Thao & the Get Down Stay Down was an American alternative/folk rock group that originated in Falls Church, Virginia in 2003, before relocating to San Francisco, California.

The band released five studio albums: We Brave Bee Stings and All (2008), Know Better Learn Faster (2009), We the Common (2013), A Man Alive (2016) and Temple (2020).

Thao Nguyen still occasionally performs as a soloist, including a European tour with Laura Veirs and the Tortured Souls in August 2006.

The band's track "When We Swam" is the opening theme for the Australian prime-time TV series Offspring (which premiered in Australia in August 2010).

[5] On October 25, 2012, Ribbon Music announced Nguyen signed with the label for the release of her new album entitled, We the Common,[6] and unveiled the first single "Holy Roller" via YouTube.

[15][16] In November 2013 the band released an EP, The Feeling Kind, which included cover versions of songs by Melanie, the Troggs, and Yo La Tengo.

Club wrote that the album marks "the reconciliation of her queer identity and her Vietnamese culture with a 10-song set that similarly combines post-punk deconstruction with hi-fi grooves.