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Raul Zahir De Leon

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Raul is a Bandwidth co-founder and the website's video director.

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Laney Jones And The Spirits Live At The Wilderness Bureau

For years, Americana performer Laney Jones toiled away in rural Florida clubs before she made the leap to a larger…

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Mount Moriah Live At The Wilderness Bureau

On the heels of the Americana band’s third album, How to Dance, North Carolina’s Mount Moriah swung through the Wilderness Bureau…

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Sun Club Live At The Wilderness Bureau

Sun Club has described itself as “a group of buddies playing happy music,” and that youthful energy was on full display…

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Bayonne Live At The Wilderness Bureau

Austin-based minimalist electronic composer Roger Sellers, aka Bayonne, has drawn comparisons to pop experimentalists Panda Bear, Atlas Sound and Caribou….

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Mellow Diamond Live At The Wilderness Bureau

For years, Janel Leppin has been a fixture on D.C.’s experimental and avant-garde music scenes. As a composer, cellist and vocalist, Leppin’s work…

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Sianna Plavin Live At The Wilderness Bureau

Warning: The above video contains explicit language. Hailing from Providence, Rhode Island, Sianna Plavin recently stopped by Bandwidth’s Wilderness Bureau…

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Young Fathers Live At The Wilderness Bureau

During a typical live performance, Edinburgh’s Young Fathers build a layered wall of voice and sound. But with most of…

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Jimmy Whispers Live At The Wilderness Bureau

The last time I caught up with James Cicero, he was fronting the Carpark Records-endorsed indie-pop band Light Pollution. Several…

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Kevin Morby Live At The Wilderness Bureau

Back in October 2014, Kevin Morby released his second solo album, Still Life. Its title seemed steeped in irony, as the…

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King Tuff Live At The Wilderness Bureau

Back in October, King Tuff — aka Vermont native Kyle Thomas, who also makes racket with J. Mascis in Witch — brought…

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She Keeps Bees Live For Bandwidth

Spartan blues-rock act She Keeps Bees has picked up a number of comparisons over the years—from Cat Power to The…

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Gem Club Live At The Wilderness Bureau

On In Roses, the latest album from Massachusetts chamber-pop outfit Gem Club, the band took its sound out of the bedroom and…

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My Brightest Diamond Live At The Wilderness Bureau

Since her 2006 debut album Bring Me the Workhorse, classically trained songwriter and composer My Brightest Diamond—legally Shara Worden—has maintained…

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Twin Peaks Live At The Wilderness Bureau

This summer, young Chicago garage punks Twin Peaks visited Bandwidth’s Wilderness Bureau while on tour for the band’s latest album,…

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Mitski Live At L’Atelier De Blk Chvrch

Earlier this year, we brought in Brooklyn indie-pop songwriter Mitski and her band for a Bandwidth session at our neighbor’s…

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Wild Beasts Live At The Wilderness Bureau

For its fourth album, Present Tense, English indie-rock band Wild Beasts scaled things back. The group’s visit to our studio…

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Marissa Nadler And Janel Leppin Live At The Wilderness Bureau

On her latest tour, indie-folk songwriter Marissa Nadler has been joined by cellist Janel Leppin, who is based right here…

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Guy Blakeslee Live At The Wilderness Bureau

For 10-plus years, Guy Blakeslee has been leading various incarnations of The Entrance Band (and before that, a solo project…

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Rodrigo Amarante Live At The Wilderness Bureau

Singer-songwriter Rodrigo Amarante spent nearly 10 years playing with Brazilian bands Los Hermanos and Orquestra Imperial before traveling to California…

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Phox Live At The Mutiny Workroom

Earlier this spring, the kind folks at Mutiny—my neighbors across just across the hall from the Wilderness Bureau—were generous enough…

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