and they say theyre playing small venues. everything they have posted so far is west coast and definitely are small venues. probably make it to charlotte but coming to raleigh again would be cool. both shows were great at the lincoln theater and the brewery. thursday at the brewery was quite awesome...

March 14 - Dallas, TX (The Door)
March 15 - Houston, TX (Java Jazz)
March 20 - Memphis, TN (New Daisy Theatre)
March 21 - Tulsa, OK (Cain's Ballroom)
March 22 - Lawrence, KS (Granada)
March 24 - Denver, CO (Aggie Theatre)
March 25 - Salt Lake City, UT (In The Venue)
March 27 - Tucson, AZ (Rialto Theater)
March 28 - Los Angeles, CA (El Ray Theatre)
March 30 - San Francisco, CA (Slim's)
April 1 - Seattle, WA (El Corazon)

more dates to come they say...

1/23/2006 8:57:01 PM

Cool.

1/23/2006 9:05:45 PM

who are they touring with?

1/23/2006 9:10:57 PM

I saw 'em in Raleigh. One of the best shows I've ever seen...I can't wait for their new album/surrounding tour date.

1/23/2006 10:01:41 PM

WRITE THESE WORDS BACK DOOOOOOOOOOOOWN

1/23/2006 10:40:12 PM

thank god tommorow's tuesday

1/23/2006 10:41:36 PM

Minus the Bear, The Number 12 Looks Like You, and We're all Broken

1/23/2006 10:42:25 PM

i only like 2 songs from Thursday - is there more i should check out - i mean, honestly?

[Edited on January 23, 2006 at 10:43 PM. Reason : MINUS THE BEAR IS THE SHIZZZNIT - i'd go for them]

1/23/2006 10:42:53 PM

^ Both of their albums are in my top 10 favorites

I particularly think "War All The Time" is really incredible. Real unique, catchy, you can tell they're passionate about what they do. Seeing them live is an absolute blast

1/23/2006 10:51:35 PM

ooh, I haven't listened to any of MTB's or Thursday's newer stuff. This'll be a chance for me to catch up on some good music. Count me /in

[Edited on January 23, 2006 at 10:53 PM. Reason : .]

1/23/2006 10:52:23 PM

well i can recommend minus the bear......

their new cd is damn good, Menos el Oso & 2002 cd, Highly Refined Pirates -
then the EP, This Is What I Know About Being Gigantic.....

+ they have the coolest song titles ever

1/23/2006 10:59:31 PM

emo

1/23/2006 11:28:25 PM

If they come anywhere within 6-8 hours of Raleigh I will be there.

1/24/2006 12:03:55 AM

Quote :

" Both of their albums are in my top 10 favorites"

they have 3 albums and i cant believe you dont own a copy or havent even heard of 'waiting'. that album is magical

1/24/2006 12:44:57 AM

yea i liked their old stuff, hated war all the time, and what i've heard of their newest stuff is great. and the'yre pretty good live. i'll probably see them if they come to raleigh.

1/24/2006 1:21:51 AM

Minus the Bear = one of the best bands ever. I have a blast EVERY TIME I see them live.

1/24/2006 2:43:29 AM

Quote :

"Minus the Bear, The Number 12 Looks Like You, and We're all Broken"

today's sign of the fucking apocalypse...I can't wait to see the reaction of the Thursday/Minus the Bear fans to the #12, a band who is literally just fucking inane bullshit screaming and no visible talent being displayed. I used to like that band too, and now that they are just deplorable shit, they are getting big. Fantastic.

I will go nonetheless because Thursday is awesome.

1/24/2006 4:29:25 AM

Quote :

"waiting"

forgot about that one during my homework blitz last night

1/24/2006 7:46:17 AM

Real Thursday fans wouldn't "forget"

1/24/2006 9:09:12 AM

wasnt a huge fan of "war all the time" but of course i still own it.

Full Collapse, Waiting, and the "tomorrow seems so hopeless" demo were all very good.

I also have the privelage of holding songs from their first studio session since war all the time (im on the inside ). very unpolished but i think the album will be pretty good. Its 5 songs so hopefully its pretty representative of the entire cd

1/24/2006 9:48:22 AM

send me that. i have some demos but maybe not those.

1/24/2006 10:21:37 AM

the new cd OFFICIALLY comes out on may 2nd. but im sure we wont have it in like 2 months already.

1/24/2006 9:19:30 PM

Rumored other dates...

4/25/06 | TBA TBA Boston, MA
4/26/06 | TBA TBA Burlington, VT
4/27/06 | TBA TBA Providence, RI
4/28/06 | TBA TBA New Haven, CT
5/1/06 | TBA TBA Baltimore, MD
5/2/06 | TBA TBA New York, NY
5/8/06 | TBA TBA Allentown, PA
5/10/06 | TBA TBA Toledo, OH
5/11/06 | TBA TBA Detroit, MI
5/12/06 | TBA TBA Chicago, IL
5/13/06 | TBA TBA Grand Rapids, MI
5/15/06 | TBA TBA Louisville, KY
5/16/06 | TBA TBA Atlanta, GA
5/17/06 | TBA TBA St. Petersburg
5/19/06 | TBA TBA Myrtle Beach, SC
5/20/06 | TBA TBA Winston-Salem, NC
5/21/06 | TBA TBA Nashville, TN

looks like ill be at ziggys in winston and maybe myrtle at house of blues.

