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Thao with The Get Down Stay Down

Thao w/ The Get Down Stay Down-New album- Jan. 29

About Me

When Thao was in kindergarten, misguided kids called her TOWEL.


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Buy Like the Linen at itunes.com or cdbaby.com. Check out some of the new songs, courtesy of our friends at DayTrotter. New record out Jan. 29th.’08 on Kill Rock Stars.

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Music:

Member Since: 9/2/2005
Band Website: thaomusic.com
Band Members: Thao Nguyen (guitar, vocals) Willis Thompson (drums, percussion), Frank Stewart (magic), Adam The OK BIRD Thompson- Bass, bird noises.
Influences: many many.
Sounds Like: tangles of guitar, knots of singing, threads of beat and thump make a rope fit for hauling the heavy machinery of your day
Record Label: Kill Rock Stars
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

High Low RILO and upcoming headlining tour

TEXAS! -- specifically dallas and Austin- you have done it again, thank you for the core fulfillment of playing for you and your sweet accents and dispositions.  To Rilo Kiley-- we are so incredi...
Posted by Thao with The Get Down Stay Down on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:16:00 PST

SOUTH

To the South: How are you so friendly and supportive? you would think that with all this heat and humidity you would be cranky like me but instead you open your arms and pull us toward you. sorry we a...
Posted by Thao with The Get Down Stay Down on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:24:00 PST

r. kiley

Dear Rilo Kiley: You are a fantastic band. we are compelled to watch you every night as though we paid for tickets. thank you for taking us on tour and letting us borrow your guitar stands and you hav...
Posted by Thao with The Get Down Stay Down on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:19:00 PST

Sasquatch Sighting

So many thanks to the Sasquatch festival and all who attended. By far the most life affirming show we have played in so long. Best clapping participation ever and the reason we willingly go on tour. s...
Posted by Thao with The Get Down Stay Down on Wed, 28 May 2008 07:17:00 PST

what are you doing later, baby? come into my garden

Is what I learned in Italian last night. Thank you so much to Gamboletta-- the fellas and Anais and I are still marveling at your warmth and energy and local wine. the venue was a former slaughterhous...
Posted by Thao with The Get Down Stay Down on Tue, 20 May 2008 12:22:00 PST

We’re UK You’re UK, but we will never be UNITED

Dear UNITED fucking AIRLINESyou owe us like a million dollars. that is roughly the amount of money we have lost/spent in euros because you canceled our flight to Cork, Ireland, (because your plane was...
Posted by Thao with The Get Down Stay Down on Fri, 09 May 2008 07:05:00 PST

In europe we will...

Adam: eat food. i am extremely excited about that. (adam is right now getting ready for bed on a memory foam mattress. He says to himself: "my god. it feels like the best mattress you've ever slept on...
Posted by Thao with The Get Down Stay Down on Fri, 02 May 2008 10:36:00 PST

Tour on, tour off

Well Hullo There. I write from willis' parents' house, where we are relaxing for about a day and a half before festivities start again. After our red eye flight from portland to virginia, willis and...
Posted by Thao with The Get Down Stay Down on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:11:00 PST

we love lubbock, texas.

we love lubbock, texas. we lubb lubbock , texas.
Posted by Thao with The Get Down Stay Down on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:21:00 PST

Europe, Rilo Kiley, blasphemy in Texas

YALLWe have posted new and exciting tour dates with new and exciting people called Europeans and Rilo Kiley. We don't know which one to be more excited about, so we'll just address them chronologicall...
Posted by Thao with The Get Down Stay Down on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:03:00 PST