Elle Varner will perform at NPR Music's showcase during the CMJ Music Marathon. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Trampled by Turtles perform live at the House of Blues Boston on September 11, 2014. WGBH hide caption
Jack White, performing live at the Ford Theater in Hollywood, Calif. on Jun. 10, 2014. TourGigs for NPR hide caption
The Jezabels performed live at Brighton Music Hall on June 17, 2014. WGBH hide caption
First Aid Kit performs live in Boston on June 8, 2014. WGBH hide caption
The New Pornographers celebrated the release of their new album, Brill Bruisers, with a special show inside the Brill Building in New York. Ebru Yildiz for NPR hide caption
alt-J performed songs from This Is All Yours, live at (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York on Sept. 2. Ebru Yildiz for NPR hide caption
Interpol performed songs from their new album, El Pintor, live in Los Angeles for a small group of KCRW fans. Ethan Shvartzman hide caption