Watch the Australian indie-pop band perform "Time To Dance" at Brighton Music Hall in Allston, Mass.
The 13th annual Americana Music Association Honors and Awards Show at the Ryman Auditorium on Sept. 17, 2014 in Nashville, Tenn.
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Watch the folk-pop duo perform "My Silver Lining" — from First Aid Kit's third album, Stay Gold — for a sold-out crowd at Boston's Paradise Rock Club.
The New Pornographers celebrated the release of their new album, Brill Bruisers, with a special show inside the Brill Building in New York.
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Watch the Canadian indie supergroup play ecstatic, harmony-laden songs from its new album, Brill Bruisers, in a one-night-only concert at New York's famed Brill Building.
The Australian one-man band wraps his expertly crafted voice-and-keyboard compositions in layered loops. Watch Chet Faker perform the 2012 deep cut "I'm Into You" live in Boston for WGBH.
alt-J performed songs from This Is All Yours, live at (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York on Sept. 2.
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Watch alt-J perform songs from its as-yet-unreleased new album, This Is All Yours in the band's first concert without departed bassist/guitarist Gwil Sainsbury.
Interpol performed songs from their new album, El Pintor, live in Los Angeles for a small group of KCRW fans.
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The duo crafts an intoxicating mix of dance grooves and heady electronics. See one of 2014's most captivating new bands, recorded live at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
Spoon, performing "Rent I Pay," live from Le Poisson Rouge in New York City.
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See the band premiere "Rent I Pay," the lead-off cut to Spoon's first new album in four years, They Want My Soul. The group performed the song live at New York City's Le Poisson Rouge on Jun. 9.
Samuel Herring of Future Islands performs live at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.
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"We're Perfect Pussy and we're terrified." Watch the rising Syracuse punk band make their first national splash during our SXSW showcase at Stubb's in Austin, Texas.