Nerd Rock

Went to see Thao Nguyen and the Get Down Stay Down on Sunday night. It was possibly the emptiest gig I’ve ever been to. There was about 30 people there. Thankfully we were rewarded with a river of free mojitos by some bacardi promotions dudes. Support was Paul Hourican who is a great singer/songwriter (and hails from my hometown!).

I really didn’t know what to expect from Thao. She came on stage with a toothbrush in her pocket and seemed generally enthused that more than 10 people had showed up. Although her singing style made the lyrics even harder to make out live, she really rocked the house and is a little demon guitarist.Thao possessed some sweet kooky banter that was very much in style of her songwriting. After the gig we chatted with her and she was really nice and appreciative. It’s really great to meet nice bands.

Listen to her track “Swimming Pools” here