Thao Nguyen

Dears We are packing up the astronaut ice cream and post card stamps- headed out on tour to see you. New record, different line up, more mature decision making…

Thao and the Get Down Stay Down are gearing up for the release of their new album, We the Common, due out on February 5 via Ribbon Music. You can take a listen to the LP’s lead single “Holy Roller” at the bottom of this post…

Schoolboy Q last night @ Summerstage (more by Chris La Putt) today in NYC * Balkan Tales @ Barbes * Dapplegray @ The Stone * Silver Apples @ BAM * Simon Amstell @ SWEET * Kat Edmonson @ Joe’s Pub * Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes * Deviant Septet @ The Stone * Radiolab Live: In the Dark @ BAM * Anna Ternheim @ Rockwood Music Hall * Marc Ribot Trio @ Village Vanguard * moe…

Mirah has two NYC shows coming up this February. First, she’ll play as part of the Ecstatic Music Festival as one of the guest vocalists performing with Jherek Bischoff, which also includes David Byrne, Craig Wedren, Greg Saunier, and Zac Pennington…

Thao with the Get Down Stay Down at SXSW 2011 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Thao with the Get Down Stay Down are scheduled to open for The Head & the Heart on their tour which initially included NYC shows at MHOW (9/26) and Bowery ballroom (9/27)…

The Head & the Heart @ Sasquatch 2011 (more by Josh Darr) To quote Sub Pop:Seattle’s The Head and the Heart have been on the road since February and clearly have no plans to slow down anytime soon…

“Thao is a raw and bombastic performer, while Mirah has a strong, guileless voice befitting her emotional and introspective tunes. Their performance Thursday night was a delicate blend of both performers’ sensibilities: more sedate than a typical Thao and the Get Down Stay Down concert, but more upbeat and vivacious than a Mirah show…

DOWNLOAD: Bobby – Groggy (MP3) BOBBY @ SXSW (more by Amanda Hatfield) Cinco de Mayo is approaching and that means so is the band BOBBY who headline a BV-presented show at Knitting Factory in Brooklyn on May 5th with Alex Bleeker & the Freaks and recently-added opener Prussia (who are also opening for Dominique Young Unique at Mercury Lounge one night earlier)…

DOWNLOAD: Thao & Mirah – How Dare You (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Thao & Mirah – Eleven (feat. tUnE-yArDs) (MP3) LP Cover Thao Nguyen and collaborator/tourmate Mirah, are set to release their collective effort Thao & Mirah on April 26th via Kill Rock Stars…

Catching up a bit. Here’s what Dominick saw in Austin on Saturday, March 19, 2011….