Field Recordings archive
Watch The Civil Wars: A Song Of Loyalty, Before It's Tested KEXP
November 8, 2012 – The warm folk-pop duo, now on hiatus due to "internal discord," performs "Kingdom Come" in a field. KEXP
Watch Allen Stone: A Rollicking Moment, Performed On The Wind KEXP
November 1, 2012 – The 25-year-old belter performs his rollicking single "Sleep" with just a guitarist for backup. KEXP
Watch Carla Morrison: Out Of The Past, Into The City
October 18, 2012 – The Mexican singer gives a special performance at The High Line, an elevated park in New York City.
Watch Micachu & The Shapes: Weeds In The Forest
September 19, 2012 – The Londoners complement the majesty of their surroundings with plainspoken charm and ragged beauty.
Watch Cloud Cult: A Moment Of Serenity KEXP
September 12, 2012 – Watch a beautiful rendition of "That Man Jumped Out the Window," performed above a gorge. KEXP
Watch We Are Augustines: Somewhere Over The Mountain KEXP
September 5, 2012 – The Brooklyn trio performs a stripped-down cover of Crooked Fingers' "New Drink for the Old Drunk." KEXP
Watch The Avett Brothers: Hot Tea And Honey WXPN
August 22, 2012 – Situated on a tour bus in a New Jersey parking lot, Seth and Scott Avett perform "Live and Die." WXPN
Watch Now, Now At Graffiti Park
August 8, 2012 – The trio rocks a version of "But I Do" against the graffiti murals of Austin's Baylor Street.
Watch Bleached: Picnic Table Punk
July 25, 2012 – The Clavin sisters perform a stripped-down "Electric Chair" at a food-truck parking lot in Austin.
Watch Deer Tick Among The Honey Buckets KEXP
July 18, 2012 – John McCauley serenades a crowd and a row of portable toilets in this performance of "Main Street." KEXP
Watch A 'Flash Choir' Sings Philip Glass In Times Square WQXR
July 10, 2012 – Watch a "flash choir" come together in New York City to sing a world premiere by Philip Glass. WQXR
Watch Reignwolf: A One-Man Rock Show KEXP
June 29, 2012 – Jordan Cook, a.k.a. Reignwolf, makes enough noise playing "In the Dark" to match a dozen metalheads. KEXP
Watch Metric In A Non-Synthetic Situation KEXP
June 20, 2012 – Metric performs a version of "Synthetica" pretty enough to challenge the setting sun behind it. KEXP
Watch Of Monsters And Men Brings Out The Sun KEXP
June 13, 2012 – Watch the band perform "Mountain Sound" against the picturesque backdrop of the Gorge Amphitheater. KEXP
Watch A Morning Walk With Sauti Sol
May 30, 2012 – The Afro-fusion quartet from Nairobi greets the Austin morning with a version of "Love or Leave."