{"id":280,"date":"2007-04-10T00:09:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-10T00:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/docwiggly.wordpress.com\/2007\/04\/10\/the-thermals-show-review\/"},"modified":"2007-04-10T00:09:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-10T00:09:00","slug":"the-thermals-show-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2007\/04\/10\/the-thermals-show-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Thermals show review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Thermals @ The Casbah,, 4\/5\/2007<\/p>\n<p>Review and pics by Natalie Kardos<\/p>\n<p> \u201cHardly art\/hardly garbage.\u201d  So spoke the Thermals in \u201cNo Culture Icons\u201d off of their first album, More Parts Per Million.  And so goes their music.  Hardly art, insofar as it\u2019s punk rock and thus rebelling against traditional art forms.  Hardly garbage, because, well, it\u2019s damn good music.  And it comes across at least ten times better live than it does on their albums.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img221.imageshack.us\/img221\/6101\/thethermals1yn2.png?w=900\"><\/p>\n<p>With guitarist Joel Burrows missing in action, the three remaining Thermals (Hutch Harris \u2013 guitar and vocals, Kathy Foster \u2013 bass guitar, and Lorin Coleman on drums) started their set at the Casbah with the opening trifecta of \u201cHere\u2019s Your Future,\u201d \u201cI Might Need You to Kill,\u201d and \u201cAn Ear for Baby.\u201d  These are also the first three songs, in order, off of their new album The Body The Blood The Machine, whose main concept revolves around a couple that\u2019s escaping from a state ruled by a fascist Christian government.  A statement on the current situation in the U.S., perhaps?  There\u2019s no perhaps about it \u2013 the Thermals make their political dissent blatantly obvious through their intelligent and intelligible lyrics.  And by exercising their First Amendment rights, aren\u2019t they being truly patriotic?  Maybe the American flag on their bass drum isn\u2019t ironic after all.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img204.imageshack.us\/img204\/2703\/thethermals2oo7.png?w=900\"><\/p>\n<p>The rest of their set list consisted of a good mix of songs off of all three of their albums, including \u201cOur Trip\u201d and \u201cHow We Know\u201d from Fuckin\u2019 A, and \u201cNo Culture Icons\u201d from More Parts Per Million.  One song bled into another through drum fills and intentional feedback that kept the audience\u2019s eardrums active.  In fact, the only time the music ever really stopped after the first chord was during the short encore break, after which the Thermals returned to play two of their older songs \u2013 \u201cGod and Country\u201d (\u201cpray for a new state\/pray for assassination\u201d) and \u201cTime to Lose\u201d (\u201cI think we\u2019re finished\/I think we\u2019ve reached our limits\u201d).  All of the songs were incredibly infectious and performed with an amazing intensity, especially regular set closers \u201cA Pillar of Salt,\u201d during which Hutch handled both rhythm and lead guitar parts deftly (although with a look of fierce concentration on his face), and \u201cReturning to the Fold.\u201d  This show was one of those rare birds \u2013 a true punk rock show.<\/p>\n<p>NK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Thermals @ The Casbah,, 4\/5\/2007 Review and pics by Natalie Kardos \u201cHardly art\/hardly garbage.\u201d So spoke the Thermals in \u201cNo Culture Icons\u201d off of their first album, More Parts Per Million. And so goes their music. Hardly art, insofar as it\u2019s punk rock and thus rebelling against traditional art forms. Hardly garbage, because, well, it\u2019s damn good music. And [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3072,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2010\/10\/23\/new-music-and-film-review-grimoons-super-8neera\/","url_meta":{"origin":280,"position":0},"title":"new music and film review &#8211; GRIMOON&#8217;s Super 8\/Neera","author":"admin","date":"October 23, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Grimoon Super 8 - the album; Neera - the movieCD\/DVD reviewed by Reviewer Rob CD & DVD 2-disc package, produced by Scott Mercado, recorded at Macaco Country Studio in Tevisto, Italia, and mastered in San Diego at Kitch & Snych by Sven Eric Seaholm, grimoon.com, 500records.com Grimoon is an Italo-French\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"art","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/grimoon-fb.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":238,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2007\/02\/11\/battalion-of-saints-casbah-show-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":280,"position":1},"title":"Battalion of Saints, Casbah, show review","author":"admin","date":"February 11, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Battalion of Saints, Casbah, Fri night Feb.9 show review and pic by Brian LaVallie I was looking forward to seeing the Battalion of Saints at the Casbah Friday night. It\u2019s been years since I had seen them at the Adams Avenue Theatre, then produced by Casbah owner Tim Maze. Back\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;archive&quot;","block_context":{"text":"archive","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/archive\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Image hosted at PICTUB.com","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pictub.com\/users\/2006\/03\/26\/reviewer\/albums\/rvur_34\/photos\/2\/battalionofsaints2.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":288,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2007\/04\/22\/a-northern-chorus-and-the-twilight-sad-the-casbah-4-17-2007\/","url_meta":{"origin":280,"position":2},"title":"A Northern Chorus and The Twilight Sad @ The Casbah, 4-17-2007","author":"admin","date":"April 22, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"A Northern Chorus and The Twilight Sad @ The Casbah, 4-17-2007 show review and pics by Natalie Kardos I first heard of the Scottish band The Twilight Sad way back in November, when an EP they had recorded made an impression on the ears of a reviewer with musical tastes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;archive&quot;","block_context":{"text":"archive","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/archive\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12767,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2015\/11\/29\/x-returns-to-the-casbah\/","url_meta":{"origin":280,"position":3},"title":"X returns to The Casbah","author":"Reviewer Rob","date":"November 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The legendary band X returns by Reviewer Rob X opens their show at The Casbah, 11-27-15: this was said to be the first time X had appeared on stage since Billy Zoom had been in chemo treatment. They chose the warm and inviting safety of the naugahyde-padding lined stage of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;archive&quot;","block_context":{"text":"archive","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/archive\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"X opens their Casbah show after Billy Zoom takes the stage to cheers from the crowd.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/x-band-video-11-27-15-600px.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/x-band-video-11-27-15-600px.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/x-band-video-11-27-15-600px.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13518,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2016\/05\/23\/photolog-5-22-16-thumbprint-gallery-the-casbah-sd\/","url_meta":{"origin":280,"position":4},"title":"photolog 5-22-16: Thumbprint Gallery","author":"Reviewer Rob","date":"May 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"[Reviewer TV] True Delorenzo Does Art For The Bernie Sanders' Campaign photolog 5-22-16: Thumbprint Gallery video interview and photos by Reviewer Rob Click the pics for larger.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"art","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2768,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2010\/09\/11\/show-review-in-the-red-casbah-9410\/","url_meta":{"origin":280,"position":5},"title":"show review: In The Red, Casbah, 9\/4\/10","author":"admin","date":"September 11, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Casbah\u2019s Back Room Gets In The Red(with The Long and Short of It , Rats Eyes , Terremoto, Gloomsday and Burl) Review and photos by Sean RossIn the days of yore in the land of yon when bands were ushered through the rites of passage amid Christmas lights, low ceilings,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"art","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}