Video: Phosphorescent: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

The first name in dreamy, ambient, almost-folk, Phosphorescent is coming to The Independent at the end of the week. Raised in Alabama but musically reared in hipster-cred hotbeds Athens and Brooklyn, Phosphorescent (born Matthew Houck) sounds just like the perfect melding of the two. Staunchly part of the wild-haired, artsy, NPR-darling school of music, his work is reverent and solemn, with a sparkling strain of folk that ebbs underneath. His new album, Muchacho , was released just a couple weeks ago. The Indy show this weekend, unsurprisingly, is sold out, but we've got what just [...]

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- "Live @ NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert" music video by Phosphorescent - Added on 02-09-2011 - Genre : Rock & Alternative Live In Concert - Description : Phosphorescent's Matthew Houck specializes in a sort of free-wheeling weariness, with songs and characters that work extremely hard at taking it easy. Watch Houck play a stirring, road-ragged solo Tiny Desk Concert at the NPR Music offices. Set List: "My Dove, My Lamb" "We'll Be Here Soon" "The Mermaid Parade" "Los Angeles" [...]