Thao Nguyen is a force of nature in a summer dress and cowboy boots. Now hailing from San Francisco, Thao and the Get Down, Stay Down’s cheerful and breathy pop was like a cool breeze on the brow of the crowd at the Bitch Magazine/Kill Rock Stars day party. When she asked the crowd what they wanted to hear and they demanded something new, Thao happily obliged with the allegedly unfinished track, “Body.” (And, in case you were wondering, “yes, it’s about you").
Like the rest of the set, “Body” provided plenty of the catchy hooks and confessional lyrics that contribute to the band’s trademark sound. Thao interspersed frenetic strumming on her hollow body guitar with all out shredding, and punctuated her lyrics with some unconventional vocalization (think Feist faking an orgasm, or your junior high french teacher reciting vowels). With Thao’s charismatic performance and obvious connection with the crowd, solid drumming from Willis Thompson, and thumping beats and occasional vocals from bass-guitarist Adam Thompson (brothers only in rhythm), Thao and the Get Down, Stay Down rightfully deserve a place in the indie pop canon..
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he is amazing bro his style can not be touched....some people dont know what he is talking about caz u dont do what he does he is sickkk bra
by dylyn on Thu Mar 18, 2010 at 11.59 am from the entry: Wiz Khalifa: Burn After Rolling (Mixtape)
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by wisconsin land on Thu Mar 18, 2010 at 09.53 am from the entry: of Montreal + Gang Gang Dance - Orpheum Theatre (Boston, MA; Oct. 30, 2008)
Ugh. Paste’s profile of Free Energy made me kind of hate them. So does your review. It’s this unctuous defense of good-time rock-and-roll ("we’re just here to party, and we’re awesome!") that seems more self-serving than fun-loving.
by beth on Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 09.41 pm from the entry: Foreign Born + Free Energy - The Knitting Factory (Brooklyn, NY; Mar. 12, 2010)
that inescapable feeling you are referring to, is that like when you hear something and you could have sworn you heard it before because of the nostalgic catchy quality? or is is like when you’ve heard a band exactly like said band?
great post by the way!
by paul on Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 03.15 pm from the entry: The Novel Ideas - "The Sky Is A Field" - Borrow It
Whoa! I had no idea she was enegaged. You would never know with the way she behaves! Wow!
by art on Wed Mar 17, 2010 at 09.48 am from the entry: Nikki Darlin and John McCauley: 1+1=1
This comment stream is so meta. Great review Kelly.
by chris on Tue Mar 16, 2010 at 07.50 pm from the entry: Flying Lotus - "Cosmogramma" - Buy It
no prob. The whole album is excellent, combining some of the harder sonics of Los Angeles with the meat of his debut and obviously difficult to summarize in only 50 words… 
I’d say it’s on par with the debut, but better than Los Angeles.
by kelly on Tue Mar 16, 2010 at 06.23 pm from the entry: Flying Lotus - "Cosmogramma" - Buy It
