Check them out! As a partially Vietnamese person, I have a soft spot for indie rocker Vietnamese chicks. But Thao actually can play guitars and banjo like a real musician and sing with a sort of haunting soft smoothness. I really love how she incorporates the banjo but still manages to rock the song so it's not too folky, like in Swimming Pools. This chick is pretty insightful in her lyrics and sings of her struggles with relationships, societal roles, bee [...]

Thao Nguyen [photo by Sarah Cass] Just received word late yesterday that Charlottesville's iS Venue will be presenting Thao with the Get Down Stay Down on April 16th. The San Francisco-based band, led by frontwomen and former William & Mary grad Thao Nguyen, burst on the scene in early 2008 with the release of their album We Brave Bee Stings and All on the indie rock label Kill Rock Stars . That album contained one of [...]
Probably the most miserable and rainy of 2009. And when I was going to the bank earlier some little scobey fucker in a beaten up civic tore around a corner, through a puddle and splashed it up and over me (though I can imagine a couple of people I know that may read this and recall a drive home from Galway one time and think "karma's a bitch ain't it Ian?"). So I need something bright and breezy and fun to lighten my mood and my brighten my day. This little pop gem by Thao Nguyen [...]
Thao Nguyen's "Bag Of Hammers". Ah, clay-mation... The world needs more clay-mation. And flip-books . And roller-skating parties . And Italian ice . And Voltron !!! (the lion one, not the one with the car in it) Yeah...

Ok, next to last YMR of the year (from me at least - I'll check with the substitutes...) so maybe it's time for something from a local favorite. Let's have a nice week, kids.
I have a feeling that Thao Nguyen and the Get Down Stay Down's album, We Brave Bee Stings and All, is probably going to be my favorite album of the year. Every song is pretty much amazing. So amazing, in fact, that my first listen a few months ago prompted me to email all my closest friends and demand that they check it out. Key word: demand. This doesn't happen everyday. Bag of Hammers.mp3 Consider this my personal note to you on this band. [...]
It's official: I am completely obsessed with the new album, We Brave Bee Stings and All , by Thao With The Get Down Stay Down . The thing is a sugar-rush of goodness, and sounds, at least to me, like a perfect blend of the pop-stylings of Basia Bulat and the wide-eyed wonderment of Milk-Eyed Mender -era Joanna Newsom . Above all else, though, is this album's ability to put me in a good mood. Never mind the fact that it's April and not even 50 degrees [...]
Arctophily: (n) the study of teddy bears. Yes, it's a real word. Now enjoy the music, my fuzzy friends. 1. Care Bears on Fire Care Bears on Myspace. 2. Grizzly Bear mp3: Knife [Grizzly Bear] via mp3: Knife (Girl Talk Remix) [Grizzly Bear] mp3: Too Little Too Late (JoJo cover) [Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear] via i guess i'm floating. Grizzly Bear is coming to [...]
Saturday, March 8, 2008 Say what you want, but Thao Nguyen And The Get Down Stay Down have released the best record so far in 2008. It's really just an incredible effort that I haven't been able to stop listening to for weeks. Anyhow, take a look at the new video that was made for Bag Of Hammers. : Click Here If Video Is Not Visible [...]
It's your weekly installment of WOXY-Tube. Feel free to put any I may have missed in the comments.... The Lions Rampant: Shotgun Shells The Lions Rampant - Shotgun Shells Wilco - Walken (Live On SNL) [...]
Video for the first single off We Brave Bee Stings and All on Kill Rock Stars. Directed by Clyde Petersen ...
Recently, Thao Nguyen released one of the better albums i've come across so far this year. I find it to be excellent driving music during a warm day. Here's a video for "Bag of Hammers" that oozes all kinds of cuteness with stop-motion clay animations. I just wish she was coming to Atlanta for her upcoming tour. myspace | website | buy "Bag of Hammers" :: Thao Nguyen Share This
It's been awhile since I've seen anything in Claymation, but Thao Nguyen and crew have gone down that route for their new video "Bag Of Hammers."
Wow. This is great. Just wanted to share. Enjoy!
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Who do you think would win in a fight a bag of snakes or a bag of hammers? See logic would point towards the bag of snakes but eventually they'd get real tired and then... that's when the bag of hammers strike. Thao Nguyen is a quirky indiefolk songwriter from Virginia who is [...]