In Conversation With George Clinton
Watch the inimitable funk stalwart sit for not one but two interviews about his work and where it comes from. Along the way, he tells stories about his many decades in the music industry.
Category: Music Videos
Banks: Tiny Desk Concert
On record, Banks is at the center of lavish productions, each suitable for throbbing remixes and banks of swirling lights. Here, though, she serves notice as a powerful singer in her own right.
T-Pain: Tiny Desk Concert
We asked the King of Auto-Tune if he’d grace the Tiny Desk without any embellishment or effects to show what’s really made his career: his voice, and those songs.
The Funky Tune That Was Too Big For Miles Davis
Trumpeter Wallace Roney played Davis’ understudy for many years. So it was fitting when he resurrected a long-lost orchestral composition that Wayne Shorter wrote for his mentor.
KEXP Presents: Conor Oberst
The Bright Eyes singer performs live in the studio with fellow singer-songwriter Jonathan Wilson.
KCRW Presents: Zola Jesus
The prolific young singer performs “Dangerous Days” from her pop-minded new album, Taiga.
Doug Paisley Featuring Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, ‘Until I Find You’
Will Oldham may guest in this new song from rustic songwriter Doug Paisley, but the star of “Until I Find You” is visual artist Heather Goodchild.
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…
Sleater-Kinney Reunites, Announces New Album
Eight years after going on indefinite hiatus, the trio is back. They’ll release a new album on Jan. 20 called No Cities to Love. Hear the song “Bury Our Friends” now.
Capricorn In Retrograde: Macon’s Endangered Musical History
The Georgia town was home to Otis Redding, Little Richard and Capricorn Records, a label that played a key role in the birth of Southern rock. Now, many of the city’s musical landmarks are threatened.
Ex Hex Live At WAMU
Power-poppin’, guitar-soloin’ Ex Hex has emerged as one of D.C.’s most exciting bands in years, and it’s not only because…
The Bots: Tiny Desk Concert
A Jimi Hendrix influence informs The Bots’ bluesy moments, both in the guitar and in Mikaiah Lei’s voice. There’s also a great rock-duo punch that recalls The White Stripes or JEFF The Brotherhood.
Watch Kali Uchis Get Sweet, Evil Revenge In Her New Video
Alexandria superstar-in-the-making Kali Uchis still hasn’t released Por Vida, the followup to her 2012 mixtape Drunken Babble, but today she…
Watch: Ex Hex’s Campy New ‘Waterfall’ Video
D.C. rock ‘n’ roll outfit Ex Hex unleashed its debut album last week via Merge Records, and today the three-piece…
KCRW Presents: Ty Segall
With the aid of fellow guitar slayer Mikal Cronin, the prolific California rocker performs “Manipulator,” the pull-no-punches title song from his seventh solo album.
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…
Alice Boman Live At WAMU
The story goes that Swedish songwriter Alice Boman almost didn’t let anyone else hear her early recordings. She’d taped a…
Bio Ritmo: Tiny Desk Concert
The 10-piece salsa band has burnished its reputation on dance floors, where it never fails to make people move. So push some furniture out of the way, press play on this video, and enjoy.
KEXP Presents: Sylvan Esso
The duo showcases an entrancing mix of folk and electronica during a live performance in the studio.
Garage-Rocker AJ Davila Unplugs In A Hair Salon
An exciting underground music scene has sprung up in Puerto Rico, and Davila is at its helm. Just in time for fall, watch him perform a summery song called “Es Verano Ya.”