Another recommendation I make on a regular basis is this full concert, courtesy of NPR, of Explosions in the Sky. I saw them at the Norva in Norfolk on May 17, 2016, and this professional, multi-camera shoot at the 9:30 Club open May 19, 2016 is basically the same show. The only difference is that Norfolk got "Infinite Orbit" as the 5th song, and DC got "The Ecstatics".
I've blogged about EITS before, and my 2010 review of "Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell the Truth Shall Live Forever" gives a more in-depth description of their aesthetic. In addition to the influences I listed then, I'd now add shoegazing, as well as Sonic Youth and "Lesson No. 1" era Glenn Branca.
The show should really be consumed as single, 84 minute experience. But if you don't have 84 minutes, I'd say "Greet Death" and "The Birth and Death of the Day" are highlights.
That night at the Norva, I was moved, transformed even. A YouTube video can't even begin to capture the live experience, but I hope this will give you insight into what I felt that night.
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