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There's the worsening weather, the increasingly early darkness, the upcoming baseball playoffs, and now, yet another reason not to leave the comfort of your home, this one brought to you by The Internet, LLC: a pretty stellar September schedule of performers on NPR Music's Live Concert Series.

Past concerts in the series, which broadcasts select Washington, D.C.-area gigs live at www.npr.org/music, have recently featured the likes of the National, Björk, Low, and Ted Leo and the Pharmacists.

The upcoming shows include sets by Animal Collective, Okkervil River, Rilo Kiley, John Vanderslice (with Bishop Allen), and the Apples in Stereo (tonight!). The full schedule, complete with venues, is after the jump, but an archive of each show will eventually appear at www.npr.org/liveconcerts. So again, don't get up.

NPR Live Concert Series:

September 19: The Apples in Stereo (9:30 Club)
September 22: John Vanderslice, Bishop Allen (Rock and Roll Hotel)
September 26: Rilo Kiley (9:30 Club)
September 28: Animal Collective (9:30 Club)
September 30: Okkervil River (Rock and Roll Hotel)