Stereogum — In October of last year, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down announced their breakup after well over a decade together. Since then, Thao Nguyen — who now performs under the mononymous Thao — has opened for Julien Baker on tour and gotten into the re... more info

Stereogum — Thao Nguyen released her latest finely-crafted album with the Get Down Stay Down, A Man Alive , early last year, and today she's back to remind us of how great it was with a new video for "Meticulous Bird." Nguyen takes over an abandoned grocery sto... more info

Consequence of Sound — Tycho, Thao Nguyen, Geographer, Hieroglyphics, Jay Som and others will also perform. more info

Stereogum — The prospect of a Donald Trump presidency is so terrifying that it’s sparked 30 Days, 30 Songs, a project in which a different artist releases a new anti-Trump song every day until the election. We’ve already gotten songs from Death Cab For Cutie... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Independent interviewed author Karl Ove Knausgaard. NPR Music is streaming M Ward's new album More Rain. The Honest Ulsterman interviewed poet Sarah Howe. Salon interviewed singer-songwriter Thao Nguyen. Creative Loafing Tampa recommended souther... more info

Stereogum — Back in early 2013, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, the giddy and experimental San Francisco indie-pop project led by Thao Nguyen, released their album We The Common. Early next year, Nguyen and company will follow that one up with A Man Alive, which ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield Thao / Cults / Richard Reed Parry & Sam Amidon / Jake Shears, Lonnie Holley & more Mr. Russell's eerie, solitary side was assigned to Lonnie Holley, singing in a bluesy, abstracted tone (and sometimes whistling) over... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Like last year, the 2015 Red Bull Music Academy will host a two-night tribute concert at BAM. Last year was William Onyeabor, and this year they'll be paying tribute to the late, great Arthur Russell whose music spanned folk,... more info

Mercury News, California — Best Coast, Thao Nguyen, Mick Jenkins and Geographer are among recommended acts at Noise Pop, Feb. 20-March 1. more info

Stereogum — When last we heard from the Pacific Northwest singer-songwriter Mirah, she’d lined up with Thao Nguyen to form the duo Thao & Mirah; they released one self-titled 2011 album together. Mirah herself hasn’t dropped a solo album since 2009′s (a)sp... more info