Wednesday 08/06 (07:00PM) @
Thao Nguyen and her backing band The Get Down Stay Down make playful indie pop songs that will get stuck in your head from the very first time that you hear them. Their stock has been on the rise this year thanks to the well received album We Brave Bee Stings and All, described by Pitchfork Magazine as "galloping indie pop with sugar-coated hooks, a frosting of horns, and a considerable dark streak." Opener Horse Feathers makes chamber-pop with mandolin, violin, saw, and cello, and were nominated for "Americana Album of the Year" in the 2005 Plug Awards and were featured on the influential music website Daytrotter last year.
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On the recent Kill Rock Stars-released We Brave Bee Stings And All, Thao Nguyen and backing band The Get Down Stay Down make arresting songs given to bluesy sparseness and nuanced cadence. While her wispy voice, playful melodies, and sense of childlike wonderment suggest just another starry-eyed female folkie, Nguyen’s dense, witty lyricism and subtle quirks (check her beat-boxing on “Bag Of Hammers”) reward deeper study. Opener Horse Feathers makes chamber-pop that frolics outside that genre’s stuffy drawing room with lithe, portable songs. On its 2006 album, Words Are Dead, instruments like mandolin, violin, saw, and cello often stack up for a bigger sound, but the group can also scale it back to just guitar and violin to carry its strong, crafty melodies.
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