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Our favorite bands, from the best seat in the house

Justin Vernon at his console during Bon Iver's Dec. 4, 2016 show in Brooklyn, N.Y. Nicole Conflenti/NPR hide caption

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Watch Bon Iver Perform Live In A Brooklyn Warehouse

Watch Bon Iver play a full concert, including songs from 22, A Million, at Pioneer Works, a cavernous warehouse in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Lucinda Williams, Live In Concert

Watch the legendary singer-songwriter perform a three-song set at Damrosch Park in New York City.

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Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Live In Concert

Watch the singer and her band perform three ferocious songs from her "Lincoln Center Out Of Doors" set, recorded live at New York's Damrosch Park.

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iLe, Live In Concert

She's known for her work in the popular hip-hop group Calle 13, but Ileana Cabra, who performs solo as iLe, has a quieter, subtler alter ego. Watch her perform live at New York's Damrosch Park.

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Watch Warpaint Perform Live At Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club

In a career-spanning show at Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club, the L.A. band showcases its ethereal harmonies and moody, grooving, hypnotic sound.

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Watch Conor Oberst Play His New Record Live In New York City

At Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, Conor Oberst delivered a powerfully spare set of new songs from his new album, Ruminations.

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Watch Conor Oberst Play Three Beautiful Songs From His New Album

With just piano, acoustic guitar and harmonica, watch Conor Oberst perform "Tachycardia," "Gossamer Thin" and "A Little Uncanny" in NYC.

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Watch: Drive-By Truckers' 'American Band,' Performed In Its Entirety

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Filmed live at OPB in Portland, Ore., the long-running rock group tackles social and political issues with firebrand zeal. Watch Drive-By Truckers perform American Band in its entirety.

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WFUV Presents: First Listen Live With The Head And The Heart

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NYC's City Winery provided the perfect setting for a lucky crowd of a few hundred to watch the adored folk-rock band perform its new album, Signs Of Light.

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Watch Savages Perform Live At The 9:30 Club

The London post-punk band is by turns tender and ferocious as it showcases tracks from Adore Life to a sold-out crowd at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.

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Watch Lucius, Live In Concert

Watch Lucius bring its vibrant pop spectacle to the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C.

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Watch Explosions In The Sky Get Epic At The 9:30 Club

If Explosions In The Sky's records are watershed moments for its fans, then the band's live shows are a Biblical flood.

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Yeasayer, The Jayhawks And Kurt Vile At World Cafe Live

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Bonnie Raitt, Darlingside, Sunflower Bean, Hayes Carll and Amos Lee also performed live in Philadelphia.

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Jason Isbell, 'Palmetto Rose' (Live)

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The two-time Grammy winner performs a blues-rock song in front of a sold-out crowd in Boston.

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Charles Bradley, Live In Concert: SXSW 2016

Several music fans at SXSW walked away from our showcase claiming this was the concert of the night. Watch to find out why.

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Chicano Batman, Live In Concert: SXSW 2016

Watch as this band from Southern California sends waves of velvet-sounding Chicano soul over the crowd at NPR Music's SXSW showcase in Austin, Texas.