Tiny Mix Tapes

Minus The Bear Equal the Road

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Sometimes I wonder if bands choose their names specifically to make the TMT news page. Now, I am unfortunately aware of "other" music news sources that attempt to use humor in their headlines, but for the sake of argument, we will either ignore them or just assume they don't have to deal with coming up with said humor themselves. To remain on point: Minus The Bear. I mean, seriously. Minus The Bear, Add the Stingray? Minus The Bear, Multiple the Snakes? Minus The Bear, Use Differential Equations to Make A Quickly Dated Joke? Well, Minus The Bear, I'm hip to your schemes. From this point on, this is going to be a straight-up no-nonsense news story:

Minus The Bear are touring this fall. The tour starts on October 5 in Chicago and ends on November 10 in San Francisco. Other acts on the tour are P.O.S., The Velvet Teen, and Russian Circles. The band line up consists of Dave Knudson, Jake Snider, Erin Tate, and Cory Murchy. They sound like "ting ting ting ting, ting-ting ting ting ting."

The dates are as follows:

10.05.06 - Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium
10.07.06 - Grand Rapids, MI - Intersection
10.08.06 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall
10.09.06 - Buffalo, NY - Showplace Theatre
10.11.06 - Cambridge, MA - The Middle East - Downstairs
10.12.06 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
10.13.06 - Philadelphia, PA - Tocadero Theater
10.14.06 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
10.16.06 - Asheville, NC - The Rocket Club
10.17.06 - Newport, KY - Headliners Music Hall
10.18.06 - Indianapolis, IN - Emerson Theatre
10.19.06 - Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall
10.20.06 - Nashville, TN - Exit/In
10.21.06 - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree Lounge
10.22.06 - Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
10.23.06 - Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
10.25.06 - Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbit's
10.26.06 - Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
10.27.06 - Gainesville, FL - Abbey Road
10.28.06 - Orlando, FL - The Club at Firestone
10.30.06 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
10.31.06 - Denton, TX - Hailey's
11.01.06 - Austin, TX - Emo's Alternative Lounging
11.03.06 - Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
11.04.06 - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
11.05.06 - Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse
11.06.06 - La Jolla, CA - Porter's Pub
11.08.06 - Pomona, CA - Glass House
11.09.06 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
11.10.06 - San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club

all dates with P.O.S., The Velvet Teen, Russian Circles