The Isolation Check-In: Livestreams and More

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With music fans responsibly self-isolating and social distancing and venues on lockdown, artists are finding creative ways to navigate the coronavirus outbreak and its profound impact on the entertainment industries. To help you keep track, Pitchfork is rounding up a daily slate of concert streams, digital gatherings, community support efforts, and other endeavors artists are undertaking to support everyone’s wellness. Check back to this page every day for new listings and recaps.

Monday, May 18, 2020

  • The National: Another installment in the National’s “An Exciting Communal Event” series will debut at 5 p.m. Eastern. A live concert from their archives will stream on YouTube, as the band raises money for members of their crew.

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

  • Joe Pera: A new special from comedian Joe Pera, the mind behind Joe Pera Talks With You, is coming to Adult Swim. It’s called Relaxing Old Footage With Joe Pera, and it was announced this week with a fittingly soothing visual.

Thursday, May 21, 2020

  • Ben Gibbard: Ben Gibbard’s Live From Home series continues at 7 p.m. Eastern.

  • Fight for NYC: Overcoats have curated the Fight for NYC—a benefit festival featuring Porches, TORRES, Adam Melchor, and Margaret Glaspy. It’s raising money for NYC’s Association to Benefit Children. It’ll stream on Amazon Music’s Twitch starting at 7 p.m. Eastern.

Friday, May 22, 2020 - Sunday, May 24, 2020

  • DGTL LIB: A digital Lightning in a Bottle Fest is taking place online. Kaytranada, Glitch Mob, CloZee, Shiba San, TOKiMONSTA, Beats Antique, Mr. Carmack, Opiuo, Justin Jay, Funk Hunters, Rinzen, Monolink, Dirtwire, Elephant Heart, and Patricio are all set to perform. Watch it here.

Sunday, May 24, 2020

  • Memorial Day Meltdown: The punk and garage rock labels Goner, Burger, and Slovenly are teaming up for a 12-hour Memorial Day Meltdown livestream. Starting at 12 p.m. Eastern, it’s set to feature performances from CHAI, Nobunny, Paul Collins, Cosmonauts, Jack Oblivian and the Sheiks, Human Eye, Aquarian Blood, Hash Redactor, Bloodshot Bill, and more. Find more info here.

  • One World Home Party: Haruomi Hosono, Minyo Crusaders, Jerry Paper, and more will perform on One World Home Party at 12 p.m. Japan Standard Time (or 11 p.m. Eastern on Saturday night). Find more information here.

Thursday, May 28, 2020

  • Questlove: Questlove is set to host a one-hour potluck special on Food Network to raise money for America’s Food Fund. The potluck special will feature Black Thought, Bun B, Hannibal Burress, Tiffany Haddish, and more. Watch it at 10 p.m. Eastern.

Friday, May 29, 2020

  • Sharon Van Etten: To celebrate the 10th anniversary of because i was in love, Sharon Van Etten will perform the album in its entirety during a livestream from home. Ticket proceeds will go to her band, her crew, and the National Independent Venue Association. It starts at 5 p.m. Eastern. Grab tickets here.

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

  • Hamilton Leithauser: At 3 p.m. Eastern, Hamilton Leithauser will perform a virtual in-studio session for KEXP. Tune in at KEXP’s YouTube channel.

  • Silversun Pickups: Silversun Pickups have launched a video series featuring archival soundcheck performances. Watch the first installment below.

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

  • Iggy Pop: The punk legend’s 2016 show at the Royal Albert Hall—with a band including Josh Homme and Arctic Monkeys’ Matt Helders—will air at 3 p.m. Eastern for its four-year anniversary. Watch it on YouTube.

Thursday, May 14, 2020

  • Radiohead: At 9 a.m. Eastern, the band’s weekly concert reruns continue with their Summer Sonic set from 2016. Watch it on YouTube.

  • Prince: “Prince and the Revolution: Live” was filmed in 1985 at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York, during the Purple Rain Tour. At 9 p.m. Eastern, it streams on YouTube, as The New York Times points out; tune in an hour early to watch a Q&A with the Revolution drummer Bobby Z.

  • Japanese Breakfast: At 7 p.m. Eastern, Japanese Breakfast will throw a ticketed livestream concert to benefit her band and touring crew. New songs, special covers, and merch designed specifically for the event have been promised. Grab tickets here.

Friday, May 15, 2020

  • In the House: On Friday at 5 p.m. Eastern, Doja Cat will talk about her music, Snoop Dogg will cook his favorite breakfast, Alicia Keys will demonstrates her go-to workout, and more on Houseparty’s “In the House” virtual event. Find more details here.

