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Favourite Tiny Desk Concert ?
Rather like MTV Unplugged, the NPR Tiny Desk Concert is a format that has proved very popular. My guess is that it's because artists are asked to work in a setting that's less formal and demanding than usual, and, like Unplugged, some artists are obliged to simplify their sound, which can lead to some refreshing surprises for all concerned.
I don't know if NPR have a policy on preferred genres, but a lot of the acts sound more or less indie to me, so that's where I'm putting the thread. Lucius, for instance, whose concert I've just enjoyed is kind of indie pop I think:- Set list: Go Home, Don't Just Sit There, Turn It Around, Genevieve Do you have any favourite Tiny Desk Concerts (of any genre) you'd like to share? Also, can you beat the record for the biggest band to play a Tiny Desk Concert ? My contender for that title is the Tedeschi Trucks Band, who managed to squeeze ten players in among the desks... |
Daniel has one. It
I heard you play Speeding Motorcycle |
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That Moon Hooch clip is really good. They have an immediately likeable sound, which is clear from the responses in the following link. Somewhat to my surprise I found that Big3 dedicated a thread to them a while back:-
https://www.musicbanter.com/avant-ga...oon-hooch.html Like a responsible member of MB, I searched "Tiny Desk Concert" before I opened this thread so now, thanks to WWWP, I can be really lazy about my next rec. Her discovery of Dan Deacon is worth watching, not only for the music, but for the insight into a TDC audience: looks like a bunch of dudes who work in the bookshop/publishing office are invited down to have an extra-long teabreak, and that's about all who are invited. https://www.musicbanter.com/electron...an-deacon.html The Blue Man group also have a fun look at how a TDC is put together. Thanks, Psy-Fi. :thumb: ( Sorry, OH, but I don't understand your last two posts at all. Are you ok? ) |
Oooh I love that Lucius set! How were they live?
That Dan Deacon one is also so fun, and the Shabazz one Frown posted is tops. I love tiny desk. Tank and the Bangas set after winning the 2016 tiny desk contest. I also love this one which might be a good contender for most-people-squeezed-behind-a-desk with nine members. I mostly love it because Penguin Cafe is an extension of Penguin Cafe Orchestra which is an all time fav. And speaking of favorites of course Kishi Bashi. Good thread, Lisna. Spoiler for Edits:
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Hey, Frownland and I were talking about Moon Hooch's just the other day.
I like Golden Dawn Arkestra's. They've always been entertaining. Paramore's is good too. |
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And how about DakhaBrakha, who bring the wild sounds of the Ukraine to NPR land:- |
Yeah, definitely this thread is the spice I signed up for.
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windsock's Florist is a welcome change of pace. Among all the inventiveness of these Tiny Desk Concerts, that girl's music is a reminder that you can take something simple, tweak it around a little, and make it all your own. Very nice.
Thanks Plankton: Steve Martin surprised me at how good he is on the banjo. Initially I had some resistance to the idea that a comedian could be considered as a serious musician too. It made me feel uneasy somehow - in fact I felt much more comfortable with these cross-dressing Koreans. :laughing: |
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^ Ok, windsock. I'll take a look at Frankie Cosmos. Thanks. (I think I dipped into Fiest a few years back and came away unimpressed.)
Perhaps they have a similar starting point, but with a different personality, ended up with a different product: anyway, the honesty of the Florist lyrics put me in mind of some of the artists mentioned here:- https://www.musicbanter.com/hardcore...ustic-emo.html |
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Feist's Let it Die from 2004 is a gem of a record. The best thing her and her band's ever done. She's pretty minimalist though so I can understand how her tour de force can come across as pretty underwhelming. Quote:
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Dying thread maybe but here's a bit of a resurrection.
btw seeing as this encapsulates so many artists shouldn't it be in general music? |
Real Estate: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
First Aid Kit: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert |
^ Thanks to Neapolitan, I've started my Sunday morning with the gentle sound of First Aid Kit; some talented songwriting and sweet singing. Thanks. The tall girl who plays the zither looks about 12 years old - I wonder if she had permission from her parents to skip her seventh-grade class that day.
