KEXP Presents: EL VY
Watch the new band from The National’s Matt Berninger as it performs “Need A Friend” live in the studio.
Watch the new band from The National’s Matt Berninger as it performs “Need A Friend” live in the studio.
Watch the ambitious neo-soul collective perform “By Fire” live at Apogee Studio.
Watch the Montreal punk band perform “Beautiful Blue Sky” live in a Seattle studio.
Trevor Powers’ new songs are more expansive and self-assured than usual, a transition reflected in this performance. In person, he’s poised, appearing almost joyful at times.
Great singers aren’t easy to come by, so finding three in one band is something special. The Wild Reeds’ songs are clear and memorable, potent and sometimes delicate, and beautifully performed here.
Watch Bradford Cox’s captivating, unpredictable band play “Breaker” in a rare L.A. studio session.
At the Tiny Desk, Rateliff’s body-shaking Southern-style soul takes on a slightly more laid-back sound. The resulting songs are served with a warm heart — and suitable for a cold beer.
Though wordless, the Baghdad-born oud player’s music tells powerful stories about the blessedness and fragility of life.
With his wife Morgane, the country singer-songwriter sings patient, detailed songs of devotion to love, Los Angeles and liquor.
Eight years between albums, the D.C. pop-punks return with a chunky rock anthem about chasing bliss. In the video, a doomsday device is implanted in singer David Combs’ brain.
At times conjuring Mick Jagger and David Bowie, Diane Coffee’s Shaun Fleming swaggered and shimmied behind the Tiny Desk.
Watch the psychedelic-folk guitarist play an extended version of “Summer Dress,” recorded live at the 2015 Pickathon festival.
The Mexican indie-pop singer performs “Hasta La Raíz” live in an L.A. studio.
Warning: The above video contains explicit language. Hailing from Providence, Rhode Island, Sianna Plavin recently stopped by Bandwidth’s Wilderness Bureau…
Led by the irrepressible Kam Franklin, the 10-piece Houston soul band can barely fit all its horns, guitars, percussion and energy behind a single desk.
Teen Mom doesn’t have much time to overthink its final days as a band. Guitarist and vocalist Chris Kelly is getting…
Watch Dan Bejar’s band perform “Times Square” live in the studio.
Cloud-nine (n): “a state of perfect happiness” or “a feeling of well-being or elation.” The first collaboration between Maryland’s Coexist…
In Beauty Pill’s music, life whirs with plunderphonic glee and riffs are funky from the inside out. Watch the D.C. band adapt its deeply textured songs without removing anything vital.
Watch the Danish dream-rock band perform “Satellites” live in the studio.