1/26/2006 3:36:16 PM

fuck yes

1/26/2006 3:49:13 PM

^^^^ sure next time i have that harddrive hooked up ill try and remember

1/26/2006 4:12:37 PM

It will be nice to see them without 50 other fucking bands on the bill.
God I hate that shit...

1/26/2006 4:48:24 PM

oh my I hope those dates stick

Myrtle on a Friday night? YES PLEASE.

1/26/2006 5:04:02 PM

^^ they've been here at least twice with only 2 other bands opening...

1/26/2006 5:04:57 PM

the number 12 looks like you...

they gave me a headache when i heard them

rock!

1/26/2006 6:02:30 PM

yea i used to really like them

1/26/2006 6:12:32 PM

bttt so I get tix ASAP when Myrtle goes on sale and don't forget

1/27/2006 12:58:49 AM

those dates for NC and SC are confirmed now...

1/29/2006 6:36:56 PM

How far of a drive is Myrtle?

1/29/2006 7:45:12 PM

i hope theres a bus accident on this tour.

1/29/2006 8:00:33 PM

^ You are an evil individual. I wouldn't hope for my worst enemy to just outright die

and GREAT NEWS about the NC/SC dates! Mrytle is like 4 hours from here I think

you can do a mapquest from Raleigh to HOB's address to be sure

[Edited on January 29, 2006 at 8:26 PM. Reason : .]

1/29/2006 8:26:43 PM

fyi...ziggy's tickets on sale now...

http://www.etix.com/ticket/servlet/onlineSale?action=selectPerformance&performance_id=369967

2/3/2006 4:49:33 PM

just got mine, cant fucking wait. thursday shows are fun as hell anyways, not to mention minus the bear shows kicking ass as well

2/3/2006 5:07:30 PM

awesome got my ticket

2/3/2006 5:12:37 PM

Figures.

They got to Winston when I go to Louisiana

2/3/2006 5:41:20 PM

THURSDAY NEWS FEBUARY 06, 2006

Hey Friends

We're finally ready to say it: Our fourth album, A City by the Light Divided, will be released on May 2nd!! We're psyched out of our minds for you to hear it, SO... we're taking this show back out on the road. We'll be hitting the western United States in late March, swinging up to see our friends in the Great White North (Canada) with the Taste of Chaos tour in April, and finishing up in the East through the middle of May. Most of these shows will be in small clubs that we haven't played in years-- we want to get real close and personal to give you all the first glimpse of our new music. These shows are already selling out so please check your local listings to see when we'll be in your town. "Counting 5-4-3-2-1" will be the first song that's released-- like the rest of the album it was produced by Dave Fridmann(Flaming Lips, Mogwai, Sleater-Kinney) and it sounds AMAZING!! Our friends at Island wrote up a real professional-like press release to fill in all the blanks, so for all you professional types you can click here.

See you soon,
Geoff

2/6/2006 5:29:41 PM

i just saw The Number 12 Looks Like You the other day for some reason.

their guitar player can shred like a mother fucker.

oh and honestly Thursday sucks really bad. Im not going to pay the money for them to go see minus the bear.

[Edited on February 6, 2006 at 6:19 PM. Reason : days of the week bands are mofukin gay]

2/6/2006 6:15:12 PM

single sounds kinda gay

2/6/2006 7:59:44 PM

^ Is there a recording somewhere online or are you basing that solely on the song title?

2/6/2006 10:39:56 PM

just the title, but im sure this stuff will be out soon enough.

2/6/2006 11:10:34 PM

Honestly they would have to change a lot for me to dislike their new album. I pretty much like all of their stuff.

2/6/2006 11:22:52 PM

Full Collapse and Waiting were awesome. I'm not a fan of anything that followed.

2/6/2006 11:47:06 PM

I got my tickets for the Myrtle show on Saturday

can't wait!

2/13/2006 1:30:56 AM

this side of brightness, that is all.

2/13/2006 2:42:09 AM

http://music.islandrecords.com/www2/av_player/AVPlayer.php?av_asset_id=10483&av_product_id=2283&cms_site_id=12&av_type_id=1

there's the new single, counting 5-4-3-2-1 and i am absolutely disgusted by it

[Edited on February 28, 2006 at 5:25 PM. Reason : ew]

2/28/2006 5:23:24 PM

Not sure what you don't like about it. It could have been a track on War all the Time and fit in perfectly.

2/28/2006 5:36:22 PM