  • Queen: Queen will livestream the 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for 48 hours starting at 2 p.m. Eastern on Friday. The livestream will broadcast on Queen’s official YouTube account. The band hopes to raise awareness for AIDS with the livestream, which features footage of performances by David Bowie, Roger Daltrey, George Michael, Elton John, and others.

Saturday, May 16, 2020

Monday, May 18, 2020

  • Ian Curtis tribute: Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris will take part in a tribute to their late Joy Division bandmate Ian Curtis on the 40th anniversary of his death. The Killers’ Brandon Flowers, Elbow, Kodaline, and more will also participate. The majority of donations will go to the charity Manchester Mind. Watch it here.

  • Michael Brun’s Flag Day: Haitian producer and DJ Michael Brun is launching a live stream to celebrate Haitian Flag Day (and his birthday) from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern on Monday. The virtual event will be available to view on Brun’s Instagram account, and feature guests including J. Balvin, Mr. Eazi, Win Butler of Arcade Fire, Jojo, and more.

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

  • Safe and Sound Benefit Concert: Starting at 8 p.m. Eastern, the National’s Matt Berninger, Frank Turner, Beach Bunny, and more will peform during the Safe and Sound benefit concert which will raise funds for Safe Place for Youth. You can RSVP to watch the event here.

Monday, April 27, 2020

  • Ariana Grande: The monthly SubCulture concert series will put on a virtual concert from current artistic resident Jason Robert Brown, featuring Ariana Grande and Shoshana Bean. The livestream will be available to all; Brown is encouraging donations to the SubCulture Relief Fund for the venue and its staff. Stream it here at 8 p.m. Eastern.

  • Brittany Howard: Brittany Howard will takeover SiriusXM’s the Spectrum starting April 27 through May 15. Find details here.

  • John Doe: John Doe is performing a set at 9 p.m. Eastern on Spin’s Instagram.

  • Metallica: Metallica are continuing their Metallica Mondays series by streaming footage from a 1991 concert on YouTube. The stream kicks off at 8 p.m. Eastern.

  • The National: Like they always do at this time (5 p.m. Eastern)... the National are hosting their “Exciting Communal Event.”

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

  • FKA twigs: FKA twigs is hosting a movement practice live on Instagram at 7 a.m. Eastern.

  • Joan Shelley and Nathan Salsburg: Joan Shelley and Nathan Salsburg will play a set on Facebook and Instagram Live at 7 p.m. Eastern. The performance is in collaboration with Duke Arts and WXDU Durham.

  • Nilüfer Yanya: Pitchfork’s Instagram Live series continues this week with Nilüfer Yanya performing at 4 p.m. Eastern.

  • Offset and Friends: Offset, Young Thug, Rich the Kid, and more will livestream performances to benefit the Atlanta Community Food Bank on Oculus Venues and Facebook.

Thursday, April 30, 2020

  • Radiohead: Tonight’s installment in their weekly series of concert reruns is the band’s 2012 Coachella set. Watch it on YouTube from 5 p.m. Eastern.

  • Benjamin Gibbard: Every week, Death Cab for Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard performs from home at 7 p.m. Eastern.

  • Robyn: Robyn is going live on TikTok at 2 p.m. Eastern

  • Nadine Shah: From 4 p.m. Eastern, Nadine Shah kicks off a series in which she interviews music journalists, starting with the Quietus’s John Doran. “Very excited to launch a new series of IG Live conversations where I will be interviewing music journalists,” she says. “They're the ones with all the properly nitty gritty stories.” Find it on Instagram.

  • Space Songs: Sting, Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino, Lukas Nelson, Vagabon, Dan Deacon, and Ben Gibbard are among the performers of the National Air and Space Museum’s Space Songs virtual concert. It’s streaming here at 8 p.m. Eastern.

Friday, May 1, 2020

  • The 1975: Matty Healy and the band will host a listening party for the debut album at 2 p.m. Eastern, presumably via their social media channels.

  • Porches: From 1 p.m. Eastern, Porches will perform on La Blogothèque’s Instagram Live.

  • Call to Unite: From 8 p.m. Eastern on Friday May, 1 to 8 p.m. Eastern on Saturday, May 2, over 200 celebrities, artists, and entertainers will appear on the Call to Unite 24-hour livestream event, featuring Questlove, Common, Alanis Morissette, Quincy Jones, LeAnn Rimes, and many others. Tune in here, or on Twitch, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, and SiriusXM Stars channel 109.

  • Christine and the Queens: At 6 p.m. Eastern, Chris will join Mark Ronson’s “Love Lockdown” stream. Watch it on the YouTube Music Instagram page.

