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Free MP3 Download Thao with the Get Down Stay Down "When We Swam"

Via RCRD LBL: While we’re told their new album, Know Better Learn Faster, is a break-up record, San Franciscan indie trio Thao With The Get Down Stay Down don’t do mopey. “When We Swam” paints the severance in beach metaphors and twisted doo-wop rhythms, while the title track is shuffling and agrarian, fiddle and slide guitar laced throughout. Both are below, the former exclusively, while the band roll through New York tonight to play the Bowery Ballroom. More tour dates after the break. KEEP READING

Also, “When We Swam” in technicolor:

Paste Magazine Albums of the Decade

Toolshed is pleased to announce that several of our online marketing projects have made the Paste Magazine Albums of the Decade, including Sufjan Stevens at #1.  As follows:

39. Arcade Fire: Neon Bible [Merge] (2007)
3. Arcade Fire: Funeral [Merge] (2004)
1. Sufjan Stevens: Illinois [Asthmatic Kitty] (2005)

Paste Gives Sufjan Stevens #1 Album of Decade… See The List…

Spinner Video of the Day: These United States

These United States “Everything Touches Everything”, complete with scarecrow, featured October 26 on Spinner

Video: Thao with The Get Down Stay Down - When We Swam

Via Stereogum: Although Thao Nguyen’s Get Down Stay Down is a trio, on the just-released Know Better Learn Faster the lineup swells considerably, and with some considerable talent, including Andrew Bird, Laura Veirs, Eric Earley (Blitzen Trapper), Horse Feathers, Steve Berlin (Los Lobos), Jenny Conlee (The Decemberists), and Merrill Garbus aka tUnE-yArDs… watch after the jump!

Video: Jemina Pearl Live at Southpaw + "Looking For Trouble" New MP3

Download “Looking For Trouble” from Break It Up LINK

Toolshed Artists On Tour

Thao with The Get Down Stay Down:

10.15 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Club Mercy
10.16 - Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex
10.17 - Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place
10.18 - San Francisco, CA @ Treasure Island Music Festival
10.21 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
10.22 - Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
10.23 - Vancouver BC @ The Biltmore Cabaret
10.24 - Spokane, WA @ Empyrean Coffee
10.27 - Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center
10.28 - Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
10.29 - Urbana, IL @ The Canopy Club
10.30 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
10.31 - Detroit, MI @ The Cafe at the Majestic Theater
11.01 - Toronto, ON @ El Mocambo
11.02 - Montreal, QC @ Il Motore
11.03 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs
11.04 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
11.05 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
11.06 - Washington DC @ Black Cat
11.07 - Richmond, VA @ The Canal Club Downstairs Lounge
11.09 - Atlanta, GA @ EARL
11.11 - Houston, TX @ The Studio at Warehouse Live
11.12 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk
11.13 - Ft Worth, TX @ Lola’s
11.14 - Lubbock, TX @ Jake’s
11.17 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room
11.18 - Tucson, AZ @ Plush
11.19 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah
11.20 - Pomona, CA @ The Glass House

(All shows except Treasure Island Festival are with KRS artists the PORTLAND CELLO PROJECT)

Jemina Pearl:

10.12 Southgate House, Newport KY
10.13 Beachland Tavern, Cleveland OH
10.14 Majestic Café, Detroit MI
10.15 Subterranean, Chicago IL
10.18 The Palace Lounge, Missoula MT
10.19 Chop Suey, Seattle WA
10.20 Rickshaw Theatre, Vancouver BC
10.21 Hawthorne Theatre, Portland OR
10.22 UC Davis – The Odd Fellows Lodge, Davis CA
10.23 Bottom Of The Hill, San Francisco CA
10.25 Rhythm Room, Phoenix AZ
10.27 Mohawk, Austin TX
10.28 Rubber Gloves, Denton TX
10.29 Hi Tone Café, Menphis TN
10.30 Bottletree Café, Birmingham AL
10.31 Lenny’s Bar, Atlanta GA
11.1 Duke Coffee House, Durham NC
11.2 G-Spot, Baltimore MD
11.3 First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia PA
11.4 Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge MA
11.5 Bowery Ballroom, Manhattan NY

(Jemina is on tour with Islands!)


The Features:

10.20 Telmex Area, Guadalahara JALISCO (w/ Kings Of Leon)
10.22 Sports Arena, Mexico City MEXICO (w/ Kings Of Leon)
10.24 Arena Monterey, Monterrey NEUVO LEON (w/ Kings Of Leon)
10.28 Middle East, Cambridge MA
10.29 Funk ‘N Waffles, Syracuse NY
10.30 Mohawk Place, Buffalo NY
10.31 Musica, Akron OH
11.02 The Mad Hatter, Covington KY
11.03 Newport Music Hall, Columbus OH
11.04 Birdys, Indianapolis IN
11.05 Cannery Ballroom, Nashville TN
11.06 The Bottom Lounge, Chicago IL
11.07 Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis MN
11.10 Bluebird Theater, Denver CO
11.13 BC Media Club, Vancouver BC
11.14 Tractor Tavern, Seattle WA
11.15 Doug Fir Lounge, Portland OR
11.17 The Independent, San Francisco CA
11.18 Downtown Brewing Co, San Luis Obispo CA
11.19 Troubadour, Los Angeles CA
11.20 Beauty Bar, Las Vegas NV
11.21 SOMA, San Diego CA
12.01 Emo’s, Austin TX
12.02 The Loft, Dallas TX
12.04 Variety Playhouse, Atlanta GA
12.05 Rhythm And Brews, Chattanooga TN
12.08 Visulite Theater, Charlotte NC
12.10 Black Cat, Washington DC12.11 The Fillmore at Irving Plaza, Manhattan NY12.15 Pour House, Charleston SC (w/ The Whigs)

Sole's October Recipe Of The Month - Spicy Lentil Soup (Vegan)

Rapper by day and vegan cook by night, Tim Holland (AKA Sole) keeps himself awfully busy. Sole & The Skyrider Band releases “Plastique” next Tuesday and will be going on tour later this month.

Here’s what Tim has to say:

“I enjoy cooking a lot.  As a vegan if I want to eat a varied diet i gotta cook a lot.  My saving grace  for the past few years has been the international vegan cookbooks by “Linda Majzlik.”  they are simple recipes, with cheap ingredients, and are always great.  Anwyay, since its fall its a good time to have some stew….   this is a recipe for “spicy lentil soup” but to me its more like a new england corn chowda (carribean style)”

SPICY LENTIL SOUP (Vegan)

ingredients:

8 oz red lentils
1 onion peeled and chopped
2 garlic cloves crushed
40 oz vegetable stock
15g coconut milk
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 dessert spoon of hot sauce
1 teaspoon of curry powder
black pepper to taste

Heat the oil in a large pan and soften the onion and garlic.  Add the curry powder stir for a minute.  Now add the lentils, stock, coconut milk, and pepper sauce, season with black pepper and stir well.  Bring to a boil…. reduce heat cover and let simmer for 20 minutes till lentils are tender.    The recipe says, then to blend it in a blender then put back in the bowl, but I dont do that.  You can if you want.   Tthis is so surprisingly good, don’t sleep!  Cook it for your man!  Cook it for your girl!  Cook it for your mom!  Cook it for yourself!

You can follow Sole on Twitter here: http://twitter.com/mcsole

In the Studio with Thao!

You can check out some behind the scenes footage from the recording of Thao with the Get Down Stay Down’s upcoming record Know Better Learn Faster over at Thao’s Twitter, available for Pre-Order HERE.