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So Who’s Opening?

Concerts, Music

11/19/2008

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It’s that age old question that you hear when you tell your friends you’re going to a show. “Who else is going that I may be interested in?” Well ladies and gentlemen, today’s Minus the Bear show at Bimbo’s 365 Club in San Francisco  is an all-star line-up. Tagging along with the Bear will be Annuals and . Annuals have already established themselves as a frontrunner on most people’s top 20 indie pop records of the year, but who the hell are Helms Alee? Helms is the kind of band you’d expect to open for Minus the Bear; a band that sounds nothing like Minus the Bear. Featuring members of These Arms Are Snakes and Lozen, Helms Alee is intense and gritty; like a rusty steam locomotive headed for a cliff. The band successfully mixes the desert loneliness of Black Mountain with the whiskey breathed ruthlessness of Mastodon. It won’t be long before you see them live and you’re friend will ask, “So who’s opening for Helms?”

Helms Alee Tour

Nov 19 2008 7:00P w/ Minus the Bear
Bimbo’s 365 Club
San Francisco, California

Nov 20 2008 8:00P w/ Minus the Bear
Stanford Campus
Palo Alto, California

Nov 21 2008 7:00P
Lewis & Clark College -Templeton Campus Center
Portland, Oregon

Nov 22 2008 8:00P
The Showbox (at the market)
Seattle, Washington

Nov 29 2008 8:00P
90.3FM KEXP
Seattle, Washington

Dec 5 2008 9:30P
The Comet
Seattle, Washington

Dec 12 2008 8:00P
Eastside
Olympia, Washington

Minus the Bear – Electric Rainbow

Annuals – Sore

Helms Alee – Grandfather Claws

  • marshvegas

    How were the Annuals? They kind of sucked when I saw them.. I was quite disappointed.

  • http://katarokkar.cribble.net kata.rokkar

    helms was epic.

    annuals were…i don’t know. they reminded me of all the Brand New songs I don’t like.

    Minus rocked it hard. They tossed these giant balloons filled with glitter into the crowd at the end. Good times.

    pictures coming soon

  • marshvegas

    Yeah.. we had the giant balloons, too. Then they made fun of us because we couldn’t pop one of them.

    Glad you enjoyed Minus.. they never cease to amaze me live.