt the best drummer in Seattle." Jake Snider's voice is better than ever and continues to write great music to, well, do it to.

"Knights" is the clear bread-winner of the album and hopefully will be the single. However, "When We Escape" is my personal favorite. It possesses all of the great qualities of Minus the Bear, but a tad more aggressive.

Furthermore, this is Suicide Squeeze's press release that comes with the record, it's classically worded:

"For the past six years, Seattle’s Minus the Bear have orbited the music world like a distant meteor, fine-tuning their brand of indie rock and discovering how technology can help enhance the band’s unique pop vision – all of which is about to culminate with their latest full-length Planet of Ice, an album showing the band not so much transforming their sound as transcending it." - Suicide Squueze

Also! Here are their fast-approaching tour dates:

Sept 23 -- Spokane, WA -- Service Station
Sept 24 -- Missoula, MT -- The Badlander
(Minnesota date hopefully right here)
Sept 27 -- Detroit, MI -- St. Andrew's Hall
Sept 28 -- Cleveland, OH -- Grog Shop (Early)
Sept 28 -- Cleveland, OH -- Grog Shop (Late)
Sept 29 -- Pittsburgh, PA -- Diesel
Sept 30 -- Buffalo, NY -- Tralf Music Hall
Oct 1 -- Toronto, ON -- Opera House
Oct 3 -- Cambridge, MA -- Middle East Downstairs
Oct 4 -- Cambridge, MA -- Middle East Downstairs
Oct 5 -- Brooklyn, NY -- Warsaw
Oct 6 -- New York, NY -- Irving Plaza
Oct 7 -- Sayreville, NJ -- Starland Ballroom
Oct 8 -- Philadelphia, PA -- Theatre of Living Arts
Oct 10 -- Washington, DC -- Black Cat
Oct 11 -- Norfolk, VA -- The Norva
Oct 12 -- Atlanta, GA -- Variety Playhouse
Oct 13 -- Charlotte, NC -- Tremont Music Hall
Oct 14 -- Orlando, FL -- The Club at Firestone
Oct 15 -- Ft. Lauderdale, FL -- Culture Room
Oct 16 -- Tallahasse, FL -- The Moon
Oct 18 -- New Orleans, LA -- House of Blues

The album doesn't hit stores until August 21, but you can pre-order it here.

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(Ian Anderson)

Pre-Order The New Minus The Bear!

Download: Minus The Bear - "Throwin' Shapes
Download: Minus The Bear - "Dr. L'Ling"

Suicide Squeeze announced earlier today that Minus The Bear's new album, Planet Of Ice, is officially available as a pre-order from the label's website. If you pre-order Planet Of Ice now, you'll get a four song bonus disc with 2 exclusive studio tracks and a Planet of Ice button set. Ex-cellent.

Pre-Order the album here

(Jonathan Graef)

New Minus the Bear Track

Seattle's wonderboys Minus the Bear posted a new song yesterday. I'm just going to go ahead and say it's pretty awesome. Now remember, their new record will be out August 21, so, remember that.

Download: Minus the Bear - "Throwin' Shapes"

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(Ian Anderson)

Minus the Bear @ the Triple Rock

Download: Minus the Bear - "Pachuca Sunrise"
Download: Minus the Bear - "Fulfill the Dream"

Minus the Bear played an all ages matinee at the Triple Rock Social Club last night, and will be playing an 18+ set tonight at the T-Rock again. The band was great last night, drummer Aaron Tate stole the show, but the band delighted the young crowd with three new songs that are definitely step forward. Half of the band was sick, but it just added to the band's already high intensity.

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(Ian Anderson)