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Greta Thunberg, a Swedish teen climate change activist that was featured in a self-titled The 1975 song, just condemned the United Nations for their lack of action to protect the environment.  The 16-year-old gave her powerful speech during the opening session the United Nations Climate Action Summit. The summit is a meeting of the UN […]

[Photos by: Keeahtay Lewis, Pexels] Thursday vocalist Geoff Rickly is a man of many talents. Apart from awesome side projects like United Nations and No Devotion, he's also a coffee connoisseur. Now, Rickly is funneling his love for java into a new, monthly feature for culinary website Food. Curated. called “Coffee. Curated.” Read more: Fall […]

[Photos by: Keeahtay Lewis, Thobias Fäldt, Brandon Sloter] Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly is discussing the impact of Brand New's Science Fiction on a new episode of the Vinyl Me, Please podcast. Check out what Rickly has to say about the album, and hear the podcast, below. Read more: There's a Brand New “countdown” and fans have […]

Are you ready for Trump’s America? Like it or not, here it comes. On Friday, as the new president recites the oath of office and attends inaugural festivities at the nation’s capital, we’ll be blasting these 10 political punk songs (and many, many others). What will you be jamming? Green Day – “American Idiot” Notwithstanding […]

Last weekend, Saturday Night Live’s resident bad advice-giver Vanessa Bayer roasted screamo supergroup United Nations (fronted by Thursday’s Geoff Rickly) during their set at Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn. Bayer’s brother Jonah (who used to work at AP) is a member of UN. Check out the four-minute roast below, and let us know what you think. […]

United Nations The Next Four Years United Nations were an act deliberately shrouded in mystery for some time. While Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly has been the face of the band since initially conceiving them in 2005, the act avoided possible record contract violations and lawsuits from the actual United Nations with all-star members like Glassjaw's […]

United Nations (featuring Geoff Rickly of Thursday and members of Pianos Become The Teeth) are currently streaming their new album, The Next Four Years, via Pitchfork. The album is set for release on July 15 via Temporary Residence Ltd. Pre-orders are on sale now. Listen to the album on Pitchfork, and let us know what you think. If you […]

United Nations (featuring Geoff Rickly of Thursday and members of Pianos Become The Teeth) are streaming another new song, “Meanwhile On Main Street.” The track is taken from the band’s upcoming album, The Next Four Years—set for release on July 15 via Temporary Residence Ltd. Pre-orders are on sale now. Listen to the track below, […]

United Nations (featuring Geoff Rickly of Thursday and members of Pianos Become The Teeth) are streaming a new song, “Serious Business.” The track, which premiered on Noisey, is taken from the band’s upcoming album, The Next Four Years—set for release on July 15 via Temporary Residence Ltd. Pre-orders are on sale now. Listen to the […]

AP managing editor Scott Heisel catches up with the members of United Nations at Fest 12.

United Nations announced a string of tour dates in early November supporting Circle Takes the Square, following their tour to Fest with Pianos Become The Teeth. The band are currently comprised of frontman Geoff Rickly (Thursday), guitarists Jonah Bayer and Lukas Previn, and David Haik and Zac Sewell (Pianos Become The Teeth) on rhythm. 10/27 – RICHMOND, VA […]

Way back in November when we posted our first weekly playlist, a reader commented, “I'd love to see you guys do a playlist of songs that last 90 seconds or less.” See, we’re not just throwing it out there without reason when we tell you to leave suggestions for future playlists in the comments. We, […]

We have received the following “transmission” about impending shows from mysterious supergroup United Nations, which features Geoff Rickly, formerly of Thursday.  “In January of 2009 United Nations played their first show at the Black Cat in Washington, D.C. on inauguration day to usher in a new era of change. Now four years later the band […]

It looks like House Of Blow (Daryl Palumbo of Glassjaw, ex-Hatebreed guitarist Sean Martin) is working on new music with rapper Cage, according to the tweet below: New music I'm making with @FSEANCC and @DarylPalumboCC just surpasses anything I've made in years. We cracked the code. #illuminated — Cage (@Cagewm) March 17, 2012 We'll keep […]

United Nations, the band that feature Geoff Rickly of Thursday and may (or may not) feature Daryl Palumbo of Glassjaw and Converge's Ben Koller, among others, appear to be working on new music. The message “It's all happening.” was posted to the band's twitter feed, along with the photo below. We'll keep you updated as […]