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Watch a full set by Ellen Kempner's band, which marries rock muscle to bedroom folk's wiry vulnerability.

Watch from a front-row seat as the trippy Philly band performs "Bring My Baby Back" in its hometown.

The North Carolina band uses a typewriter for rhythm, a toy piano for whimsy and a harmonium for mood, as well as a gong, multiple odd percussive accents and subtle guitar effects.

Hear Chicano Batman combine funk and rock with mellow, lowrider grooves to get the crowd at NPR Music's SXSW showcase moving.

While on tour with The Arcs, the powerhouse mariachi band performs live in the NPR Music offices.

"Texas, can I ask you a question: Do you guys know how to go crazy or what?"

There are intimate moments of revelation in Clementine's immersive, breathtaking performance, recorded live in the NPR Music offices.

The band's clever, thoughtful, infectious, harmony-filled music fits in everywhere from Nashville to its hometown of Melbourne.

Ancient tribal techno meets The Blair Witch Project in the eeriest music video of 2015 so far.

The Louisiana band takes gospel into the garage, and what comes out is fiery rock 'n' roll. Watch Seratones perform three songs in the NPR Music offices.

Mitski performs an emotional, bass-driven ballad live at our SXSW showcase.

This parable of self-destruction took on a frantic energy on stage at Stubb's.

For this performance of three new songs, Bird comes with a stripped-down acoustic band: just drums, upright bass and acoustic guitar, with Bird himself on violin.

In 2015, the young rapper had her big moment. This year, she's seizing it. Watch Rapsody perform three songs from Beauty And The Beast, recorded live at the NPR Music offices.

Hear lead singer Channy Leaneagh and the rest of this exciting Minneapolis band recorded live at the 9:30 Club on Nov. 6, 2013.

When Harmony Tividad and Cleo Tucker harmonize, it's like a lightning bolt to the gut.

This atmospheric Norwegian band draws the listener in with mysterious lyrics and a yearning sound. Also: See a flugabone!

The Black Panther-inspired song also served as an edict for the audience.

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

Bach's Goldberg Variations are filled with contrasts, which swirl inside the head of pianist Jeremy Denk. Seated at his living room Steinway, he muses about how Bach built his opposite variations.