Kicking off in Scranton, PA on October 17th, Island Records recording artists, Thrice and Thursday join forces for a full scale U.S. tour. This pairing of incredible bands will give fans the opportunity to experience the unbridled energy and emotionally charged sounds of both artists. Thursday and Thrice are representative of a growing new musical scene. As the New York Times Magazine recently wrote, “What do you get when you mix crashing guitars, wrenchingly confessional lyrics and vocals that can peel paint? The new poetics of suburban living.” This two month tour will be sponsored by MTV2 and Alternative Press.… Read more »
The second annual “Plea for Peace: Take Action” tour, which benefits National Hopeline Network 1-800-SUICIDE, features different lineups on different legs of the trek. The D.C. show is headlined by Thursday, which is apt, since the New Jersey quintet derives its anguished post-hardcore sound – which one wag has dubbed “screamo” – from such D.C. trailblazers as Rites of Spring. If anything, Thursday’s “Full Collapse” is even more morbidly sensitive than the work of its inspirations. “I think it’s going to rain, rain down/ Here in this collapsed lung of a borough,” muses singer Geoff Rickly midway through “Paris in… Read more »
This week: Unsolved Mysteries, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman, The Goldbergs, The Conners, black-ish, The Witches, The Queen’s Gambit, Bad Hair, The Undoing Unsolved Mysteries Volume 2Mon Oct 19On Netflix Photo courtesy of Netflix It’s okay to admit it: We know you’re all fascinated by Unsolved Mysteries. The Netflix reboot is definitely fascinating but it remains poignant and sensitive to the people highlighted in each case. Through in-depth interviews with loved ones and detectives alike, each episode pieces together the chilling puzzles that all seem so close to being finished. It’ll leave you enthralled yet saddened… Read more »
