Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, the band led by Thao Nguyen, ... whose first album We Brave Bee Stings and All was released in 2008 by Kill Rock Stars. It was followed by Know Better Learn Faster ...

As an angry, resentful breakup record, the fourth album from wry singer-songwriter Thao Nguyen is totally unsatisfying, at least on the surface. She doesn’t pile on the hatred for her ex or ...

“Gotta keep my head up / Gotta fight until it hurts / Part of the process / Hope is in the progress / I’m rising up / Been down and out, but I won’t stay down,” she vigorously chant ...

"Stay Down" is the awesomely discordant Nick Diamonds ... playing Diamonds as some sort of celestial rock god who sends crowds into riotous fits. Those same crowds, it happens, aren't as happy ...

Know Better Learn Faster, the sophomore LP from Thao With The Get Down Stay Down, begins with the lively chant of “If this is how you want it, OK, OK” with clapping behind it. It’s a perfect intro to ...