new news

we got a new drummer. his name is brain dove.

got some shows coming up. got some new songs written. making tentative plans to record this summer. most likely in july. most likely at queensize. it'll be done on a computer because i think recording to tape is fucking dumb. (besides, don't believe the hype about bands that record to tape. that shit is dumped into pro tools when it's mixed and if it isn't then, it's definitely mastered on a computer.)

besides, i think computers are amazing. as a matter of fact, i'm using one right now. where would we be without the internet?

oh, i'm on twitter. you can follow me to get updates about tour. my username is: ryanreidy.

our new drummer and i are contributing to this blog about TONE. sicktone.blogspot.com

here's a great video of dave grohl sitting in with tom petty and the heartbreakers.

some not so nice things

Thunders
The Sympathetic Oscillations EP
A Squared Industries
Street: 03.03
Thunders = The Velvet Underground + MGMT
I really want to like Thunders. I mean, these guys openly plagiarize Joy Division ("MagicSick"), Faith/Pornography-era The Cure, Jesus and Mary Chain ("Somnambulist"), T. Rex ("83") and The Velvet Underground (everything else), marginally updating each sound with a few tricks and cleaner production. There is a snag, however. Our generation demands a lot: the house that took our parents 30 years to afford, we want it now - and we don’t care how we get it (hence this fake-ass recession). By the same token, saying "baybay" 146 times doesn’t automatically make you Robert Plant or Mick Jagger. Thunders wants the glory of some seriously holy relics, but their empty-headed, cliche-laden lyrics, Ryan Reidy’s ridiculously slurred swagger (note: unless you are Jim Morrison, the word "hair" does not contain five syllables) and the lack of contribution to this template all overshadow any potential. You just haven’t earned it yet, baybay. - Dave Madden

http://www.slugmag.com/article.php?id=1629

the myspace blog is for "nice" things, i guess. but i figured this review deserved some attention, too.

SXSW and other dates

Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Here are the dates fr our SXSW tour. After that we are playing a couple scattered shows and we'll be out on the South East, East and North East coast in late May / early June ... Come get wild


Mar 12 2009 @ The Melody Inn (New Demos w/ Entry!) w/ Marmoset Indianapolis, Indiana
Mar 13 2009 @ Cahoots Louisville, Kentucky
Mar 19 2009 @ SXSW @ the Metropolis Austin, Texas
Mar 20 2009 @ SXSW Austin, Texas
Mar 21 2009 @ SXSW Austin, Texas
Mar 22 2009 @ TBA, Texas
Mar 23 2009 @ TBA, Oklahoma
Mar 24 2009 @ Pistol Social Club Kansas City, Missouri
Mar 25 2009 @ the Sapphire Lounge Columbia, Missouri
Mar 26 2009 @ the Uptown Bar Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mar 27 2009 @ Cactus Club Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mar 28 2009 @ Ottoman Empire House Chicago, Illinois

Italy: Assalti garage e riflessioni noise

Ci troviamo nello stato dell’Indiana dove facciamo la conoscenza dei Thunders, formazione a stelle e strisce dedita ad un garage rock condito da forti dosi di riverbero. “The Sympathetic Oscillations” è il loro debutto assoluto, un ibrido tra Jesus And Mary Chain e The Stooges.

Le sei tracce in scaletta alternano momenti ad alto potenziale energetico ad un finale (in particolare la conclusiva “Letter to the Priest”) in cui il ritmo tende a rallentare, esibendo una vena melodica non necessariamente evidente nelle composizioni precedenti. Ed alla fine la commistione di rumore e melodia risulta vincente: dalla partenza bruciante di “Magicsick” all’incedere ipnotico di “Somnambulist” l’EP è un continuo macinare di urgenza rock e sottili interferenze sonore.

Attraversato da venature dark in diversi frangenti, il debutto dei tuoni statunitensi rappresenta un buon antipasto per un futuro che speriamo sia brillante.

----Kronic.it

Owl Green in Dub Traffic live in Milwaukee / New Zealand Review / Haiku Review

---------------------------------------------------

Einstein Music Journal blog (NZ)
"Jangly, scuzzy and grungey tropical sun-stroked garage rock and roll with pop perverses and verses, Thunders come on board yelling and hollering atop clocking percussion and an almost wall-of-noise sound. Their EP is instantly likable, catchy and relatable, and super fun to listen to. I can't really find fault with The Sympathetic Oscillations, with its imaginative name and debauched party vibe, other than that more diverse production could help bring out the songs more from one another. But at the same time the crazy production is one of its highlights! And I'm sure that on a full length LP they would deliver with diversity in spades. In fact the final track, Letter To The Priest, with its captivating hum and finger picking, proves Thunders' willingness to span a range of genres. Psych country/folk/rock/ambient freak outs all ride the rock and roll wave, making the EP thoroughly charming and original. The song 83 is a psyched out stoner glam gem with twinkling tambourines and chiming guitars swimming over watery vocals. With a fake end in the middle and an eerie end that ricochets into the next track, The Sympathetic Oscillations becomes more memorable and adventurous the more you listen to it ... 8/10" ---Sarah

-----------------------

Vue Weekly Haiku Review (Edmonton)
"Spacemen 3? Lou Reed?
These guys pull it off like a
Tank top at Carlyle’s"

Rockitbomb.com audio interview w/ Ryan

Rockitbomb.com did an audio interview with Ryan ... They played the songs "Gonna Heal Everyone," "Somnambulist" and the new demo "Summer Dream." They then asked him a bunch of questions about each song. You can hear that here:

http://blog.rockitbomb.com/thunders-interview-with-ryan-reidy/

Also check out Ryan's new band, the Get Wild 5, with Derek and Brian of Phoenix Bodies:

UK Press / Free download of "Gonna Heal Everyone" / We have a Facebook page

Every month, Artrocker Magazine (out of the UK) and Conversemusic. co. uk pick a handful of up-and-coming or whatever bands for a section in the magazine called "NEW BLOOD." They then feature a write-up and free download of one of their songs on the Conversemusic. co. uk site.



For the month of January they picked us and you can now download "Gonna Heal Everyone" here: http://conversemusic.co.uk/downloads/

You'll have to register by entering an e-mail address, but we'd really appreciate it if you did this.



Apparently whoever gets the most downloads over a certain period of time gets to record for a day in some studio in England, which would, at the very least, be good justification for us to tour Europe.



So go download "Gonna Heal Everyone" ... Thanks!

-also-

We have a Facebook page now ... add us or check it out if you're on that: http://www.facebook.com/pages/THUNDERS/56333851092