Tweedy: Tiny Desk Concert
With his drummer son Spencer, Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy performs three songs from their new album, Sukierae — plus a cover of “You Are Not Alone,” which the elder Tweedy wrote for Mavis Staples.
Category: Music Videos
KEXP Presents: Strand Of Oaks
Philly songwriter Tim Showalter performs a cathartic single, “Shut In,” from his new album Heal.
Microphone Check Live: The Stories Of The Notorious B.I.G.
On Sunday, Sept. 14, 20 years and one day after Biggie Smalls’ debut album Ready to Die was released, we gathered four of the musician’s friends in Brooklyn to recall the man they knew.
Carl Newman And Neko Case On What Makes a Pop Song Work
NPR’s Steve Inskeep met the two musicians at the historic Brill Building to talk about their new album with The New Pornographers, Brill Bruisers.
KCRW Presents: Little Dragon
Watch the Swedish pop group perform its single “Klapp Klapp” live for Morning Becomes Eclectic.
Watch Olivia Neutron-John’s DIY Music Video For ‘Death/Tango’
There are as many forms of therapy as there are musical microgenres—and choreographed dance is a preferred means of healing…
Half Japanese, ‘Our Love’
Half Japanese’s video for “Our Love” is a sprawling, energetic celebration of new love. The band’s new album, fittingly titled Overjoyed, is its first in 13 years.
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,…
KEXP Presents: Diarrhea Planet
Watch the guitar-loving Nashville garage-punk band tear up “Lite Dream,” live from a Seattle studio.
Go-Go Godfather Chuck Brown Remembered In A New Music Video
Sept. 17: This post has been updated to include feedback from the music video’s director. It’s been more than two…
Mirah, ‘No Direction Home’
Shot in a lighthouse window during a rainstorm, Mirah’s newest video, for the song “No Direction Home,” is a sultry tale of confusion and longing.
Amen Dunes, ‘Splits Are Parted’
The flickering, disjointed images that flash before your eyes in the latest video from Amen Dunes, for the song “Splits Are Parted,” are both beautiful and unnerving.
Justin Townes Earle: Tiny Desk Concert
In advance of his new album Single Mothers, the singer performs two new songs and an old favorite.
KEXP Presents: Phantogram
Watch Josh Carter and Sarah Barthel perform their dark, hooky song “The Day You Died” in the studio.
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…
KEXP Presents: Shabazz Palaces
Shabazz Palaces’ music sounds like nothing else. Watch Ishmael Butler and Tendai Maraire bring an interplanetary vibe to “They Come In Gold” during their recent visit to KEXP’s studios in Seattle.
Ledisi Steals The Show
Standing on a balcony in her hometown of New Orleans, the singer stops an unsuspecting crowd, and all the hustle and bustle of the French Quarter, dead in its tracks.
KCRW Presents: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
One of the first big blog-rock bands visits Morning Becomes Eclectic to perform “Coming Down,” the first single from its new fourth album, Only Run.
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…
KEXP Presents: Foxygen
The indie-rock band is starting to unveil music from its new double LP, …And Star Power. Watch Sam France and his bandmates perform the album’s first single, “How Can You Really,” live at KEXP.