SPIN.com's Best of the Week, October 6-13
Read up on Green Day's next album and Metallica's tour, get spankin' new tunes from Minus the Bear and Manchester Orchestra, and check out the week's other top stories!
By Spin Staff 10.11.08 12:02 PM
As you get ready to celebrate Columbus Day, check out our scoop on Green Day's next full-length and Metallica's upcoming tour, and listen to exclusive new tunes from Manchester Orchestra, Minus the Bear, and others. Plus: Get more of the best from the past week:
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Exclusive: Download a New Minus the Bear Song
Grab the previously unreleased "Guns & Ammo" from the indie prog band's new acoustic EP -- for a limited time only!
By Peter Gaston 10.06.08 10:55 AM
Minus the Bear's previous efforts seemed very dependent on all things plugged in, from the synthesizers that deepen their sound to the electric guitars through which the Seattle outfit builds their layered, detail-laden prog pop.
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Minus the Bear Live at Bumbershoot
Hometown math rockers provide favorable alternative to Death Cab's headlining set Monday night.
By William Goodman 09.03.08 1:03 PM
While fans fisted and elbowed their way to the front of Memorial Stadium Monday night for a closer look at festival-closing headliner Death Cab for Cutie, fellow Seattleites Minus the Bear mounted the Rockstar Stage across the festival grounds and -- with their decidedly different math rock sound -- showed Bumbershoot concertgoers that Ben Gibbard and crew aren't the only heavyweights in town.<
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Exclusive: New These Arms Are Snakes Album Due Oct. 7
The Seattle-based big-riffers unveil details for their third full-length, entitled Tail Swallower & Dove. Plus: Get a sneak-peek at the cover art here.
By Joe Coscarelli 07.31.08 1:11 PM
SPIN.com has confirmed the release of These Arms Are Snakes' Tail Swallower & Dove, the band's ambitious follow-up to 2006's Easter. The record is scheduled to slither out Oct.
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