Thao Nguyen
Thao (of the Get Down Stay Down) going on solo tour
Last year, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down released their tUnE-yArDs-produced album A Man Alive, and this year Thao Nguyen is going on a solo tour…
Dev Hynes, Sam Amidon, Thao Nguyen, Richard Reed Parry, Cults & more paid tribute to Arthur Russell at BAM (pics)
Mr. Russell’s eerie, solitary side was assigned to Lonnie Holley, singing in a bluesy, abstracted tone (and sometimes whistling) over clusters sustained on an electric keyboard; to Sam Amidon, who played terse banjo parts and sang with quizzical innocence; and to Richard Reed Parry, playing bass and singing just above a whisper…
Dev Hynes, Sam Amidon, Cults, Richard Reed Parry, Kurtis Matronik, Thao Nguyen & more playing Arthur Russell tributes
Like last year, the 2015 Red Bull Music Academy will host a two-night tribute concert at BAM. Last year was William Onyeabor, and this year they’ll be paying tribute to the late, great Arthur Russell whose music spanned folk, classical, dance and areas in between…
Red Bull Music Academy NY returns - 2015 lineup & schedule (return of the Storm Rave, GHE20G0TH1K, a Kid Millions commission & much more)
The Red Bull Music Academy will once again take over NYC this year from May 1-30 with several very cool events and various venues.
This year includes a night of all African electronic artists at Villain, a GHE20G0TH1K’s biggest ever party which will happen at BK Bazaar with a big lineup including New Orleans Bounce ‘sissy rapper’ Sissy Nobby‘s first-ever NYC appearance, the premiere of a new Kid Millions (of Oneida) piece with 20 musicians, a conversation with A$AP Rocky, a PC Music showcase with all their artists and SOPHIE at BRIC House, a conversation with George Clinton, the biggest-ever Nothing Changes party at Output with Merzbow and many others, a Tri Angle Records 5th anniversary party on Wall Street with most of the label’s roster, the return of Frankie Bones’ Storm Rave party, the debut of FKA twigs’ new live show with dancers and more, an Arthur Russell tribute with Dev Hynes, Cults, Phosphorescent (UPDATE: Phosphoresent was initially listed as part of this but is no longer on the lineup), Sam Amidon, Little Scr…
MoMA Nights 2014 schedule (Ex Hex, THEESatisfaction, Thao, Au Revoir Simone, La Luz, Frankie Cosmos & more)
La Luz @ Red 7 in Austin (more by Tim Griffin)
The Museum of Modern Art’s summer concert series “MoMA Nights” returns in 2014 every Thursday night in July and August in the museum’s Sculpture Garden, featuring such acts as Ex Hex, THEESatisfaction, La Luz, Thao Nguyen, Tashaki Miyaki, Frankie Cosmos and more…
Carrie Brownstein, Waxahatchee, Tegan & Sara, DDGs, Kate Nash & more team up on "Go Forth, Feminist Warriors" (listen)
DOWNLOAD: Go Forth, Feminist Warriors (MP3)
Pitchfork points to this month’s Rookie theme song, “Go Forth, Feminist Warriors,” which features Sleater-Kinney/Wild Flag/Portlandia‘s Carrie Brownstein, Waxahatchee, Tegan & Sara, Dum Dum Girls, Thao Nguyen, Kimya Dawson, Kate Nash, Ted Leo, Aimee Mann and m…
Doug Benson - 2013 dates, including NYC 'DLM' taping
Comedian Doug Benson returns to New York on September 9 at The Gramercy Theatre for another live taping of his always hilarious podcast Doug Loves Movies…
watch Thao & The Get Down Stay Down play "We the Common (For Valerie Bolden)" in the Moog Sound Lab
The Moog Sound Lab is a video series where bands and artists are invited to perform in the Moog Music factory in Asheville, North Carolina…
River Rocks announces 2013 free show lineup (Titus, Foxygen, Ducktails, Thao, Waxahatchee, Generationals, more)
We reported some Seaport Music Festival news earlier and now the free, annual River Rocks series (for the second year on Pier 84) has announced it’s 2013 line-up…
Thao adds 2nd NYC show to tour w/ Sallie Ford (updated dates); album out now (stream track w/ Joanna Newsom)
Thao at MHOW in 2010 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
As mentioned, the new Thao & the Get Down Stay Down album, We the Common, came out this week (2/5) via the Domino affiliated Ribbon Music, and in March the band will head out on a previously discussed tour with Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside, which hits NYC on March 22 at Bowery Ballroom…
