Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down—the San Francisco−based band fronted by singer and songwriter Thao Nguyen—released their fourth album, A Man Alive, on March 4, 2016. Following the critical success of We The Common (2013), which was largely inspired by Thao’s volunteer work with the California Coalition for Women’s Prisoners, A Man Alive is an evolution in both subject matter and sound. Thao says: “I wanted A Man Alive to be beat- and bass-driven—rather than guitar-based—extending and elaborating upon the hip-hop influences of the previous record. A Man Alive is more instrumental, more riff- and loop-centric, and has more manipulated sounds.” The Get Down Stay Down are at their best on this record, and Thao herself experimented with programming drumbeats for several tracks, although live drums are also played on every song.
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
Tune in to my Sirius XMU Session tonight on air at 9pm ET! If you can’t listen in live, you can catch it again on demand following the premiere here: siriusxm.us/Thao
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My Tiny Desk (Home) Concert is up now! Look for a very special arrangement of Temple and also the most I've ever spoken in my life. Thank you so much Bob Boilen and Tiny Desk, my neighbors and Alex Guy!!
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Reminder! Today at 7pm PDT – I’ll be playing a livestream show in support of San Francisco’s @AsianArtMuseum! RSVP + tune in here: found.ee/Thao-AsianArt
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I am quite honored and excited to offer some new and original music alongside this amazing piece by Loveis Wise (https://loveiswiseillustration.myportfolio.com) to help raise money for truly inspiring org's GLITS Inc. (https://www.glitsinc.org) and The Okra Project (https://www.theokraproject.com), in support of Black Trans Lives. Both these works stem from our @AdobeCreativeCloud #AdobeCoCreate collaboration in June (https://youtu.be/CX2WuJS3vWQ), on the meanings and manifestations of Temple. My track in progress is also continually inspired of course by Loveis' remarkable piece. Please see Loveis' Instagram post for more and better said info and DM them on Instagram to bid!! instagram.com/loveiswiseillu
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I’ll be playing a livestream show in support of San Francisco’s @AsianArtMuseum on Thursday, July 23 at 7pm PDT! RSVP here: found.ee/Thao-AsianArt
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In case you missed it, I had a lovely discussion with DJ Morgan about Temple and played some songs live on @kexp at home! Thank you always for everything KEXP!
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TODAY at 3 pm pacific I will be live on @kexp at home, talking about Temple and performing solo renditions of things, including a cover wherein I unveil how learning piano in pandemic has been going. found.ee/Thao-KEXP
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Join me and music critic Amanda Petrusich (AIR ‘19, staff writer for @newyorker) for a live-streamed conversation tomorrow July 7 at 6:30pm PT in support of Headlands Center for the Arts! Register here: found.ee/Thao-Headlands
We’ll be discussing the essentiality of artistic and critical practices in a time of social and cultural upheaval. Artists and writers have long made peace with their practices and work being positioned as indulgences, and now amidst a pandemic and social reckoning, how do creative workers respond? What can be learned from artists’ and writers’ longstanding practices, their unique relationships to patience and discomfort, to their perceptions and grit? And what about creative and critical work needs to change?
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Excited to be a part of Adobe's first #AdobeCoCreate livestream, and thrilled to be collaborating with incredible illustrator Loveis Wise for a happy (half) hour! Come create and explore the theme of “Temple” with us this Friday, 6/26. adobe.ly/cocreate
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I'm on World Cafe today! Thank you for having me WXPN. Check it out here if you missed it - found.ee/Thao-WorldCafe
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