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Diet Cig: Tiny Desk Concert

Diet Cig's songs crackle like Pop Rocks, but with a confrontational honesty and striking gravity — and on top of Bob Boilen's desk.
Diet Cig performs a Tiny Desk Concert on June 13, 2017. (Claire Harbage/NPR)

The high-energy blast that musicians often reserve for their finale is the starting point for Diet Cig.

The band's boundless, leaping

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