The Thermals are everywhere. Former Sleater-Kinney guitarist Carrie Brownstein found them in her porcelain vase, ceiling fan, paintings and even in her toilet in the Portland, Ore., trio’s most recent ...

Two things about the Thermals: The Portland, Oregon indie-punk band made its first album, 2003’s More Parts Per Million, for approximately six dollars (they recorded it at home on six one-dollar ...