Live in Concert archive

April 18, 2012 – The band performed its deeply affecting songs, recorded live from Le Poisson Rouge in New York City.

April 11, 2012 – The Magnetic Fields' hold on a live crowd is powerful enough to yield pin-drop silence.

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April 11, 2012 – Hear a three-song set from Apple's commanding return to the public stage.

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March 23, 2012 – Hear a transcendent show by a very unlikely pairing from the aptly named Ecstatic Music Festival. Q2

March 20, 2012 – Hear a purveyor of overdriven sound team up with two of the hottest groups in new art music. Q2

March 15, 2012 – Newcomers from Minneapolis mix two live drummers with a singer whose voice is heavily manipulated.

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March 15, 2012 – Live in Austin, the Baltimore band mixes warm and cool to build intensity out of difficult emotions.

March 15, 2012 – The versatile, playful rapper mixed samples with a live-band bounce that quickly won over the crowd.

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March 15, 2012 – The Venezuelan dance-rock band kicked off the party with chant-along songs and stage-shaking energy.

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March 15, 2012 – Bird made his lone show at the festival count, holding the stage for one sweet, soaring hour.

March 15, 2012 – Armed with a bright new batch of songs, lead singer Brittany Howard fed off a crowd 2,000 strong.

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March 15, 2012 – Deacon served as ringleader for an orgy of sound and a live act all about barely contained chaos.

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March 15, 2012 – The singer-songwriter practically dared her audience to pipe down as she held long, cooing notes.

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March 7, 2012 – James Mercer and his band perform new songs from Port of Morrow in a concert for NPR Music.

March 6, 2012 – Watch Holter turn pop music inside out in her first-ever New York City performance.

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