Sheer Mag: Tiny Desk Concert

At the Tiny Desk, we love to entertain unexpected requests from artists: American Football brought in a children's choir; Tyler, the Creator's team lit our “stage” for a night time performance. These can certainly make a performance stand out, but also extend the range of an artist's creativity. So when Sheer Mag asked if we knew a bagpipe player in the DC area, we found Tim Careywho also just happened to have played the first-ever WrestleMania in 1985. If this bagpiper's good enough for Roddy Piper, then he's good enough for Sheer Mag.

Forged in punk and steeped in '70s hard rock, power-pop and disco, Sheer Mag has been a force for good in rock and roll for the past decade. The band doesn't recreate or revive, but truly lives inside the blood, sweat and tears of this music — it's fun and unpredictable, yet harmonious and homey. That's why this Tiny Desk feels like a well-earned victory lap, featuring songs across the Philly band's catalog, from its early 7-inch singles to its latest album, Playing Favorites. The riffs are timeless, the boogie is raucous, the guitar solos are sweaty and Tina Halladay's voice is a soulful sneer that will set your heart aflame.

SET LIST

• “Steel Sharpens Steel”
• “Need to Feel Your Love”
• “Nobody's Baby”
• “Don't Come Lookin'”
• “Fan the Flames”

MUSICIANS

• Tina Halladay: vocals
• Kyle Seely: guitar, vocals
• Matt Palmer: guitar, vocals
• Hart Seely: bass, vocals
• Evan Campbell: drums
• Tim Carey: bagpipes

TINY DESK TEAM

• Producer: Lars Gotrich
• Director/Editor: Maia Stern
• Audio Technical Director: Josh Newell
• Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter
• Videographers: Maia Stern, Joshua Bryant, Kara Frame
• Audio Engineer: Neil Tevault
• Production Assistant: Ashley Pointer
• Photographer: Elizabeth Gillis
• Tiny Desk Copy Editor: Hazel Jills
• Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
• Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
• VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins