Coming soon to Austin's Waterloo Park on the first day of spring, March 21, the dudes from F Yeah Fest bring the third annual edition of "Mess With Texas".  And holy hell is the line-up nine times ridiculous, including the likes of: The Black LipsKing Khan & The ShrinesThe ThermalsCursiveThao w...

Moving the country towards renewable power when coal remains a cheap fuel source has been a challenge, one that a number of states are addressing by setting hard targets for their utilities. Two of the states that will require their utilities to provide a fixed percentage of renewable power in the n...

Just when I finished up that Bat For Lashes post, this graced my inbox. A new Thermals song?! A new Thermals album?! Hell fucking yeah. I already feel my fists clenching in defiance of the man and the machine, blood rushing to my lungs, feet-in-chucks and the rest. Such a beautiful thing. I'm glad s...

Okay, but seriously, this is all we need to say: holy god.  Honest.  Now We Can See, the latest from The Thermals, will finally be out on Kill Rock Stars on April 7.  We cannot fucking wait. Tracklist: 01 When I Died 02 We Were Sick 03 I Let It Go 04 Now We Can See 05 At The Bottom Of The Sea 06 ...

by Richard T. Stuebi Generalizations are always tricky, but it's safe to say that many employees of many electric utilities whose generation plants are mainly coal-fired have a hard time feeling very enthusiastic about renewable energy. You can imagine the rants: renewables are tiny and negligible, ...

*MP3: The Thermals - "Test Pattern" *MP3: The Thermals - "A Stare Like Yours" *MP3: The Thermals - "No Culture Icons" *MP3: The Thermals - "Returning to the Fold" (Daytrotter) The first Thermals song I ever heard was "No Culture Icons" and I freaked the shit out. The first time I saw them play was a...

It's Friday, so why not take some time to enjoy a unique, green renovation.  This home used to be an old, stucco box, but you'd hardly know it just by looking.  Mr. Jeremy Levine gutted the whole place and gave the home a new lease on life.  The interior of this North Eagle Rock renovation drowns...

To promote its new line of HEATTECH innerware (that's the new word for thermal underwear), UNIQLO will be giving out free samples of it in a "giant human vending machine" from 10AM-1PM in the middle of Times Square on November 18th. Intrigued by the concept of a giant human vending machine but befud...

68 1 Intro: “Burn and Shineâ€� by The Elms 2 “Storm Warningâ€� by Red Umbrella. 3 “Strangersâ€� by Son Lux f/ Jer1. 4 “All The Things That Go To Make Heaven and Earth (Live)â€� by The New Pornographers. 5 “Throwing Punchesâ€� by The Myriad. 6 “Here’s Your Futureâ€� by The Thermals....

by TonyfromOz SOLAR POWER (Part 3) This shows the now decommissioned Solar Two mirror array near Barstow California in the Mojave Desert. It uses nearly 2,000 heliostat tracking mirrors focussed on the tower and it produced 10 MW of power. It was decommissioned in 1999 and is now used for research b...