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Soko, "How Are You"

Watch SOKO and the LA Girls Choir perform this arresting version of How Are You,” on a Water Less adventure to Deep Creek Hot Springs in the Mojave Desert.
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Gary Clark Jr., "Bright Lights"

The skies were a bit overcast but Gary Clark Jr brought the “Bright Lights” to the MTV Hive House in Austin, TX. Watch him perform a stripped down version of the track , not in my room, but just outside for yours truly.
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Gary Clark Jr., "When My Train Pulls In"

Gary Clark Jr. calls Austin, TX home sweet home so it was only fitting to have the hometown hero come over to the MTV Hive House in Austin and perform his future classic song, “When My Train Pulls In.”
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Nicolas Jaar, "Variations"

The genius of Nicolas Jaar is simply the result of pure passion – one that strives to push boundaries of sound and how electronic music is performed lived. Watch Nico and friends perform an intense rendition of “Variations” in my room at the MTV Hive House, Austin.
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Nicolas Jaar, "Why Didn't You Save Me"

Despite the natural sway in your hips that Nicolas Jaar’s music provokes, the beauty rests in the myriad questions it sparks inside your head. Watch Nico perform “Why Didn’t You Save Me” in my room at the MTV Hive House in Austin, TX.
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CFCF, "Exercise 5 (September)"

September might be the loneliest month of the year, but CFCF makes the solitude warm and bearable with his cover of this David Sylvian classic.
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Bear In Heaven, "Warm Water"

There’s really no place to hibernate during the chaos of SXSW, but Bear In Heaven found the Hive House to be just as nice. Watch them perform “Warm Water,” not in my room, but underneath the stars for YT and MTV Hive.
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Charli XCX, "You're The One"

Close your eyes, let your arms spread out wide, let your hips sway effortlessly and dance in the dark with Charli XCX as she performs “You’re The One,” in my room at the MTV Hive House.
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Alabama Shakes, "Boys and Girls"

It was a little too packed in my room for Alabama Shakes to set up shop, so we took it to the backyard where the spring weather was ripe enough for their southern soul.
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Shabazz Palaces, "The King's New Clothes Were Made By His Own Hands"

Witness the mortal side of alien rap iconoclasts Shabazz Palaces coax life from dead circuits and drum skins in this version of “The King’s New Clothes Were Made By His Own Hands.”
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Gary Clark Jr.

When My Train Pulls In

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Gary Clark Jr.

Bright Lights

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SOKO

How Are You

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Nicolas Jaar

Why Didn't You Save Me

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Dustin Wong

Medley

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Charli XCX

You're The One

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Variations

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Alabama Shakes

Boys and Girls

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Too Young For Love

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The Lapalux Life

22-year-old Stuart Howard, bka Lapalux, either isn’t sleeping much, hates vacation, or has a gaggle of small mice working for him around the clock. There’s no other way to explain his prolific (and on-point) productivity.

One Hundred Years Deep

“One Hundred Years Deep” by UK-duo Face + Heel makes me miss Aaliyah so much I’m digging through junior high yearbooks in search of that four page letter I wrote and never sent her.

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