live peformance

Watch Pixies perform NPR's 'Tiny Desk'

Pixies recently stopped by NPR to perform “Greens And Blues,” “Silver Snail,” and “Monkey Gone To Heaven” for NPR Music's Tiny Desk series. Check out the performance, which features new bassist Paz Lenchantin on the violin and includes a song from their latest release, EP-2, below: And here's an interesting note on the performance from Tiny Desk curator Bob Boilen: “The windowsills were lined […]

Watch The 1975 perform "Settle Down" live

The 1975 have released a live performance video of “Settle Down,” their latest single, in partnership with Vevo Lift. “Settle Down” appears on the group's eponymous full-length debut, which was released last fall. You can watch the professionally-captured live performance below: The track also recently received proper music video treatment, marking a return to the moodier, black and […]

Watch an acoustic, in-studio performance from Matt Pryor (The Get Up Kids, The New Amsterdams)

Matt Pryor (of The Get Up Kids and The New Amsterdams) recently stopped by Little Elephant studios in Toledo, Ohio to film acoustic performances of three songs. The first, “As If I Could Fall In Love With You Again,” appears on Pryor's 2012 sophomore solo album, May Day. The second, Wrist Slitter, is the title track from Pryor's […]

Watch The Orwells make their network television debut on 'Letterman'

The Orwells stopped by the Late Show With David Letterman last night to perform “Who Needs You,” a track from their new EP of the the same name. You may remember the young Chicago group from our “Four Simple Words: Lollapalooza” feature, or know them for their breakout hit “Mallrats (La La La).” Barely out of high school, […]