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Written by QRO
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
 This week, QRO lands its spotlight on Virginia's own Thao Nguyen & The Get Down Stay Down

Name: Thao Nguyen & The Get Down Stay Down

Hometown: Fall's Church, VA

Members: Thao Nguyen, Adam Thompson, Willis Thompson

Albums: Like the Linen (2005), We Brave Bee Stings And All (2008)

Has toured with: Benji Hughes, I'm From Barcelona, Rilo Kiley, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, Laura Viers, Xiu Xiu

If the band was an animal, it'd be: a white-fronted bee-eater

Or if they were a food, they'd be: Honeycomb cereal

ThaoRelated Articles:

Review of We Brave Bee Stings And All

Live review from The Knitting Factory's Tap Bar in New York, NY on February 4th, 2008

Photo gallery from The Knitting Factory's Tap Bar

Interview with Thao Nguyen

Photo gallery from Fordham University in The Bronx, NY on March 24th, 2008

Photo gallery from Terminal 5 in New York, NY on June 3rd, 2008

Tour dates:

8/30/08 - Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot
9/6/08 - Portland, OR - Holocene
9/17/08 - Ames, IA - Maintenance Shop @ Iowa State
9/19/08 - Champaign, IL - Krannery Art Museum
9/20/08 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theater
9/22/08 - Upland, IN - Taylor University
9/25/08 - New Haven, CT - Ezra Stiles College Master’s House, Yale
9/26/08 - Bronxville, NY - Blue Room
9/27/08 - Bennington, VT - Bennington College Student Center
10/27/08 - Chapel Hill, NC - Cat’s Cradle
10/28/08 - Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club
10/29/08 - Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe
10/30/08 - New York, NE - Bowery Ballroom
10/31/08 - Boston, MA - Paradise Club
11/1/08 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
11/3/08 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogart’s Front Room
11/5/08 - Chicago, IL - Park West
11/6/08 - Minneapolis, MN - The Varsity
11/7/08 - Madison, WI - High Noon
11/8/08 - Saint Louis, MO - Blueberry Hill
11/9/08 - Lawrence, KA - Liberty Hall
11/11/08 - Denver, CO - Bluebird
11/12/08 - Salt Lake City, UT - Avalon Theater
11/13/08 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory Concert House
11/14/08 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir
11/15/08 - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
11/17/08 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
11/18/08 - Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater

 

MP3 Stream: "Swimming Pools"

 

Thao Nguyen & The Get Down Stay Down playing "Travel" live @ Knitting Factory's Tap Bar, New York, NY:

 


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