Jim Beckmann

As gentle as they are, the ethereal sounds of singer Julianna Barwick possess prescription-strength power. Watch her perform "One Half," from this year's gorgeous Nepenthe, live in KEXP's studios.

With its debut album, Howlin', the young Australian trio is on a quest to revitalize the Madchester sounds of Britpop past. Watch them perform "Come Save Me," recorded live in the KEXP studios.

The Seattle folk-rock band begs for a moment of peace on the title track to its new album, Let's Be Still, and who can't empathize with that? Watch The Head and the Heart perform the song live.

The young German minimalist is a magician when it comes to the analog synthesizer. Watch him perform "Says," from his new album Spaces, live in the KEXP studios.

Trip-hop is making a comeback in England, and London Grammar has helped lead the charge. The trio recently stopped by KEXP to perform songs from If You Wait, including the gloriously soaring "Strong."

Memphis garage rockers Greg Cartwright, Jack Yarber and Eric Friedl made some of the loudest lo-fi of the 1990s. After more than a decade apart, Oblivians returned. Watch the band perform at KEXP.

The New Zealand band helped define Kiwi pop, along with David Kilgour's The Clean. Here, Paul Kean, Malcolm Grant, Robert Scott and Kaye Woodward stop by KEXP during a rare North American tour.

Van Etten surprised KEXP by performing an unreleased song during the station's recording session at the Portland-area festival Pickathon 2013. Luckily, the cameras were rolling for "Tarifa."

The Bay Area rocker went largely acoustic on his new album, Sleeper, so the backwoods near Oregon's Pickathon festival provided an ideal setting for its songs. Watch Segall and his friends perform.

Lou Barlow and Jason Loewenstein released their first Sebadoh album in 14 years, Defend Yourself, in September 2013. They visited KEXP in Seattle to give fans a taste of the new material.