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Wednesday, September 8 2010

First-Time Trio: An Interview with the Thermals

PopMatters speaks to Thermals drummer Westin Glass about recording Personal Life, the pressure of joining a band late in the game and what mind-altering substances motivated the band to get through so many shows in such a short time.


Saturday, December 23 2006

Best Albums of 2006

At long last, the annual rite of passage, the "best of" list... Here's PopMatters picks for the best 60 records of 2006.


Reviews

Thursday, April 21 2011

The Thermals Rock Dresden and Chat with PopMatters

Would you believe they were "Greatest Grandpa of the Month"?" The Thermals rock and talk to PopMatters on their European tour.


Thursday, September 9 2010

The Thermals: Personal Life

While Personal Life is another convincing and impressive whole from the Thermals, a couple parts don't quite hold up on their own.


Tuesday, April 7 2009

The Thermals: Now We Can See

Their last album was certainly about "them", but Now We Can See is about "us", about what we do in the confusion of abrupt change.


Wednesday, November 8 2006

The Thermals: The Body, the Blood, the Machine

Portland indie trio return with a thrilling punk-pop concept album about religion.


Thursday, June 3 2004

The Thermals: Fuckin' A


Blogs

Thursday, July 23 2009

The Thermals - "Now We Can See" and 3 more (Live) (video)

The Thermals kicked off the brand new Noisevox site this June with four live tunes and a set of interviews.


Wednesday, May 6 2009

The Thermals: 29 April 2009 - The Bottom Lounge, Chicago

Words and Pictures by Kirstie Shanley


Wednesday, February 11 2009

The Thermals - "Now We Can See" (MP3)

The Thermals' last proper full album release, The Body, the Blood, the Machine, was pretty highly though of around these parts. Michael Keefe gave it…


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