Kuinka: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

[@portopilzi]

I love it when bands have a good energy

[@bryanwest7308]

Randomly discovered this gem of a band while visiting my brother in Seattle at the Nectar Lounge. Such upbeat and positive energy. So nice to see them at the tiny desk.

[@MrXemiu]

This band makes performing incredible music look effortless!

[@nisfornarwhal]

Yessss, I saw this band play at a Sofar concert and they killed it.

[@momomalea6633]

So full of energy! It makes me so happy to see people making music and turning into the happiest versions they can be.

[@hahiho]

Her voice is so adorable

[@Afro-Socialist]

Don't know how I came across this but I love it! I think I just found my new favorite band.

[@romankadlec4381]

It's my first time meet with KUINKA. guys I love your energy and structure of your songs! Incredibly perfect! Thank you for this peace.

[@lisad.9663]

The singer's smile is so contagious.. it's beautiful!

[@Moonlit.Marauder]

I'm in love

[@odadilucredheads3954]

thank you for this

[@flingtoad]

I've been trying to following Kuinka ever since I saw them in Fresno (Sequoia Brewing Company) a few years back. At the time, I think they were called Br'er Rabbit or Wild Rabbit. They played "Grace" and it was stunning. It's good to seem them on NPR.

[@jaesen75]

Rabbit Wilde!

[@Al-Xandré]

I like it very much!! Congrats people!!

[@TheObviousCircus]

you spoke true. Mistakenly Brave is amazing! Got me bopping along in my tiny desk.

[@nevbot0110]

her voice is powerful

[@freetickeys]

TDC's are great for everyone who hungers for new music to experience and/or consume. Ymmm....yummy!

[@KalElKryptonsFinest]

Her voice and vocalizations are so good, like a violin to the cello.

[@odadilucredheads3954]

they really seemed to enjoy it woah

[@AmiraSmyrna]

Bloody excellent just discovered! So much positive energy in their music its addictive

[@MusicalEutopia]

I can appreciate that

[@kpruitth]

yay seattle! Hi, Kuika! Congrats! Very tight.

[@Moonlit.Marauder]

Awwwww, she fingerspelled Kuinka in ASL!!! That's adorable, I do that all the time when I spell words aloud

[@juhis1593]

I saw this and I was confused because Kuinka means how in finnish. Well i had to google this band and yeah they mention it themselves on their website. Thats so cool as a finnish person to find out that someone names their band to a random finnish word. :D

[@fiikahlo]

JiiHooRacing it's a huge mindfuck seeing finnish on the title of tiny desk :D for a second I thought a finnish band had made it there... sadly not:(

[@salvamea]

Kuuraa yeah same here :D

[@bkbland1626]

Very cool.

[@ieremias01]

I love this!

[@deans9531]

Not super my cup of tea but they are all really really talented and have a great energy together so it was entertaining to watch and listen to.

[@renekitty2]

you have a good heart.

[@Epimpin101]

This is very good.

[@bkbland1626]

Fun band, good songs.

[@StarChildInABubble]

Oh, good stuff!

[@thomasrainbow]

Such a fun session!

[@davidjonathan3854]

very very refreshing and fun to watch/listen!

[@kit-frost]

they make me feel alive

[@PaulvanDruten]

Great!

[@footballfreek23]

Any band with a ukulele and a banjo deserves to rule the world...

[@highhi11]

FALSE!

[@MedSou]

Spaces ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Gusrikh1]

Great material! Very enjoyable.

[@danielnagasava5246]

Sensacional

[@Hizoka666]

❤️

[@Brownie5540]

The guy that starts the second song reminds me a lot like Trevor Sensor

[@richardsukovic8996]

Hey guys, I have to say that you are awesome. Your music makes my day just better and better. If you will ever have an European tour I will be in the first place. Greetings from Czech republic (that small country in the center of the Europe and we are not part of Russia) :-)

[@cpoppyfin6751]

Still love you gang.

[@KindaRisky]

I read down below how someone said this was the whitest thing ever, now I think if they were Afro-Americans or Hispanics or Asians would their music be different? No, is their energy what gives the kick.

[@Disco-Terry]

Colour me surprised that was bloody good ! I hate their faces so I was instantly dismissive but good music won me over, the second tune is super funky, really cool.

[@Mariemgt123]

물고기 This! The two guys look like they go knocking on doors, spreading the word of Jesus in their spare time... I like their sound though...I think...

[@joshuagraham9126]

Get Haitus Kaiyote PLEASE!

[@adoptapenguin8323]

i agree. great band

[@teeheea3145]

Oh oo

[@WelfareChrist]

woohoo!

[@SerDread]

holy shit

[@RisikoAO]

the guy on guitar looks like Pat Cassels from CollegeHumor

[@ritvarslauza4270]

haha, was thinking the same.

[@7410n0]

First Grant on Buzzfeed now Pat on NPR. Damn CollegeHumor clones.

[@EDWEIRDITUDE]

Certainly has that megawatt smile

[@BAwesomeDesign]

That is a ukulele, not a guitar.

[@danielnagasava5246]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@vivalawrench]

Can we get Terra Lightfoot on TDC?

[@beefraz9510]

Dear NPR, Please have "The Ballroom Thieves" on Tiny Desk. Also, this set is great. Thank you.

