Premiere: Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, “Know Better Learn Faster” MP3
- story Matthew Schnipper
- photo Stefan Jora (F52)
In our Gen F on Thao Nguyen way back in issue 52, Alex Wagner wrote of her then upcoming tour, saying that all the places she plays will be “all the lovelier for having seen her footprints.” This has been our prevailing image of Nguyen: chipper folk warmly doled out song by song on a trusty acoustic guitar. The amount of times we’ve listened to “Beat (Heath, Life and Fire)” is almost embarrassing. But it turns out she’s got a bit of melancholy in her, with “Know Better Learn Faster,” the title track from her new album. It might brighten the path in Ireland or anywhere else you might slip on some dewy moss and need to unwind with thick beer. Andrew Bird plays fiddle (and whistles!) on this track, and that could explain the wistfulness. It can’t explain the giant pig heart-looking piñata on the cover of the album, though. That just doesn’t make a lot of sense.
Download: Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, “Know Better Learn Faster”
Related:
- Gen F/Video: Thao Nguyen, “Bag Of Hammers”
- Live: Thao Nguyen In The Afternoon
- The FADER Issue 52: BLK JKS, Esau Mwamwaya, Kwaito, Hiplife, Tartit, T2, Thao Nguyen, High Places, Buraka Som Sistema, Valet, Fuck Buttons, Sweat X, Congotronics
- Video: Thao, “Swimming Pools”
- Video: The Portland Cello Project f. Thao, “Tallymarks”
- posted on Sep 11, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS, MUSIC
- tags rock, Thao Nguyen
September 14th, 2009 at 9:19 am
loving Thao & Bird.
September 14th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
In a perfect world, Thao would be massive and playing arenas. And her face would be on our country’s paper money.