News

Jun 28, 2011

The Thermals have released single "Never Listen to Me," available digitally via Kill Rock Stars. More

Matt and Kim Pair Up with The Thermals

Bands Announce Joint Tour

Mar 03, 2011

Brooklyn indie-pop duo Matt and Kim are teaming up with Portland punks The Thermals for a joint tour, kicking off this spring. We have the dates. More

Dec 08, 2010

For Under the Radar’s 8th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2010. Pick up a copy of Under the Radar’s Year End issue for interviews with: The Antlers, Bon Iver, Caribou, Club 8, Delphic, Rose Elinor Dougall, Gayngs, Hot Chip, Lost in the Trees, Love is All, The Love Language, Mogwai, of Montreal, Okkervil River, Yoko Ono, Owen Pallett, Plants and Animals, Mark Ronson, Superchunk, Tame Impala, Vampire Weekend, Sharon Van Etten, and Vivian Girls. Today we posted web exclusive surveys with The Big Pink, Yann Tiersen, and The Thermals. More

Aug 25, 2010

Cymbals Eat Guitars and The Thermals have decided to extend their fall trek with dates kicking off September 30th. We have the full slate of shows.  More

Aug 17, 2010

(Under the Radar's Summer 2010 Issue is a special issue named the Wasted on the Youth Issue that features musicians and actors talking about their childhood memories and things they loved when they were kids. We're also posting web-exclusive essays that were not printed in the issue, including this one by The Thermals' Hutch Harris.) More

The Thermals and Cymbals Eat Guitars Plot North American Tour

Dueling Covers of "Ballad of Big Nothing" If We're Lucky

Jul 27, 2010

The Thermals and Cymbals Eat Guitars, two bands who obviously love the '90s, as evidenced by their respective covers of Elliott Smith's "Ballad of Big Nothing," always seemed like they'd make great touring partners. And it's happening this fall, as the pair hit the road together. We have the dates. More

The Thermals Get Personal on New LP

New Album To Be Released on Kill Rock Stars in September

Jun 04, 2010

Portland's The Thermals, after a trio of thematically linked records excoriating right wing politics and organized religion, have announced the September 7 release of Personal Life on Kill Rock Stars. We have the details. More

Aug 04, 2009

Hopefully, The Thermals will play more of those new-fangled "Velvet Underground underwater" songs for West Coast audiences this September. We heard from bassist Kathy Foster that's where the Portland "post-power-pop" trifecta are heading sonically on the follow-up to the still-very-fresh Now We Can See. More

Los Angeles’ Fuck Yeah Fest Announces 2009 Lineup

WAVVES, The Thermals, The Black Lips, No Age, Kurt Vile, Har Mar Superstar, and More

Aug 04, 2009

Six years in, the festival now has a single designated location and a lineup with oomph. FYF 2009 will take place in the Los Angeles Historic State Park on September 5th, and tickets are already on sale. Lineup includes: Lightning Bolt, Black Lips, Tim and Eric (comedy duo from Adult Swim), Fucked Up, Glass Candy, WAVVES, Times New Viking, No Age, Crystal Antlers, Cold Cave, The Thermals, Japanther, Kurt Vile, Darker My Love. and others. More

Check Out Photos of Pitchfork Music Festival Day Three

Photos of The Flaming Lips, Grizzly Bear, M83, Japandroids, The Thermals, DJ Rupture, and Pharoahe Monche

Jul 20, 2009

The Pitchfork Music Festival concluded yesterday in Chicago and we sent photographer Andrew Reed Weller down to capture the day three action. Check out his photos of The Flaming Lips, Grizzly Bear, M83, The Thermals, Japandroids, DJ Rupture, and Pharoahe Monch. More


Interviews

Dec 08, 2010

For Under the Radar’s 8th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2010. Pick up a copy of Under the Radar’s Year End issue for interviews with: The Antlers, Bon Iver, Caribou,Club 8, Delphic, Rose Elinor Dougall, Gayngs, Hot Chip, Lost in the Trees, Love is All, The Love Language, Mogwai, of Montreal, Okkervil River, Yoko Ono, Owen Pallett, Plants and Animals, Mark Ronson, Superchunk, Tame Impala, Vampire Weekend, Sharon Van Etten, and Vivian Girls.  Here’s a survey from Westin Glass of The Thermals More

The Thermals

Soothing Noise

Aug 04, 2009

Portland, Oregon's The Thermals may dub their fourth release, Now We Can See, "post-power-pop" but that doesn't mean they're so over the '90s. In fact, they embrace everything from "Basketcase" to Pinkerton, on or off stage. Now with a new record label (Kill Rock Stars) and yet another new drummer (Say Hi's Westin Glass), Kathy Foster and Hutch Harris are making the festival rounds this summer. More