Aujourd'hui sort le deuxième album de Thao Nguyen, désormais accompagnée d'un groupe, les Get Down Stay Down. On avait apprécié par ici, timidement, son premier opus, Like The Linen, composé dans la solitude, entre la fac de sociologie et la blanchisserie familiale, disque plein de fragilités et de promesses, encore un peu imprécis mais récoltant toutes les comparaisons flatteuses imaginables (Fiona Apple, pour commencer). J'eus même la surprise de découvrir un beau matin dans ces pages un mp3blog de Chryde à son (...)
(as featured on This Week's Finds , Jan. 20-26) "Boys" - the Autumns Riveting, dramatic, slightly breathless, and thoroughly satisfying, "Boys" is the perfect soundtrack somehow to a crisp blue January day, even if the band is named the Autumns, not the Winters. The song opens with a distinctive drumbeat that launches us into an edgy, unusually dynamic melody. The edginess comes from two elements: first, the melody appears to start off the tonic--that is, the tune begins within a chord that is somehow not home base, which [...]
As Virgina native, Thao Nguyen's "Bag of Hammers" opens, there's all these bright, twinkling guitar tones, and her cheery, innocent voice borders on naive. It may invite relaxing scenes of mixed drinks with tiny umbrellas and sunsets on the beach, but in reality, they're hiding some hefty emotions. It's the end of the relationship and all she's left with is a bag of hammers. Note, she isn't left with ruined memories, torn up pictures, and she isn't living out of her car. Thao is the type of woman who can make do on her own, and [...]
Went to an art opening tonight at Fresh Pot in the Mississippi neighborhood. Nicole Georges does big and small drawings and paintings that i really like, all of animals in what she showed tonight. Some of the ladies from Bitch Magazine were there and Kaia Wilson stopped by. How cool is that? Music for you: Thao - Bag of Hammers
I have to say I thought it was pretty funny that Nada Surf played an in-store last night at a used CD shop where they probably had hundreds of copies of the band's debut High/Low in the cutout bins directly above their heads (the show was in the basement). The band - or at least two-thirds of them, bassist Daniel Lorca was not present - were in town on a promotional jaunt to talk up their forthcoming record Lucky , due out February 5, and they [...]
Let's hit the ground running in 2008, what do you say? Thao Nguyen will do nicely to get us on our way. I don't usually do band-to-band comparisons, but I think I can safely say that if you enjoy Laura Veirs , you will like Thao. (Laura contributes some vocals and her Saltbreaker bandmate Tucker Martine not only plays trumpet on the record but produced, recorded and mixed it, so I think it's a pretty safe [...]
*The Libertines-Time For Heroes ( mp3 ) ( web ) *Louis XIV-Guilt By Association ( mp3 ) ( web ) *Die! Die! Die!-Sideways, Here We Come ( mp3 ) ( web ) *Bob Mould-The Silence Between Us ( mp3 ) ( web ) *Say Hi-Northwestern Girls ( mp3 ) ( web ) *Thao Nguyen-Bag of Hammers ( mp3 ) ( web ) *The Choir Practice-Red Fox ( mp3 ) ( web ) *Annuals-Nah Keseyi ( mp3 ) ( web ) *The Terrordactyls-Devices feat. Kymya Dawson ( mp3 ) ( web ) *4hero-Morning Child ( mp3 ) ( web )
So I have not read any interesting music news lately. I did see Juno like a week ago and it was awesome. Funny and kind of moving. The music was good to. Velvet Underground and Sonic Youth songs are in it. Plus it made me want an Arrested Development movie even more which I think will eventually happen. So to recap go see Juno and check out some songs I like after the poster. The first song is highly recommended Throw Me the Statue [...]
Per usual, set your browser to Daytrotter enough and you're bound to uncover new beauties on the regular. That is certainly the case with the session Thao Nguyen did back in August 2006 , one of the first sessions I downloaded and now have a reason to revisit. On January 29th Kill Rock Stars will release Thao with the Get Down Stay Down We Brave Bee Stings And All , and since we've already posted one bee related suggestion this week , [...]
Thao Nguyen - Bag of Hammers Thao Nguyen - Beat (Health, Life and Fire) Thao Nguyen - Feet Asleep
I think Thao Nguyen & The Get Down Stay Down may be going simply by Thao, or at least they should be. Thao's voice sounds a little like Cat Power, but her music is much more upbeat and varied. We... **Click on the link to read the full post, download mp3s, and comment.**
Friends, do you need a good kick in the ass as much as I do? I love this time of year, but damn if it isn't exhausting. You've got the whole friends and family thing, the whole shopping thing, and, if you're in any way affiliated with the music media (or even if you're not), you may have the year-end Best-Of list thing. This was a great year for music, but not a great year for sleep. Enter Thao Nguyen, who, with her band the Get Down Stay Down, is about to release a really enjoyable record called We Brave...
photo by wendy lynch - she's got some great indie rocker pics wanna do something nice for your boy this joyous christmas, hanukkah and/or kwanza? awesome! well, i have come to the conclusion that i want to stop using google ads, just cause i think it mucks up the joint. but, and here is the problem. thus far i have ammassed like 70 bucks in adsense revenue but the payout is a hundred. so, if you could, and you dont have to of course, but if you could click on one, every once in a while, [...]
Califone : "Silver & Gold" [mp3] Califone : "There's a Star Above the Manger Tonight" [m4a] other Califone music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws The Donnas : "Don't Wait Up For Me" [mp3] from Bitchin' other Donnas music blog posts: @lhb @hype @elbo.ws Grizzly Owls : "What's a [...]
I caught Thao Nguyen filling in with The Rooftop Vigil (formerly Parasol) a few months ago and now I'm here to tell you about her solo work - We Brave Bee Stings And All will be out January 29, 2008 on Kill Rock Stars. On it, you'll find the most toe-tapping and wistful alternative-folk songs you've ever heard! Thao Nguyen - Swimming Pools Thao Nguyen - Feet Asleep Thao Nguyen official site Thao Nguyen on MySpace
La Blogotheque
Paper Thin Walls
Fingertips
kemer 6
I Rock Cleveland
Go West Young Tex
Chromewaves
lost in your inbox
Planeta Pop
Whale Week
Muzzle of Bees
Lambprey
Muruch
music (for robots)
Captain's Dead
Ask Me About My Invisible Friends
largehearted boy
Lets Sexy Fighting
Bobby Womack & Lana Del Rey
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