Culture Bully — The Thermals dig into Portland, showcasing their native city's underground culture scene including art galleries, movie theaters and recording studios... there's even a mobile poutine bar! more info

KEXP Seattle — The second half of Saturday at Sasquatch was equally amazing. The Thermals tore up the Yeti stage. Sharon Van Etten wowed the crowd on the Bigfoot stage and Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst got worked up on the main stage. Death Cab for Cutie, the highlig... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Some people don't give a [*expletive*] about sophisticated sound or production techniques, or months of recording sessions. They prefer it raw, rough and real. The debut album of Bostonian band Drummers is a good example. The interesting part of ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by David Andrako One night before the Strawberry Fest, NYU hosted a Cinco de Mayo concert with Tyvek, Twin Shadow and The Thermals at Le Poisson Rouge. For the Thermals it was a few days after they played Maxwell's.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Lightning Bolt at 285 Kent Ave on 4/27, photo by Kathy Zikas "Lightning Bolt pummeled the crowed at Le Poisson Rouge [Thursday] night with their standard blitzkrieg attack of sound. For over an hour the noise duo blasted away through... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — today in NYC * Bamboozle * It Is It @ Pianos * ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB * The Thermals @ Maxwell's * Matt Pavolka @ Barbes * Matt Marble @ The Stone * Steve Barsotti @ The Stone * Cherry... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Thermals recently announced an NYC show that's happening July 1st at The Bell House after their tour with Matt & Kim, but no need to wait that long to get a dose of the Portland band. They've announced... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "Art is made up of moments. Moments of inspiration. Power. Emotion. Grace. Passion. These moments collided in Paris in 1911 and changed the path of art and conventional creativity. There will be another spectacular convergence exactly 100 years later... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — The Henry Clay People are releasing their This Is A Desert EP this May. They’re giving away EP track “California Wildfire”  for free on their site. It’s a fuzzy guitar romper that reminds me of The Thermals in all kinds of good ways. It’s ... more info

Culture Bully — Tons of photos from Questlove's DJ set last night at Mai, Talib Kweli heading to Nashville (?), Young Buck faces jail time & Tristen featured on World Cafe. more info