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The Minus 5

A rock/folk/pop collective captained by Scott McCaughey (see: “Scott McCaughey” c/o “The Internet”, for further reliable information), with Peter Buck often aboard as navigation officer. By design from its inception, the line-up for recordings and live appearances is completely fluid, dependent on musician availability, whim, and wind direction. Collaborators regularly feature friends from R.E.M. (as it once were), Wilco, Decemberists, Posies, and literally hundreds and hundreds of other recalcitrant comrade combos. Everyone gives their all, and no one need be counted on.

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The Minus 5 and The No Ones

The No Ones

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Leeds

Brudenell Social Club

The Minus 5 are yet another band featuring Scott McCaughey and Peter Buck, where a three-decade collaboration started. The friends have shared vans with R.E.M., Tuatara, Baseball Project, Filthy Friends, Tired Pony, CeDell Davis, Robyn Hitchcock/Venus 3, No Ones and no doubt a few others. But The Minus 5, with their floating membership, remain the core of what they do, which is whatever they want, most of the time. Over the course of at least 13 (?) albums, 30-plus singles/compilations, and countless live line-up fluctuations, the band-that-wasn’t-meant-to-be-a-band have toured with both Wilco and Tweedy.

The No Ones‘ upcoming album, My Best Evil Friend, is released on Yep Roc on 31 March 2023. The No Ones are Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey, Arne Kjelsrud Mathisen and Frode Strømstad. Consisting of members from R.E.M., The Minus 5, The Baseball Project and I Was A King, the bi-continental collaborators share their third collection of songs, My Best Evil Friend, paying tribute to the artists that inspire them and populate their turntables. Through their upbeat ’60s-style indie sound infused with psychedelic flourishes, The No Ones honour Nick Lowe, Pamela Polland, George Harrison, Jenny Lewis and Phil Ochs, among others. The group enlisted contributions from friends Debbi Peterson (Bangles), Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie) and Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub) for backing vocals, Victor Krummenacher (Camper Van Beethoven) on bass, and strings from Marin Stallemo Bakke.

This is a 14+ event. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult

The Minus 5 + The No Ones

Manchester

The Deaf Institute

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