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September 27, 2005 - Note: The opening performance by The Shins is no longer available for streaming at the band's request.

Hear the rock duo The White Stripes, recorded live in concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. The band's full performance originally webcast live on NPR.org September 27, with opening act M. Ward. The shows were the latest in NPR Music's live concert series from All Songs Considered.

Currently on tour to promote their latest album, Get Behind Me Satan, The White Stripes are from Detroit with a minimalist sound built on basic drums (Meg White) and guitar (Jack White). The band's inspired mix of classic rock, blues and punk is stripped bare but intense. It's been a wildly successful formula, earning a legion of fans worldwide and nearly universal praise from critics.

M. Ward writes quiet, introspective folk and sings with a wisp of a voice. His music is often processed to give it a distant, creaky feel, as though it were coming from an old radio in another time. His latest CD is, in fact, called Transistor Radio, a delicate tribute to a forgotten era.