  • Dan Deacon: Dan Deacon will be in conversation with Franki Chan on the IHEARTCOMIX Instagram Live stream. It starts at 10 p.m. Eastern.

  • Frankie Cosmos: Greta Kline is back with her weekly Friday livestream. Find it at 9 p.m. Eastern on Frankie Cosmos’ Instagram.

  • Hamilton Leithauser: At 6 p.m. Eastern, Hamilton Leithauser will perform Pitchfork’s second Instagram Live session of the week.

  • Love From Philly: From May 1-3, a virtual festival will raise money for Philadelphia’s entertainment community. Kurt Vile is headlining, and other performers include Schoolly D, Man Man, Philadelphia Freeway, and more. Stream it and donate here.

  • Pussy Riot: Pussy Riot are doing a Boiler Room set at 3 p.m. Eastern. Watch over at Boiler Room.

  • Red Bull Records Virtual Festival: Red Bull Records will host its inaugural virtual festival, streaming live on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch starting 2 p.m. Eastern on Friday, May 1. The festival will be hosted by DJ Hannah Rad and feature sets from the Aces, Beartooth, Blxst, Flawes, Sad Alex, and more.

  • Robert Fripp: Fripp is releasing a new “Music for Quiet Moments” soundscape every Friday.

Saturday, May 2, 2020

  • NTS Radio’s Remote Utopias: NTS Radio is broadcasting a 24-hour event called “Remote Utopias.” It kicks off at 5 a.m. Eastern and features contributions from Tame Impala, Klein, Jonah Hill, Weyes Blood, JPEGMAFIA, and more.

Sunday, May 3, 2020

  • AC Milan: Italian soccer organization AC Milan has recruited some high-profile American artists to perform a virtual concert, raising funds for Direct Relief and Milan’s philanthropic foundation. Artists on the lineup include Alicia Keys, Kelly Rowland, Robin Thicke, and more, with DJ Khaled set to co-host with Italian television personality Diletta Leotta. Watch it at 3 p.m. Eastern here.

  • Bang on a Can: The New York-based contemporary classical music organization Bang on a Can has announced an all-day marathon of livestreamed at-home performances. The schedule includes world premieres of newly commissioned work by Dai Wei, Shara Nova, Molly Joyce, and Ken Thomson, as well as performances by Moor Mother and Ian Chang. Tune in here beginning at 3 p.m. Eastern

Monday, May 4, 2020

  • The Drums: Jonny Pierce from the Drums will lead a guided meditation on a Zoom. Check it out here at 12 a.m. Eastern.

  • Florence and the Machine: Florence and the Machine will perform a set during A Moment With the Met”—a livestream celebrating the annual Met Gala, which typically takes place on the first Monday in May each year. There will also be an address by Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour, and a DJ set from Virgil Abloh. Tune in at 6 p.m. Eastern on YouTube.

  • Stars: Members of the band will be performing live on Instagram at 9 p.m. Eastern.

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

  • The 1975: The band will be having a listening party for their second album, I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful yet So Unaware of It. Check out the times here.

  • Books Are Magic: Books Are Magic is turning 3, and to celebrate they are hosting a virtual talk show with Author Lauren Graham (All Adults Here), which will include musical performances by Sharon Van Etten and Stephin Merritt. You can register for the Zoom event here.

  • Brittany Howard: Brittany Howard will curate a new Sonos radio station. Tune in to “The Encyclopedia of Brittany.”

  • Robyn: Konichiwa TV returns with another DJ set from Robyn at 9 p.m. Central on YouTube, Facebook, Twitch, and Twitter.

  • Wilco: I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, the documentary about the making of Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, is streaming for free this week. Proceeds will be donated to My Block, My Hood, My City.

  • Yaeji: Yaeji & Friends will be hosting Club Quarantine at 9:00 p.m. Eastern. See more details here.

Thursday, May 7, 2020

  • The 1975 Tribute Concert: Phoebe Bridgers, Rina Sawayama, Clairo, Beabadoobee, and more are participating in a tribute concert for the 1975. It takes place starting at 11 a.m. Eastern on the Face’s Instagram.

  • Ben Gibbard: Ben Gibbard will perform an all Beatles covers set at 7 p.m. Eastern. Tune in here.

Friday, May 8, 2020

  • AETH3R: Alice Glass, Pussy Riot, Rina Sawayama, Uffie, Kreayshawn, and more will participate in the latest benefit concert within Minecraft. Proceeds go to the Groundswell Fund. Learn more here.

  • Virtual LemonAid: David Byrne, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Meredith Monk, Stewart Copeland, Daniel Rossen, Fred Schneider, and more will participate in northern New Mexico’s COVID-19 relief festival, Virtual LemonAid. It begins at 10 p.m. Eastern. The majority of the proceeds will go to All Together New Mexico Fund and the Santa Fe County Connect Fund. Find more information here.

