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On Tuesday night, ahead of two sold-out shows at Terminal 5, Sleater-Kinney played the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C. Thanks to our friends at NPR Music, you can watch the whole performance here. The show is part of the band's first tour in nearly a decade, for its latest album No Cities To Love.

Last week in New York City, on the fringe of Times Square, a band of busy artists gathered in a building brimming with songwriting history.

Some lucky FUV members headed to see an NPR Music show with Spoon this afternoon at Le Poisson Rouge, but even if you weren't there, you can still hear a brand new song from the band. Spoon kicked off the show by playing "Rent I Pay" from its forthcoming album (out August 5th) called, They Want My Soul, and we have video of that performance below.

Arcade Fire performs an NPR Music "First Listen Live" at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, featuring songs from the band's new album Reflektor, a couple of nice nods to Lou Reed, and a favorite from The Suburbs.

Listeners of FUV and The Alternate Side met Brooklyn's Savoir Adore during our

It's the "best of" time of year... WFUV's "Best of 2012" Listener Poll is open through Thursday night (tell us your favorite albums of the year), and then we'll be doing the Top 90 Albums of 2012 Countdown this Friday. You'll also find FUV and The Alternate Side featured in NPR Music's Heavy Rotation: Public Radio's Top Songs Of 2012 — a year-end list that you can read AND listen to.