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  Inside Motion City Soundtrack's Festival!

  December 20, 2010 –  …
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  EXCLUSIVE: Behind the Scenes with Minus the Bear

  May 19, 2010 – Seattle's Minus the Bear have been playing their own sophisticated brand of prog-leaning indie pop for close to a decade, and in this exclusive video captured during the making of their latest release, Omni, the band unveil some of their secrets while talking about their new song, "Hold Me Down.""On this one I think everyone kind of went off into 'headphone land' and I think everyone brought some very specific, different things in," exp …
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  Live Video from Austin: Minus the Bear Unplugged!

  March 23, 2010 – When you're spending four days in Austin, Texas, seeing loads of ear-pounding rock'n'roll, it's always a pleasure to turn down the volume and see some festival artists play in quieter, stripped-down settings. That's what happened at the SPIN/MySpace Music Loft on 6th Street when heady Seattle rockers Minus the Bear popped in to play two brand new songs. …
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  How They Became... Minus the Bear

  March 15, 2010 – Welcome to the weekly SPIN.com feature "Name That Band!" in which we get the inside stories behind the mysterious monikers of some of our favorite artists. (See past episodes of Name That Band! here.) This week: Seattle indie-rockers Minus the Bear, whose Omni is due May 4. …
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  8 Most Popular MP3s and Videos of 2008

  December 31, 2008 – 2008 was a banner year for SPIN.com readers: Fans were treated to behind-the-scenes footage of Slayer and Bayside working on their new albums; were invited along on Pearl Jam's North American tour with our blogger Zach Newman, who hit every show along the way and even interviewed guitarist Mike McCready; and were the first to hear new tunes from Scott Weiland, Minus the Bear, Death Cab for Cutie, and Brody Dalle's new band, Spinnerette. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week, October 6-13

  October 11, 2008 – 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:What We Learned... -- Green Day's next record: It looks like the boys have impeccable taste in producers. …
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  Exclusive: Download a New Minus the Bear Song

  October 6, 2008 – 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

  September 3, 2008 – 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. Playing tunes from one side of their catal …
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  Exclusive: New These Arms Are Snakes Album Due Oct. 7

  July 31, 2008 – 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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  Bonnaroo Reviewed: Minus the Bear

  June 14, 2008 – Minus the Bear are the archetypal crossover band for Bonnaroo, an outfit with indie cred whose sound is expansive, vast, and, frankly, acid-washed enough to woo the festival's jam band-loving contingency. The band stretched out tracks like "Dr. …
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