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Monday March 31, 2014

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Tiny Desk

The Haden Triplets: Tiny Desk Concert

March 31, 2014 • Separately, Petra, Rachel and Tanya Haden have worked on vastly different musical projects. But when they come together to cover classic country music, the result is a treat and a trip in time.

The Haden Triplets: Tiny Desk Concert

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Favorite Sessions

KEXP Presents: Pontiak

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March 31, 2014 • Three brothers formed Pontiak a decade ago as a vehicle for their feedback-laden, neo-psych Southern-rock jams. Watch the band perform "It's the Greatest" in the KEXP studios.

Saturday March 29, 2014

The Outfit, TX: 'Where Is That Working Man's Music?'

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Microphone Check

The Outfit, TX: 'Where Is That Working Man's Music?'

March 29, 2014 • The Dallas through Houston trio sat down in the Austin sunshine, cracked a few Lone Stars and opined on Texas funk, Texas weather, church and their business plan.

Thursday March 27, 2014

One Wytch, Unplugged In A Sunny Backyard

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Field Recordings

One Wytch, Unplugged In A Sunny Backyard

March 27, 2014 • The Wytches' furious, hair-flinging psych-rock isn't the stuff of back-porch acoustic sessions. But don't tell that to singer-guitarist Kristian Bell, recorded here in Austin, Texas.

Wednesday March 26, 2014

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Microphone Check

Young Chop: 'I Gotta Stay Working'

March 26, 2014 • Even in the midst of SXSW, the Chicago producer was selling beats and putting in studio time. He took a rare break to talk about studying songs from the '70s and Polow da Don's snare.

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Field Recordings

Welcome To Yo-Yo's Playhouse

March 26, 2014 • Watch the superstar cellist Yo-Yo Ma and many of his close friends from all over the world in action at a theatrical props warehouse in Brooklyn.

Tuesday March 25, 2014

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All Songs TV

Mr Little Jeans, 'Good Mistake'

March 25, 2014 • Norwegian singer Monica Birkenes, a.k.a. Mr Little Jeans, makes sometimes epic pop with gnarled synths. Her latest video follows a trucker hopped up on drugs as he traverses his haunted past.

Monday March 24, 2014

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Joseph Calleja: Tiny Desk Concert

March 24, 2014 • He's a young tenor with an old-school style and all the world's top opera houses want him. Calleja's expressive shading and dynamic control hearken back to an earlier era — and he's funny.

Joseph Calleja: Tiny Desk Concert

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Favorite Sessions

Angel Olsen, 'Sweet Dreams' (Live)

KEXP

March 24, 2014 • The singer-songwriter and her band visit the KEXP studios for an intense and incendiary set of songs from her new album, Burn Your Fire for No Witness.

Thursday March 20, 2014

Perfect Pussy's Meredith Graves performs during NPR Music's SXSW showcase. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption

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KCRW

March 20, 2014 • On a day when Americans and others celebrate Irish heritage, Morning Becomes Eclectic welcomed falsetto-voiced Irishman James Vincent McMorrow to the studio. Watch him perform a new song, "Cavalier."

Wednesday March 19, 2014

The All Songs Considered Interview: Neil Young

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All Songs TV

The All Songs Considered Interview: Neil Young

March 19, 2014 • "You're listening to a poor Xerox," Young says of the MP3. Watch the singer describe the Pono music player, his attempt to change an audio trend that stresses convenience over quality.

Tuesday March 18, 2014

British post-punk band Eagulls performs at NPR Music's SXSW showcase. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption

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Front Row: Eagulls

March 18, 2014 • Not to be confused with Glenn Frey or Don Henley's middle-of-the-road soft rock, British post-punk act Eagulls did anything but take it easy at our SXSW showcase. Watch the entire concert here.

Monday March 17, 2014

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Favorite Sessions

Cibo Matto, 'Déjà Vu' (Live)

KEXP

March 17, 2014 • The Japanese ambassadors of hip-hop-infused cocktail-pop visited KEXP to perform songs from their first album in 15 years. Watch the group play "Déjà Vu."

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Tiny Desk

Diane Cluck: Tiny Desk Concert

March 17, 2014 • Watching Cluck perform jams the senses. It's almost easier to imagine some tiny spirit in her chest is controlling the action, turning a pitch wheel with one hand and a tone knob with the other.

Diane Cluck: Tiny Desk Concert

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