Blog: music (for robots)

I've been looking forward to this one for a long time. Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - Know Better, Learn Faster. I loved Thao's last record, We Brave Bee Stings And All, which jumped around like it was up too early on Saturday morning. I wondered what would come next: more of the same? A collection of somber ballads? A funk record? Lucky for us, it's all of the above. I hate the cliché of a band or artist "growing up", but that's kind of what happened here. Thao Nguyen must have realized, as much as lots of...

• Thao With the Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster