Bartees Strange: Tiny Desk ( Home) Concert
The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music s Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It s the same spirit strippeddown sets, an intimate setting just a different space. Lars Gotrich, February 22, 2021 Bartees Strange and his band are in a basement, surrounded by electrical wiring and DIY soundproofing, but also green plants that no doubt have names. In Falls Church, Va. , the indie rocker is a stone s throw from the muchmissed Tiny Desk space in D. C., yet offers a set just as cozy and crammed. Just a cursory listen of Live Forever, one of NPR Music s 50 Best Albums of 2020, reveals a seeker with several destinations in mind: hiphop bombast meets sprawling indierock riffs and mindnumbing electronic beats. Sonically it doesn t make sense, Bartees Strange told NPR Music, but it makes sense because it s me and I think that s like an important part of mu
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