[@JasonNewmarch]

Brian Frazell I concur

[@JNivvle64]

Please pick Hobo Johnson. I don't know why, but I just got introduced to him a few hours ago, have watched all his videos, and think he deserves some exposure. I hope you consider giving this dude a chance cause his music is so catchy and relatable and he's a dude with such a hard life (from what he talks about in his songs and the look of his "home".) That's all.

[@jhostmusic]

Is that gaming super-legend Matt Watson from SuperMega on Ukulele?

[@Alfredohera]

It's not an Ukelele (4 strings). It's a Guitalele (6 strings)

[@berke2336]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought that

[@KnockbackZero]

HOLY FUCK you right

[@teknoelf2374]

No it's not him

[@KnockbackZero]

thatsthejoke.jpg

[@carmenponce5227]

When are you gonna post the Jorge Drexler video??

[@kylekostun]

If Joanna Newsom did one of these it would change my life

[@wakajumba]

NEXT!

[@russell2016]

indie level over 9000

[@mannuelcabrejo969]

Where can I get a pug hoodie??

[@triplepeanut]

I doubt they're from Seattle. That's just something people from Washington say when they're asked where they're from lol. "Oh your from Washington? Where in Washington are you from?" "I'm from a town called Puyallup" "Where?" "Puyallup" "Where??" "Seattle 😧" "OOU I LOVE SEATTLE THATS SO COOOOOOL"

[@Lappelduvideify]

Holy hell I live in Puyallup.

[@triplepeanut]

Lappelduvideify YOOOOOOOOO GO RAMS

[@amberjohnson10m]

The lead singer is from mount Vernon! I went to high school with her!

[@climb318]

Amber Bailey they're playing the Lincoln theater this Friday :D

[@moniqueheaston8965]

The cello player tho

[@CraigCrossley]

Monique Heaston- Jill rules!

[@CHagen240]

right?! ;)

[@VincentVader]

Mumford and Daughters & Sons?

[@JuhuTuubi]

"Kuinka" is "How" in Finnish... :-)

[@ILOVETHEBRITIANS26]

glad to see Andy Dwyer found some like-minded people to form a band with.

[@varajohtajakumpula]

Kuinka in Finnish means "How?"

[@bombingbloke]

#bringushiatus

[@HappiestSadGuy]

not bad at all

[@kyleorten]

Was there ever another time in recorded musical history in which the majority of female vocalists all tried to sing with exactly the same voice?

[@1959ticktock]

So little interests me about Tiny Desk lately. This, hopefully, breaks that trend.

[@manobo6426]

Please bring Daniel Caesar!!

[@krystingrant6292]

Different

[@jmac3881]

What in the martha stewart

[@sspipes8739]

This is the whitest thing I've ever seen.

[@Peighter]

SSPipes 87 what does that even mean. They were barely wearing any white; or am I missing something?

[@charlesmccoy7219]

Are Portuguese white?

[@sspipes8739]

Portugal is a European country with a white population, so yes. Not sure what Portugal has to do with a Seattle based band named after a Finnish word, but maybe I'm missing something.

[@danniellesmith2970]

HAHAHAHA! Have you ever been to Nevada County, California?

[@parjotsohal7053]

Bruhhh foh

[@Thekidfromcalifornia2.0]

I kind feel like I am at a hip church... if that’s your thing.

[@Whiskel]

Super hipster twee, I almost spilt my £10 soy-mocha-latte. Ooh ooh tiny twee desk muffin concerts...

[@memyselfandu]

I'm honestly disappointed. I've been waiting for this band to get a tiny desk concert for a while, as they've submitted to the annual contest a few times. I've seen them live, and loved them. I was so hopeful they'd play "Gold" or "Howl", or just about anything off their Kickstarter album, pre-name change (they used to be Rabbit Wilde), but no. The last song is most similar to that album's style, but not as good, in my opinion. What a bummer.

[@StrawberyBubbleCakes]

Its like woodstock without the drugs

[@Barberserk]

Grow a beard! :D

[@gertbfrobe835]

At first glance I said Portland! But alas it's Seattle. Wow they really really try hard to make something different here. And the deliberately stupid clothes and hair are so ironic or something.

[@eccentricenergyhealer]

Its too white she they should do another genre this genre is not for them

[@highhi11]

Oh no ... they have a ukelele player ... nothing good ever comes from that

[@highhi11]

I nearly died from the twee overdose

[@zacharypfefferkorn6895]

I got nothing from this. One of the least interesting Tiny Desk videos yet.

[@Crypt_AU]

Why do women think that flat fringe looks good. It looks like a first year hairdresser cut someones hair while drunk af.

[@portopilzi]

you're not the one she wants to attract

[@Peighter]

It's honestly not meant to look good for anyone but her. Stop policing women's decisions.

[@Sajuuk9]

no you mean stop policing anyone.. male or female or gender less.. just stop judging others

[@Peighter]

Jérôme B you're absolutely right. just let people be.

[@princ3ssc0wboy]

why do men feel it’s their place to tell women how to cut their hair?? hmmm

[@shaeakso9178]

awful.

[@TheNanaguro]

Yikes

[@SoDamnGangsta]

That girls haircut is killing me

[@FiddlerSteve]

3 different hair styles in 1!

[@ToddZilla813]

Every girl with that haircut sounds the same when they sing.

[@SoDamnGangsta]

Todd K. There’s other people with that haircut??

[@krystingrant6292]

It's different 😩

[@CraigCrossley]

Your judgmental bullshit is what's killing me.