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Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile: Tiny Desk Concert

The two singers, songwriters and guitarists bring out the adolescence in each other, poking jabs, goofing around and having fun at the Tiny Desk.
Kurt and Courtney perform a Tiny Desk Concert on Nov. 7, 2017 (Jennifer Kerrigan/NPR).

Put your love of perfection outside the office door and come in for some office fun. This collaboration between Philadelphia's and Melbourne's is more about newfound friends pokingyou'll find this Tiny Desk performance musically even casual. It's akin to hearing friends play after a few afternoon beers, which is kind of what happened. (We actually had to page folks in the building hoping for some brew and were quite surprised at what the NPR staff had stashed in the fridge.)

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