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Tuesday July 31, 2012

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Favorite Sessions

Liars: Laying Down An Ominous Groove

The Current

July 31, 2012 • The talented Los Angeles trio has defied easy description for more than a decade. Watch singer Angus Andrew and his crew as they bring "No. 1 Against the Rush" to life in the studio.

Sunday July 29, 2012

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Tiny Desk

The Walkmen: Tiny Desk Concert

July 29, 2012 • Singer Hamilton Leithauser may wield an acoustic guitar in these three songs, but this is no awkward attempt to shoehorn booming rock anthems into arrangements that don't suit them. It's clear that these guys were making the Tiny Desk accommodate their sound rather than the other way around.

The Walkmen: Tiny Desk Concert

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Wednesday July 25, 2012

Nick Waterhouse: The Now Sound From Way Back

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Nick Waterhouse: The Now Sound From Way Back

KEXP

July 25, 2012 • The L.A. soul revivalist brings his love of everything analog to a studio session at KEXP. The 26-year-old is in fine form throughout, as he showcases a musical intellect far beyond his years.

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Field Recordings

Bleached: Picnic Table Punk

July 25, 2012 • Just as we hit that glorious "magic hour" where the sun begins to glow off its members' long golden hair, Bleached performs "Electric Chair" at a food-truck parking lot off a highway in Austin, Texas.

Tuesday July 24, 2012

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Favorite Sessions

KCRW Presents: Jimmy Cliff

KCRW

July 24, 2012 • The reggae legend performs music from his new album, Rebirth, for Morning Becomes Eclectic at KCRW. Watch Cliff run through "One More" here, and check out his entire session at KCRW.com.

Sunday July 22, 2012

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Tiny Desk

Janet Feder: Tiny Desk Concert

July 22, 2012 • Guitarist Janet Feder marries classical technique and folk song structures with a curiosity and imagination that lets her custom nylon-string baritone electric take on otherworldly textures and sounds.

Janet Feder: Tiny Desk Concert

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Thursday July 19, 2012

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Live in Concert

Hot Chip In Concert

WNYC

July 19, 2012 • The British quintet rocked an outdoor crowd at Celebrate Brooklyn, reminding us some bands still make dance music the old school way: with instruments played in real time by multiple human beings.

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Wednesday July 18, 2012

KCRW

Favorite Sessions

KCRW Presents: Blood Orange

KCRW

July 18, 2012 • Dev Hynes is the one-man band behind Blood Orange: he sings, plays guitar and piano, and triggers a laptop all at the same time. Watch him perform "Champagne Coast" on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic.

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Field Recordings

Deer Tick Among The Honey Buckets

KEXP

July 18, 2012 • Deer Tick frontman John McCauley performs "Main Street" among the portable toilets at the 2012 Sasquatch Music Festival. Appropriately, the song is a morning-after number.

Monday July 16, 2012

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Tiny Desk

The Milk Carton Kids: Tiny Desk Concert

July 16, 2012 • Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale get a lot done with subtle gestures, but there's real sophistication to the three gorgeous, harmony-rich folk-pop songs they recently performed in the NPR Music offices.

The Milk Carton Kids: Tiny Desk Concert

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Sunday July 15, 2012

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Tiny Desk

Souad Massi: Tiny Desk Concert

July 15, 2012 • A soulful yet steely singer-songwriter from Algeria charts her own course, from withstanding death threats in her native country to selling hundreds of thousands of records around the globe. Watch her perform four songs in the NPR Music offices.

Souad Massi: Tiny Desk Concert

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Thursday July 12, 2012

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: A Man With A Plan

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Favorite Sessions

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy: A Man With A Plan

KEXP

July 12, 2012 • Will Oldham stops by the KEXP studios in Seattle to perform old and new songs from his Bonnie 'Prince' Billy catalog. Watch the entire half-hour live set.

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Tiny Desk

Laura Marling: Tiny Desk Concert

July 12, 2012 • In this performance at the NPR Music offices, two pieces from Laura Marling's newest record, 2011's A Creature I Don't Know, bookend a gorgeous new song called "Once." She'd never even recorded "Once," let alone released it, so consider this performance a premiere of sorts.

Laura Marling: Tiny Desk Concert

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Wednesday July 11, 2012

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Favorite Sessions

KCRW Presents: Bahamas

KCRW

July 11, 2012 • Afie Jurvanen first made a name for himself playing guitar for Feist. Since then, he's reinvented himself in the band Bahamas and released an album. Watch him perform "I Got You Babe."

Tuesday July 10, 2012

A 'Flash Choir' Sings Philip Glass In Times Square

Conductor Kent Tritle leads an impromptu choir in the world premiere of Philip Glass' "A New Rule" in New York's Times Square. NPR hide caption

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Field Recordings

A 'Flash Choir' Sings Philip Glass In Times Square

WQXR

July 10, 2012 • Watch a "flash choir" descend upon Times Square to sing a world premiere of music by Philip Glass, commissioned by NPR Music in honor of the composer's 75th birthday.