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Mistle Thrush was formed in the Boston area in 1993 by Valerie Forgione (vocals, guitar, theremin), Scott Patalano (guitar), Todd Demma (drums), Ruben Layman (bass) and Brad Rigney (guitar). They named themselves after a bird that eats mistletoe berries, supposedly because of its combination of a sweet voice with a diet that would be poisonous to most animals. Mistle Thrush released their fist EP Agus Amarach in 1994. This was followed a year later by the full-length Silt, with Brad Rigney replaced on guitar and bass by Matthew Kattman. Both albums were marked by dreamy, ethereal, yet melody-minded songwriting as...

1) Thrush is a punk/hardcore band from Sydney, Australia 2) Thrush is a highly melodic rock band with a few punk tendencies but unlike most bands of the thinning genre. Thrush holds their own weight in this rock marketplace and leaves a small mark on the scene at large. 3) Thrush was a Ska Punk/pronk recording duo formed in South Petherton, Somerset during 2003. K-ball & Jim started working together in ska/punk band The FluF & soon started working on other projects in order to play other instruments & make different music. Other projects they have both been involved in...

“It’s basically men in tights. It’s an extension of the circus. It’s entertainment.” In its near-decade of existence, Thrush Hermit evolved from suburban East Coast teenagers churning out hyperactive inside-joke noise to one of Canada’s most beloved rock bands. Always valuing camaraderie over careerism, Joel Plaskett, Rob Benvie, Ian McGettigan, and Cliff Gibb will briefly reunite for a string of shows in March 2010, a stint that promises to be a meltdown of nostalgia, thrills, and proof that the Hermit can still help the masses Learn to Party. Thrush Hermit was born in the unassuming suburbs of Halifax, Nova Scotia,...

On "Sun Come Undone", their debut full length, Thrushes craft gorgeous noise pop and swirling dream rock. Opening with the cavernous drumming of “Aidan Quinn” into the revved-up, fuzzed out Jesus And Mary Chain-esque “Heartbeats,” and carried through the nods to Dead Can Dance in “Loyalty” and haunted claps of guitar thunder on “Ghost Train,” to the final feedback soaked fallout of “The Hardest Part,” this is the sound of blood on blood. "Sun Come Undone" was released on March 13, 2007 on Birdnote Records. Guitarist Casey Harvey had been pestering Rachel Tracy about forming a band for years. She...