The long-running, hard-pogoing Portland punk trio the Thermals will drop their new album Desperate Ground in a couple of months, and first single is a righteous rager called “Born To Kill,” an anthemic call-to-arms that ends in less than two minutes. It’s not like this band ever got pretentious, even at their most a...

The Thermals’ video for “Not Like Any Other Feeling” has a charming lo-fi look to it, from the chalk-drawn sets to the cardboard television set. According to the band, the video took six months to film in Seattle and Bellingham Washington. The animations were drawn onto a giant piece of a wall surrounding the Sound ...

Here’s another one from The Thermals’s latest, Personal Life. It’s the second single (after “I Don’t Believe You“), and it’ll be available on 7-inch on 10/19.The Thermals – “Never Listen To Me”Personal Life is out now via Kill Rock Stars.

Weezer alert: the Thermals, a band that is not Weezer, covered Weezer’s “My Name Is Jonas” at their show in Bend, Oregon last night. They played it as part of the band’s encore, because it’s a crowd-pleaser. Watch:(via Frequency)

Carrie Brownstein stars in this funny video for Personal Life single “I Don’t Believe You.” Directed by Whitey McConnaughy, who has also directed videos for Band Of Horses and the Gossip. Watch until the end for the twist:(via P4K)Personal Life is out 9/7 via Kill Rock Stars.