Thursday

"The emo scene and MySpace formed a connected loop. As one grew, so did the other."

Michael Tedder’s book Top Eight: How MySpace Changed Music is out now. Here is an excerpt from a section about the intersection of Myspace and emo in 2003.

Norman Brannon on why 2023 was the time to bring back his '90s hardcore fanzine

Texas Is The Reason’s Norman Brannon relaunched his legendary ’90s hardcore fanzine ‘Anti-Matter’ for its 30th anniversary, and he joins us on the BV podcast to talk about all things hardcore then and now.

5 takeaways from Geoff Rickly's live Q&A in CT celebrating new book 'Someone Who Isn't Me'

Geoff discussed influences behind his new book, writing real people as characters, the idea of writing new Thursday music, and more…

Texas Is The Reason's Norman Brannon relaunches 'Anti-Matter' zine as online newsletter

”I believe that this work is unique and has value, and I believe that, together, we can prove that an independent, reader-supported model can be a sustainable path forward for hardcore media,” Norman says.

Read tributes to Rick Froberg from Superchunk, Thursday, Jenny Lewis & more

Rick Froberg of Drive Like Jehu and Hot Snakes died over the weekend from an undiagnosed heart condition at age 55.

Rick Froberg (Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes), dead at 55

“His art made life better. The only thing he loved more than art and rock n roll was his friends“ – Rick’s Hot Snakes bandmate John Reis.

Chris Payne discusses his new emo explosion book, 'Where Are Your Boys Tonight?'

Writer and author Chris Payne joins us on the BrooklynVegan podcast to discuss his new oral history on the 2000s emo explosion, ‘Where Are Your Boys Tonight?,’ out now on Dey Street Books…

Riot Fest 2023 lineup by day & single-day tix announced

The Chicago festival is headlined by Foo Fighters and Turnstile (on day 1), The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, and Queens of the Stone Age (on day 2), and The Cure and The Mars Volta (on day 3).

Thursday announce tour w/ Gel, Pinkshift, Koyo & Vinnie Caruana; Pinkshift also opening L.S. Dunes tour

Surrounding their festival appearances and NYC boatshows celebrating 20 years of ’War All The Time,’ Thursday have announced some new dates with some amazing openers, varying by date.

Is For Lovers Festival announces more lineups (Alkaline Trio, Rise Against, Thursday, PUP, more)

Hawthorne Heights’ nostalgia-heavy emo festival series expanded to nine cities this year, and they announced the lineups of the last three — in Utah, California, and Massachusetts.
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