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Rock Studio Sessions

Delta Rae.

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November 21, 2012 – The popular North Carolina folk-rock band performs a four-song set in the World Cafe studio. WXPN

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Regina Spektor performs for KCRW.

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November 21, 2012 – Watch the pianist perform "The Party" for KCRW listeners at Apogee's Berkeley Street Studio. KCRW

Sera Cahoone

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November 20, 2012 – Watch the Seattle singer perform "Deer Creek Canyon" at the Doug Fir in Portland for opbmusic. opbmusic

Grizzly Bear.

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November 19, 2012 – Originally started as a bedroom project, the band just released the lavishly produced Shields. WXPN

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Titus Andronicus.

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November 15, 2012 – The New Jersey band has never shied away from big ideas, dispensed with vein-bulging urgency. WXPN

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John Cale.

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November 14, 2012 – The producer and songwriter just released his 15th solo album, Shifty Adventures in Nookie World. WXPN

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Lost in the Trees performs on KCRW.

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November 14, 2012 – Watch Ari Picker's melancholy collective perform a new song, "Glass Harp," in the studio. KCRW

Jens Lekman performs on opbmusic.org.

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November 13, 2012 – Watch the Swedish star perform the title track from his latest album, I Know What Love Isn't. opbmusic

Neil Halstead.

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November 9, 2012 – The venerable singer just released a solo album, Palindrome Hunches, while Mojave 3 is on hiatus.

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Ian Hunter.

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November 8, 2012 – After the glam-rock band Mott the Hoople dissolved in 1974, Hunter became an outspoken solo artist. WXPN

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Bloc Party.

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November 7, 2012 – After a hiatus, the British band returns to its early post-punk sound on a new album, Four. WXPN

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Ben Gibbard.

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November 6, 2012 – The Death Cab for Cutie singer performs songs from his first solo album, the new Former Lives. WXPN

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Bob Mould performs "The Descent" live at WFUV in New York City.

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November 6, 2012 – The former Hüsker Dü singer performs a session that practically blows down the studio walls at WFUV. WFUV

Afghan Whigs.

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November 2, 2012 – One of the most critically respected bands of the '90s has reunited for live performances. WXPN

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John Lydon brought his PiL project to The Current's studios.

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October 30, 2012 – Watch John Lydon and his re-formed PiL perform "Reggie Song" for The Current in the Twin Cities. KCMP

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