NPR Tiny Desk Concerts

I find myself posting lots of links to these, so I thought I’d create a single topic for standout Tiny Desk concerts.

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Here’s an interesting one for a Fri evening – Tom Tom Club in an acoustic set (early 2010s):

People grooving together and having fun. What more could you ask for?!

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I really like the tiny desk concerts!

Khruangbin was a fun watch!

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Not-so tiny desk ( full band ) Snarky Puppy.

Especially note the three keyboardist, one using a talk box, another using a whammy bar, and the third switching off and sometimes playing both keyboard and trumpet. I also love how they so fluidly move around the whole band with solos. Tight performance.

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Tiny Desk is a fun series. Wu-Tang was a good one.

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I had never heard of Mac Miller before Tinydesk. Love those microtonal vocals.

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Gwar!!! :metal:

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Good Hot Chip performance and vibe.

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Messthetics killed it too, Anthony Pirog rockin the gold jazzmaster!

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the idles one retained a spirit even at such reduced levels, sans fx etc

loved how intimate this PJ Harvey one was and that voice …

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The War on Drugs is one of the best live bands I’ve seen. Love their Tiny Desk (at Home) performance here.

Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals’ is great too:

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I must confess I only listened to a few of these and my favorite is…Rick Ross…

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Thanks all. I’m a frequent Tiny Desk listener and have already found some great new music from just the handful of posts here. Keep 'em coming!

I watch this every time I am in the gym running the pockets and grooves he finds with the music are just different, and when ‘Mind playing tricks’ starts I no it’s time to push.

Sampha is just brilliant and that’s all there is to say :grinning:

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I enjoyed this recent one from Chappell Roan, I don’t really listen to pop stuff anymore but she stands out, got a good voice and writes some great songs

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Literal tiny desks.

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Tiny desks are great, this is my favorite

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I gained a lot of respect for Fred Again after this appearance.

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Tiny Desk obsessive here for many years. My 40th birthday party was Tiny Desk themed where we projected them onto a wall.

Some of my favourite ones:

This early Mitski one is pretty legendary and possibly the greatest if you like raw:

The Tyler the Creator one is one I play often as it’s so much fun and sounds so great:

This J Noa video is my 5 year old daughter’s favourite so we watch it a lot. She’s incredible.

This one totally made Margaret Glaspy’s career (deservedly as she’s one of the best live performers):

And the Taylor Swift one is actually pretty great and a good way to win people over to her being as famous as she is. Especially Death by a Thousand Cuts and All Too Well.

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This band is so tight ! I can’t listen to the original songs anymore, I prefer these. The drummer is from the Ezra Collective, btw.