An awesome reader of this humble blog contacted me and gave me a track that Thao Nguyen recorded like 6 months ago. Long-time readers know that Thao Nguyen holds a special place in my heart , so for me to have missed out on this is peculiar, but it provides the opportunity to still have that sense of wonder that one gets when they find old stuff they didn't know about. So, I'd like to thank Alex for helpin a brother out and hooking me up with this cover of Aretha Franklin's song Baby, I Love You [...]
Thao Nguyen with The Get Down Stay Down will be coming to Austin for the third time this year (the first time with Xiu Xiu at The Mohawk, and earlier this month opening up for Rilo Kiley at Stubb's). This time she will be playing on the inside stage at Emo's on August 6. Tickets are $10 and you buy them here . Thao Nguyen with The Get Down Stay Down - Beat (Health, Life, and Fire) (mp3) [...]
Pictures from Dese'Rae L. Stage . My camera's batteries died. This is very delayed, I apologize. I've been pretty sick/sleep-deprived this week. If you haven't heard by now, She & Him is Zooey Deschanel (Remember she sang "Baby It's Cold Outside" in Elf ?) and M Ward . I loved loved loved Zooey in Elf , so her album was highly anticipated one for me. For whatever reason, I thought Volume One would sound jazzier, like Zooey's rendition of "Baby It's [...]
A lright, it's Wednesday and you know what that means - no - you don't? Well, honestly, I don't either, but what I do know is we're here and it's now. So go to the Conservatory and don't be late. Tonight the line-up starts with Magnificent Bird advances to Thao With The Get Down Stay Down and falls into Xiu Xiu . Doors are at 8pm, but if you want to [...]
Download: Xiu Xiu - "I Broke Up" Download: Thao Nguyen - "Beat (Health, Life and Fire) Lots of shows to see this weekend in Minneapolis. Here are a notable few, starting with tonight: Friday, the 14th Triple Rock Social Club Xiu Xiu Thao Nguyen To Reinvent Download: Xiu Xiu - "I Broke Up" [...]
When does an addiction start? That first listen, I barely paid attention to "We Brave Bee Stings And All". In fact, I didn't even think I liked it. On the third or fourth listen, I became endeared to it. On the tenth listen... well, I had listened to the album ten times in one day. I knew half the words and was ready to name Thao with the Get Down Stay Down as my favorite band of all time. Once I managed to turn the music off, I realized that such drastic decisions were not to be made under the [...]
Etant donné que l'on a eu droit en 2007 à un très bel album de Laura Veirs, il n'y en aura donc pas cette année. Mais rassurez-vous, il existe un générique, même molécule mais habillage un peu différent, de quoi largement se consoler: Thao Nguyen . La comparaison est facile mais inévitable: son disque est produit par Tucker Martine et on y croise Laura Veirs et son groupe. Après un premier album sorti sur un petit label, Thao revient avec We Brave Bee Stings And All sur Kill Rock Stars (Xiu Xiu, Deerhoof, [...]
The Wombats - "Kill the Director" Guillemots - "Kriss Kross" Mobius Band - "True Love will Find You in the End" (Daniel Johnston cover; download the Mobius Band's FREE covers EP, 'Love Will Reign Supreme' ) PWRFL Power - "It's Okay" , "Alma Song" Oren Lavie - "Her Morning Elegance" (featured in Chevy Malibu ad; influenced by Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake) The Dollyrots - "Valentine's Day" [...]
Despite how much I honestly don't care, today is a sort of " Love Appreciation Day ," so, in keeping with the tradition, today's blog will only be concerning music that I've recently come across that I absolutely love (that I haven't all ready talked about). I even posted a live set at the bottom of the post. It's top notch! p.s. that picture has nothing to do with anything, except that it's funny, especially out of context. The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride Verdict: [...]
I heard about Thao Nguyen on various blogs and while I usually don't take upon blog suggestions I finally felt compelled enough to go for a listen after reading a post on SixEyes . Since then, I haven't been able to get Thao Nguyen's album out of my head. First off Thao Nguyen (pronunciation is more like winn not new-yen which my friends had it as) is from Virginia originally and now out of Washington, DC and San Francisco. Together with her backing band The Get Down Stay Down, they combine elements of pop and [...]
From the album We Brave Bee Stings And All: mp3: Thao Nguyen With The Get Down Stay Down Beat (Health, Life, and Fire) official site: Thao Nguyen
This is not a list. This is not comprehensive. Just some of the music I enjoyed the most over the last month. albums released in January Black Mountain, In the Future www.myspace.com/blackmountain The Magnetic Fields, Distortion www.myspace.com/themagneticfie lds Times New Viking, Rip It [...]
I finally got to see Thao Nguyen the other night at Bardens Boudoir , she was really good, lovely voice, really good stage presence etc...i was a little surprised to see that it was just her and the drummer, but the interaction between the two of em was pretty special. The only thing i missed was the piano which is fairly prominent in Geography . She played Bag of Hammers and Beat (Health, Life and Fired) which obviously went down real well. If you haven't [...]
Here are some highlight's of this week's new releases. The Helio Sequence – Keep Your Eyes Open | buy it at amazon Download "Keep Your Eyes Ahead" (mp3) This album utilizes similar vocal effects as Sub Pop label mates Band Of Horses, but the songs an infectious undulating quality reminiscent to Modest Mouse, for who The Helio Sequence's Benjamin Weikel played drums. [...]
I forgot that I was totally planning on playing something from the Juno soundtrack! Dang it! I saw it this week and I loved it! I want to own the super-delux version of it when it comes out on DVD. Oh well, I guess there's next week. I'm still really happy with this mix. artist - song - album :: extra info Cars and Trains - Broken Record Player - Rusty String ( website | myspace | last.fm ) Chairs in [...]
I am seriously loving everything i've heard from Thao Nguyen's new record, We Brave Bee Stings And All, her label debut that will be out later this month on Kill Rock Stars . It seems she's also going the Sondre Lerche route (with the Faces Down Quartet) as she's employed a full rhythm section with her band The Get Down Stay Down. I remember hearing about the Virginia-born 23-year-old back in mid-2006, and though a lot of her sound at time was really stripped down acoustic, the new [...]
Get psyched for Thao Nguyen's new album, We Brave Bee Stings And All, out on January 29, on Kill Rock Stars. She's the best thing to come out of northern Virginia since (coincidentally) Pho 75 and the Newseum. Nguyen's infectious smile-inspiring country-folk tunes at times sound a bit like Chan Marshall covering Modest Mouse (see [...]
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Thao Nguyen begann ihre Musikkarriere in einer Wäscherei. Mit zwölf Jahren nahm sie zum ersten Mal eine Gitarre in die Hand. Sie begann schnell selber Songs zu schreiben, und probte sie jeweils in der Wäscherei ihrer Mutter. 2005 hat sie mit der Band The Get Down Stay Down das Debüt Like the Linen veröffentlicht. Ende [...]
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