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That particular kind is called an Autoharp. More well known players are Maybelle Carter (of the Carter Family), Roy Clark, & John Sebastian. You can hear it on the 60s hit "Do You Believe in Magic" by Loving Spoonful. Gay Woods plays the Autoharp on "Fisherman's Wife" found on the Steeleye Span album Hark! The Village Wait. One of my all time favorite Psychedelic Folk albums is One Voice Many by Michaelangelo which features the autoharp throughout the album played by Angel Petersen. In fact the band is named after her autoharp she called Michaelangelo.
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^ Thanks! I had a suspicion that it wasn't quite a zither, but I was too lazy to check I'm afraid. I know the Steeleye and Spoonful songs you mention, but I'm very impressed that you can talk about the instruments played, just like that, as if the info is right there in your head already.
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lazy sunday morning slow coffee sipping grooves |
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I knew about Gay Woods through The Woods Band before I knew she also sang for Steeleye Span. I knew she played autoharp from the liner notes. You might get a kick out of Courtney's lyrics. I find them humorous. I really like her lyrical style and delivery - it reminds me of someone, but I can't place who. I like her choice in guitars, she is playing a Harmony "Rocket." Not in the indie crowd, but I'll share it anyway cause Booker T. is one of my all time favorites. He is known for playing a Hammond B3 and I think NPR did a really good job sound-wise. I think it sounds amazing. Courtney Barnett: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert Booker T. Jones: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert |
...almost forgot this gem:
Angel Olsen: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert edit: ... had to post this too. Cate Le Bon is a Welsh singer. She can sing in both Welsh and English. However she sings the three songs in this set in English. I really like the way she plays guitar, it's somewhere between Art Rock and Post Punk. Cate Le Bon: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert |
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the SsingSsing performance is amazing as well
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@Chula |
The recently posted Mumu Fresh, Courtney Barnett and Superorganism : all good ones from WWWP, Neapolitan and timihaze respectively. :thumb:
^ ... though I could've done without the fuzzy donkey story, thank you. |
St Paul and the Broken Bones is probably my favorite but I’m kinda hooked on Mac Miller’s performance atm.
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Never heard of Sister Sparrow and The Dirty Birds before, but they have a neat name and are worth a click imo; a lively vocalist with a solid backing band:-
Better known chez Lisna is Steve Kimock, a very well-respected guitarist whose instrumental album, Eudemonic, I can recommend. (The second song he plays here comes from that album.) |
"This song is dedicated to our good friends on Wall Street"... The Money Shuffle I love kittens and little babies Can't you see that's the guy I am Your money is so safe with me You never met such an honest man Glossies on my office wall The rich and famous, I know them all Come on and do the Money Shuffle I've got you right there where I want you Come on and do the Money Shuffle Can't find your money if you want to Stock market going through the roof now So rich I'll never add it up now I've got your savings here somewhere Here at Warbrook and Jones it's all tradition We never pimp and we don't hustle If you'll just bend over a little I think you'll feel my financial muscle Spread it wide, wide as you can To get the full benefit of my plan Come on and do the Money Shuffle I've got you right there where I want you Come on and do the Money Shuffle Can't find your money if you want to My God, the market's in a free fall I'll save my arse and skip the country Wish the hell I knew what I was doing This year, think I'll skip Monte One tires of the same old social scene With all the problems in the world today They'll notice if my bonus is obscene Spread it wide, wide as you can To get the full benefit of my plan Oh, how sublime It's a prime time One Man's junk's another man's triple A If you need a little refuge for your pension fund Well just for you, I'll throw some jewels your way So spread it wide, wide as you can To get the full benefit of my plan Come on and do the Money Shuffle I've got you right there where I want you Come on and do the Money Shuffle Can't find your money if you want to I hear the sound of distant thunder AIG and Lehman's going under Will I get my bonus I wonder? Come on and do the Money Shuffle |
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Since you got my good one already, fallback is Leon Bridges: WAIT.. I forgot about this one... |
^ Eskmo is interesting to watch, although tbh, on the first song what I liked best was the violin part, which was just a tape track, I guess, as the main man was busy playing other things.
In a very different style, jazz, bhangra and I don't know what else from Red Baraat:- |
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