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Thursday February 27, 2014

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Live in Concert

First Listen Live: Real Estate, 'Atlas'

February 27, 2014 • Real Estate's shimmering pop-rock seems to echo out of the past with melancholy beauty. Watch the band perform its third album, Atlas, in its entirety at New York's SubCulture.

First Listen Live: Real Estate, 'Atlas'

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Favorite Sessions

Lo-Fang, 'Permutations' (Live)

KCRW

February 27, 2014 • Watch Lorde's hand-picked opener for her recent tour perform his indie hit, live in the studios of Morning Becomes Eclectic.

Tuesday February 25, 2014

ScHoolboy Q onstage at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City on Sunday, February 23rd. Polina Yamshchikov for NPR hide caption

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Front Row

Front Row: ScHoolboy Q

February 25, 2014 • Watch the Los Angeles rapper perform a loose-limbed, spontaneous and unpretentious set, including a singalong for surprise guest Ab-Soul at New York's Le Poisson Rouge on Feb. 23.

Monday February 24, 2014

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Tiny Desk

Brass Bed: Tiny Desk Concert

February 24, 2014 • The four guys in the Louisiana band buck a long streak of bad luck on the road and make it to the NPR Music offices for a memorable performance.

Brass Bed: Tiny Desk Concert

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Favorite Sessions

Noah Gundersen, 'Ledges' (Live)

KEXP

February 24, 2014 • The soft-spoken folk-rock artist from Seattle performs a delicate and dynamic Morning Show session with his friends and family. Watch Gundersen play the title track to his debut album, Ledges.

Saturday February 22, 2014

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Tiny Desk

Sofia Rei: Tiny Desk Concert

February 22, 2014 • For about 20 minutes one sunny afternoon, the NPR Music offices were converted into a small Latin American folk club, where Rei and her band treated us to stellar musicianship and genre-bending music.

Sofia Rei: Tiny Desk Concert

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Thursday February 20, 2014

Phantogram performs live on Morning Becomes Eclectic. Rob LaFond/KCRW hide caption

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Favorite Sessions

Phantogram, 'Black Out Days' (Live)

KCRW

February 20, 2014 • Fresh off the release of Voices, the New York electro-pop duo stops by Morning Becomes Eclectic to perform one of the album's standout songs, "Black Out Days."

Wednesday February 19, 2014

Juliana Hatfield and Matthew Caws perform live on KEXP. Charina Pitzel/KEXP hide caption

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Favorite Sessions

Minor Alps, 'Far From The Roses' (Live)

KEXP

February 19, 2014 • Nada Surf's Matthew Caws and Juliana Hatfield performed together for the very first time in KEXP's studios in Seattle. Watch them play "Far From The Roses," from Get There.

On A Chilly Factory Floor, Yuja Wang's Piano Sizzles

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Field Recordings

On A Chilly Factory Floor, Yuja Wang's Piano Sizzles

February 19, 2014 • We took one of the world's most buzzed-about (and glam) pianists to the Steinway & Sons factory in Queens to play some fierce and fiery Prokofiev on a new instrument.

Tuesday February 18, 2014

Cate Le Bon performs a Tiny Desk Concert in January 2014. Meredith Rizzo/Meredith Rizzo/NPR hide caption

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Tiny Desk

Cate Le Bon: Tiny Desk Concert

February 18, 2014 • The Welsh singer's set conveys loneliness and doubt with just two guitars and an inviting whisper.

Cate Le Bon: Tiny Desk Concert

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Thursday February 13, 2014

Future Islands, 'Seasons (Waiting On You)' (Live)

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Favorite Sessions

Future Islands, 'Seasons (Waiting On You)' (Live)

KCRW

February 13, 2014 • Watch the synth-powered Baltimore rock band perform "Seasons (Waiting on You)" for KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic earlier this month, with the aid of new drummer Mike Lowry.

Wednesday February 12, 2014

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All Songs TV

The Moth & The Flame, 'Winsome'

February 12, 2014 • Watch 'Winsome' and witness a romance gone wrong between a mermaid and her human boyfriend.

Monday February 10, 2014

Suzanne Vega performs at a Tiny Desk concert in January 2014. Meredith Rizzo/Meredith Rizzo/NPR hide caption

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Tiny Desk

Suzanne Vega: Tiny Desk Concert

February 10, 2014 • Performing at the NPR Music offices, the inventive folk-music veteran bookends a four-song set with her hits "Luka" and "Tom's Diner." But she also plays two terrific new songs, from album called Tales From the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles, that sound as sharp as anything she's done.

Suzanne Vega: Tiny Desk Concert

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John Doe With Mike McCready, 'See How We Are' (Live)

John Doe and special guest Mike McCready of Pearl Jam perform at KEXP in Seattle. Jim Bennett/KEXP hide caption

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Favorite Sessions

John Doe With Mike McCready, 'See How We Are' (Live)

KEXP

February 10, 2014 • Pearl Jam's lead guitarist recently made a surprise visit to KEXP's studios to perform with John Doe, leader of the pioneering American punk band X. Watch the two of them play X's "See How We Are."

Saturday February 8, 2014

Fanfare Ciocarlia performs at a Tiny Desk Concert in January 2014. Jim Tuttle/Jim Tuttle/NPR hide caption

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Tiny Desk

Fanfare Ciocarlia: Tiny Desk Concert

February 8, 2014 • From wedding songs to American rock 'n' roll to the occasional James Bond theme, the joyous Balkan brass band plays at a pace that would make the Ramones burst into a sweat.

Fanfare Ciocarlia: Tiny Desk Concert

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