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The state Senate voted 36-9 Tuesday to delay property tax revaluations over concerns about rapidly rising real-estate values.

Aqeela Sherrills grew up amidst warring gangs in LA. To stop the violence, Sherrills spent years building bridges between the Bloods and the Crips, paving the way for their historic 1992 peace treaty.

The dizzy, saccharine music of the London-based record label PC Music is invested in the most addictive pop of modern history, but the label's songs feel detached, almost cynical.

The Go-Go's proved that pop and punk could mingle to land at the top of the charts. "You can take the girl out of punk, but you can't take punk out of the girl," says Charlotte Caffey, lead guitarist.

Over the last few years, hardcore has transformed from an underground subculture into a mainstream phenomenon. Scowl is one of the unwitting torchbearers for this paradigm shift, but their success hasn't come without tension.

Vice President Biden and his Republican opponent, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, faced off tonight in their only debate before the Nov. 6 election.

Marie Ulven delivers a cozy set with genuine charm, good humor and unbridled joy.

Featuring her longtime band and a string quartet, Webster guides us through a swooning and sweeping set.

This jazz supergroup has super powers and they're on full display from beginning to end during this Tiny Desk.

Panda Bear's wondrous music comes to life with the help of four additional friends who provide sweet, multi-layered harmonies.

Cass McCombs' songs are slow, languid and beautiful, which feels like the right counterbalance to our fast-paced times.

MJ Lenderman's compelling lyricism and wry sense of self shines in this stripped back set.

Saya Gray offers light and soulful interpretations of her experimental pop songs at the Tiny Desk.

The former Snarky Puppy keyboardist and bandleader performs a special holiday Tiny Desk for our quarantine series.

The YouTube star performs five songs in her Tiny Desk quarantine concert.

The nine-piece, family-centered band returns to the NPR Music offices to fill the air with fake snow and real joy.

The Polyphonic Spree's joyous holiday Tiny Desk Concert in 2012 broke our record (at the time) of "most people packed behind the desk."

The self-described "accidental brass quartet" swims comfortably in jazz, classical and pop music. Watch the band evoke a rollicking Parisian street scene and the calm beauty of the San Juan Islands.

British folk singer Shirley Collins is a living legend. Watch her perform five songs for her Tiny Desk quarantine concert.