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The 5 Best Songs Of The Week
Earlier this week, we shared our favorite songs of 2015 -- 80 in total. It's been a hell of a year! So many good songs! But it ain't over yet, and there are still good songs arriving every week. Here...
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Thao & The Get Down Stay Down –“Astonished Man”
Thao Nguyen has been putting out consistently great off-kilter rock with her the Get Down Stay Down band for over a decade now. Her latest release is A Man Alive, which was produced by tUnE-yArDs'...
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Stream Thao & The Get Down Stay Down A Man Alive
Thao Nguyen's fifth album under the Get Down Stay Down moniker, A Man Alive, is perhaps her most fully-realized yet. Produced by tUnE-yArDs' Merrill Garbus, it throbs and pulses in a satisfyingly...
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Watch Merrill Garbus & Thao Nguyen Parody Diplo, Skrillex, & Justin Bieber
Last year, The New York Times posted a self-serious and self-serving making-of video of Justin Bieber, Diplo, and Skrillex talking about the hit song "Where Are Ü Now," featuring three people who...
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Thao & The Get Down Stay Down –“Get Ur Freak On” (Missy Elliott Cover)
Right now, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down are out on tour in support of their vibrant new album A Man Alive. During the encore of every show, they've been playing a truncated cover of Missy...
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Thao & The Get Down Stay Down –“Meticulous Bird” Video
Thao Nguyen released her latest finely-crafted album with the Get Down Stay Down, A Man Alive, early last year, and today she's back to remind us of how great it was with a new video for "Meticulous...
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Mirah –“Little Cup”
Mirah releases her new EP, Sundial, next month. The EP comprises six older Mirah songs newly arranged with a string quartet courtesy of composer Jherek Bischoff, plus a new song called "Sundial" also...
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We’ve Got A File On You: Tune-Yards
We’ve Got A File On You features interviews in which artists share the stories behind the extracurricular activities that dot their careers: acting gigs, guest appearances, random internet ephemera, etc.
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Thao & The Get Down Stay Down –“Holy Roller”
Recording as Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Pacific Northwesterner Thao Nguyen has spent an entire career at the intersection between indie-folk and experimental psychedelic weirdness, and now...
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Thao & The Get Down Stay Down –“We The Common (For Valerie Bolden)”
Next month, Portland indie-pop experimenter Thao Nguyen, who records as Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, will release her now album We The Common. We haven't heard its Joanna Newsom collab yet, but...
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Thao & The Get Down Stay Down –“Kindness Be Conceived” (Feat. Joanna Newsom)
Thao Nguyen will release We The Common, her newest album of fractured indie-pop under her Thao & The Get Down Stay Down name, in a couple of months. She's already shared early tracks "Holy Roller"...
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Stream Thao & The Get Down Stay Down We The Common
We The Common is the latest album of wound-up, experimentally minded indie-pop that Portland's Thao Nguyen has recorded under the name Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. Indie production veteran John...
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Thao & The Get Down Stay Down –“Holy Roller” Video
"Holy Roller" was the first song that Thao Nguyen wrote for We The Common, her new album as Thao & The Get Down Stay Down. The jittery indie-folk tune was also the first song we heard from the...
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Outside Lands 2013 Saturday: Nine Inch Nails, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Grizzly Bear,...
Saturday at Outside Lands was a typical second day at festivals. The sets ran smoother, there were less technical problems, and the crowds seemed a little more laid back after the initial day 1...
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