![]() ![]() Hearing the imperfections at such a close proximity are what makes Tiny Desk so intimate, even when watching through a screen. During the performance Antonoff briefly spoke about his approach to concerts which is to ‘trick people into getting really sweaty and then going home and ’, which is made much easier in the small setting, hearing every crack, every wobble of Antonoff’s voice in ‘Everybody Lost Somebody’. The combination of Antonoff’s fragile vocals, stripped instrumentation that possesses the same delicacy, and bittersweet lyrics are practically made for Tiny Desk. When renowned songwriter, producer, and frontman of Bleachers Jack Antonoff took to the makeshift stage with two accompanying musicians to play three singles from their 2017 album Gone Now, they took the base idea of Tiny Desk to do a live performance that ‘captures the honest moment’, and did it wonderfully. With this in mind, here are the top five performances Tiny Desk have put on. Once all the privileges artists can buy or earn with time are stripped away, all that matters is the music, and when that’s all they have to work with they can perform it to the degree it deserves. Once an artist is behind the desk it ceases to be beneficial to have the best visuals or access to the best recording studios. ![]() ![]() It is this goal that makes the performances feel like an even playing field. In the 12 years since its inception the desk has seen hundreds of artists of both superstar and unknown status from all around the world but ‘the philosophy remains the same: capture the honest moment’, in the words of Boilen. NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts began in 2008, the idea sparked by a joke someone made to Bob Boilen, the creator of the series. ![]()
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