Okay, make your choice: Will it be the sassy and brassy Thao Nguyen or the Flaming Lips and their magic body bubble?

Sadly, this isn’t even a hypothetical: it’s a real choice you’re going to have to ask yourself RIGHT NOW, considering Thao and the Get Down Stay Down will be hitting Ithaca on April 18th. Personally, there’s no contest. Considering Thao’s frenzied stage manner, the band’s extreme chops, the precise live show, and her brilliant 2009 album, Know Better Learn Faster, it’s an easy decision. In fact, Know Better was in this half of skipster’s top ten of 2009!

Details are coming soon, but we know the show will be $12 and most likely will take place at one of the clubs here in Ithaca courtesy of Dan Smalls Presents.

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Thao / “When We Swam”