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Willis Earl Beal, "(773) 295-2135"

On an early spring afternoon when the sun wrestled in vain against winter’s chilly grip, Willis Earl Beal sang, sat, spoke, and filled curious stranger’s days with “holy shit” stories of a guy who’ll sing you a song if you give him a call.
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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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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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Kendrick Lamar, "ADHD"

The crowd in my room was as hungry as a pack of wolves, so Kendrick Lamar brought a lyrical buffet to the MTV Hive house with this version of “ADHD”
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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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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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Willis Earl Beal

(773) 295-2135

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Gary Clark Jr.

When My Train Pulls In

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Warm Water

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Korallreven

As Young As Yesterday

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Charli XCX

You're The One

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I Ain't The Same

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How Are You

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Note to self. Cut through to what you want. Let that black heart freely bleed and see how your wants become saturated with need.

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New Zealand’s Leno Lovecraft are the house band to a 6am visit to a sleazy, 2-bit casino in space where the buffet food is cold and the jams are extra crispy.

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