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Memorable Moments From The Tiny Desk

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All Songs Considered

Memorable Moments From The Tiny Desk

This week, All Songs Considered looks back at three and a half years of live music at the NPR offices.

Memorable Moments From The Tiny Desk

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Tuesday

Our Concert Could Be Your Life: Indie's New Guard Pays Tribute To '80s Icons

St. Vincent's Annie Clark recreates the pummeling sounds of Big Black, backed by the Dirty Projectors rhythm section. Wills Glasspiegel for NPR hide caption

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Live in Concert

Our Concert Could Be Your Life: Indie's New Guard Pays Tribute To '80s Icons

Hear indie's new guard pay tribute to its icons — and a book that chronicled the rise of the genre — in a 4-hour concert recorded live at NYC's Bowery Ballroom.

Our Concert Could Be Your Life: Indie's New Guard Pays Tribute To '80s Icons

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Monday

Buke And Gass: Handcrafted Instruments, Throttling Sound

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Music Interviews

Buke And Gass: Handcrafted Instruments, Throttling Sound

Buke and Gass' joyful metal-meets-prog-rock sound and handcrafted sensibility are the product of both ingenuity and experimentation. The duo plays homemade gear, including the modified baritone ukulele ("buke") and the guitar-bass hybrid ("gass") that inspired its name.

Buke And Gass: Handcrafted Instruments, Throttling Sound

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Monday

Buke And Gass: Tiny Desk Concert

Arone Dyer and Aron Sanchez of Buke and Gass play a Tiny Desk Concert October 7, 2010. Abby Verbosky/NPR hide caption

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Tiny Desk

Buke And Gass: Tiny Desk Concert

Buke and Gass' homemade quality is what draws you in at first. Arone Dyer plays a modified baritone-ukulele run through effects that squeal with delight while bandmate Aron Sanchez runs his guitar-bass hybrid through two amps. Watch the duo play a joyfully pummeling set from the Tiny Desk.

Audio Only: Buke And Gass' Tiny Desk Concert

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Wednesday

Tuesday

New Mix: Robert Plant, Richard Thompson And More

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All Songs Considered

New Mix: Robert Plant, Richard Thompson And More

We've got a cut from the new Rober Plant & Buddy Miller record on this edition of All Songs, plus Buke and Gass, Max Richter, Bellflur, TV on the Radio's David Sitek, The Capitalist Youth and more

New Mix: Robert Plant, Richard Thompson And More

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