Saturday, May 9, 2020

  • Caroline Polachek: The latest musician to make a guest DJ appearance in the on-going online Zoom party series Club Quarantine will be Caroline Polachek. The party begins at 6 p.m. Eastern; find more details here.

  • Erykah Badu and Jill Scott: Erykah Badu and Jill Scott will engage in a rap battle at 7 p.m. Eastern on Saturday, May 9. The singer-songwriters will DJ their own songs for the face-off.

  • Leaving Records: The label’s latest Listen To Music Safely In Your Home Next To A Fern event will air at 1 p.m. Pacific on Twitch. It will feature Flying Lotus, Seiho, Low Leaf, Elliot Bergman, Xlya, and Sunmoonstar.

  • Matthew Dear: Electronic artist Matthew Dear will teach Ableton Live at 2 p.m. Eastern during a LiveStack studio session.

Sunday, May 10, 2020

  • Disney: Donald Glover, Idina Menzel, Shakira, Halsey, Josh Gad, Miguel, Keke Palmer, Seth Rogen, and many more actors and musicians have been tapped to participate in “Disney Family Singalong: Volume II,” which will see them give renditions of their favorite Disney songs. Glover is set to reprise “Hakuna Matata” alongside castmates Rogen and Billy Eichner. Catch it on ABC at 7 p.m. Eastern.

Playlists

  • Carl Cox: The British house and techno producer has launched a new weekly updating playlist with the promise of “surprises” going forward. “I wanted to do this playlist to share all the amazing music I get on a daily basis and to really build strength in our community in these challenging times,” he said in a statement.

  • Drag City: The independent Chicago label made a “squeaky clean” playlist called “Disinfecting Wipes” in hopes of soothing fears and wiping the slate clean. It also made a two-hour playlist of tracks by the band Bitchin Bajas for yoga purposes.

  • Hamilton Leithauser: Leithauser is inviting fans to his “quarantine hell” and taking suggestions for his “out of tune guitars” playlist.

  • Jamie xx: Jamie’s new playlist “Played By Jamie xx” features songs he’s “been playing out and at home, new & old.” He encourages fans to support the artists in the playlists directly.

  • Kevin Drew: Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew has created the Calm Jams for the Times of Now playlist. The first edition features his favorite ambient works.

  • Light in the Attic Records: Reissue label Light in the Attic is crowdsourcing tunes for its new playlist Calm in the Attic: An Ambient Playlist for Stressful Times.

  • Matt Berninger: The National’s Matt Berninger has launched the Social Distancing Distortion playlist to help people “stay healthy, body and mind.”

  • Matty Healy: The 1975’s Matty Healy has a new isolation playlist, “At About 6-7,” kicking off with Arab Strap’s “The First Big Weekend” and featuring everyone from Frank Ocean and Radiohead to Les Rallizes Dénudés and Astrud Gilberto. He plans to keep the playlist up to date.

  • Neon Indian: A new Italo disco mix from Alan Palomo was made in an effort to raise money for COVID-19 relief in Syracuse, Italy. Donate here.

  • Phoebe Bridgers: The Stranger in the Alps singer-songwriter tipped her cap to Bhad Bhabie with a cheeky isolation playlist that plays on the phrase that made Danielle Bregoli famous.

  • The Prince Estate: A new fan-curated Prince playlist called “Prince ♡ Music Is Medicine” has arrived courtesy of his estate. “Prince once said, ‘Emotionally, I stay centered through music. It’s the best medicine in the world,’” the estate wrote in a statement. “In this moment of uncertainty, fans from around the world came together to help curate this career-spanning list of Prince’s most uplifting, healing, and feel-good songs.”

  • Rich Brian: Rich Brian made a self-isolation playlist for HYPEBEAST. It features Kendrick Lamar, JAY-Z, Childish Gambino, JPEGMAFIA, and more.

  • Steve Gunn: The guitarist and songwriter shared Inside Out, a playlist featuring music by Ennio Morricone, Psychic TV, Robert Wyatt, and more.

  • Turnover: The core members of Turnover are making a collaborative weekly playlist every Friday from their respective homes in California, Virginia, and Brooklyn.

  • Wilco: “Wilco Recommends” that you check out new Fiona Apple, Ed O’Brien, and more.

  • 100 gecs: The gecs join the playlist game. “ear potions,” the duo writes. “its music idk....”

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This article was originally published on Monday, April 27 at 9:52 a.m. Eastern. It was last updated on Monday, May 11 at 10:05 a.m Eastern.

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