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Minus The Bear have a new album out!
The short story of MTB is that the core members were all in Hardcore/Jazz bands prior to forming circa 2000/01. Despite that, they came together and made a kick ass Indie Pop/Rock band. That's just my lazy interpretation though, they're sometimes labeled Prog & Math Rock, but it doesn't really matter what people call them until you check out the music.
The new album is pretty good. It's a classic 3rd album although; in the sense that it merely builds upon the foundations already in place. However, you have to bear in mind those foundations were amazing. The songs seem a little more experimental on Planet of Ice (like i said, classic 3rd album). 'Lotus', for example breaks down into a quiet ambience before a Prog guitar section closes the song (and album). 'When We Escape' is notably ballad-like, but in the best way 'ballad' can be implied! MTBs instantly recognisable technical ability still remains the focal point which is something i love about this band, especially when they can incorporate it into hooky pop songs. Dave Knudson is one under-rated guitarist. 'Knights' is the 1st single and is very representative of the bands style, certainly of what they've done up until now, sounding like something off Menos el Oso. The video for the track is just as good as the song is.
Didn't really mean to wander into the realms of reviewing, just wanted to share how good this band are. Enjoy!
...are excellent. From Glasgow, Scotland too, so local boys. They have a little bit of a post rock / My Bloody Valentine sound (live it is more apparent) and a pretty unique style to boot, which can be quite difficult with the aforementioned influences considered.
This song is from their debut album 'Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters', which will be pretty hard to come across unless you know some really good independent stores. Enjoy.
Possibly one of the best songwriters of my generation (can i say that?) as far as pop and folk/country go. Also the recipient of two Grammy Awards for Wilcos fifth studio album A Ghost Is Born, including Best Alternative Music Album.
A funny story about Wilco is that in mid 2001 whilst demoing what is widely regarded as their best album, 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot', their record label Reprise Records (a AOL Time Warner subsidiary label), dropped the band as they felt the demos displayed no radio-friendly crossover songs & the labels plea for such material was being nonchalantly & widely dismissed. Before Wilco could offer Reprise $50,000 for full rights to the songs, they received a telephone call offering them the rights for free. Determined not to let this significantly delay the albums release & discourage the sharing of low quality demos which had been leaked, Tweedy began streaming the album in its entirety on Wilcos official webiste. During late 2001, the band decided to sign a deal with Nonesuch Records (ironically, another AOL Time Warner subsidiary) to release Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, and eventually did in early 2002 to mass critical acclaim, selling over half a million copies, topping several Album of the Year lists and even more significantly, making Q's '100 Greatest Albums Ever' poll.
So basically, Wilco recorded and produced Yankee Hotel Foxtrot with Reprise, received the rights to the album for free, and then sold it back to a different AOL Time Warner affiliate.
Taking a break from Wilco after his stint in rehab, all the rage in America!, he went on a solo tour of the Pacific Northwest. This is a recording of 'Shot In The Arm' from that tour, recorded in Seattle.
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absolutely one of the greatest songwriters! Ha, i still love hearing the YHF story, so great!
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I've heard these guys before, I liked it then and I like it still. Thanks for the reminder