Speedy Ortiz

”He was tireless when it came to championing new music, eating ice cream, and communicating the impossible into sonic reality,” wrote his band Boston Typewriter Orchestra. ”He will be missed.”

Bright Eyes, Phoebe Bridgers, Angel Olsen, Beach House, Death Cab for Cutie, Fleet Foxes, Foo Fighters, Jeff Rosenstock, Jenny Lewis, Jimmy Eat World, Julien Baker, Keith Morris, Sharon Van Etten, Sleater-Kinney, and many more have also lent their support to ”We Need Every Voice.”

Over 600 artists have signed onto the campaign so far, which was launched by the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers.

Justin Courtney Pierre discusses being a band during a time of political unrest and during a pandemic, as well as the recently unearthed ”lost” Motion City Soundtrack song, the late Adam Schlesinger, and more…

Listen to new songs by Vic Mensa, Bill Callahan, Shades Apart, Sad13 (Phantom Planet cover), No Joy, Hovvdy, and more.

Calvin Johnson, Kimya Dawson, The Van Pelt, Dan Friel, and others have paid tribute as well…

‘Haunted Painting’ features guest vocals from Helado Negro’s Roberto Lange, Deerhoof’s Satomi Matsuzaki, Tune-Yards’ Merrill Garbus, and Pile’s Rick Maguire.

plus Sharon Van Etten, Swans, Modern Nature, Beverly Kills, King Dude, Lil Tjay, Sean Yeaton of Parquet Courts, and more livestreams you can watch today since there are no live concerts to attend.

The newly formed Union of Musicians and Allied Workers (UMAW) have set up a ”Day of Action” hotline today ”to demand that Congress acts on COVID relief measures” for musicians and music workers. Speedy Ortiz’s Sadie Dupuis voices the hotline.

The greater Boston community (and beyond) has been distraught upon learning that Allston venue Great Scott won’t be reopening after the coronavirus pandemic, and justifiably so.