Jim James, Teddy Abrams and The Louisville Orchestra at Le Poisson Rouge
photo by P Squared

Today's livestreams (Jarvis Cocker, Jim James, Jimmy Eat World, Soccer Mommy, more)

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LAST UPDATED: 4/3 at 6:01 PM

Jim James at Le Poisson Rouge in 2019 (more by P Squared)

With no shows happening, a lot of artists are livestreaming performances from safely isolated locations that you can watch in a safely isolated location like your home.

HERE ARE TODAY’S LIVESTREAMS (Friday, 4/3):

Rough Trade‘s weekday Instagram TV series, Rough Trade Transmissions, continues at 1 PM ET

La Blogotheque’s Stay Away Shows, every day at 1 PM ET on Instagram. Today Soccer Mommy performs.

Basia Bulat at 2 PM ET on Instagram.

Miley Cyrus is bringing “Bright Minded” to Instagram at 2:30 PM ET Monday-Friday; “connecting w/ special guests discussing how to stay LIT in dark times!”

Colin Meloy of The Decemberists at 3 PM ET on Instagram.

Mac DeMarco at 3 PM ET on Instagram.

Smoke Fairies are throwing an “Elevator 7″ Picture-Disc Single Launch Party” at 3 PM ET on Facebook.

Sister Polygon Records’ second Stay-At-Home variety show, with Priests’ Katie Alice Greer, streams on Instagram at 3 PM ET.

Sennheiser is livestreaming performances on Instagram, including Oso Oso at 3 PM ET.

Norman Brannon (Texas Is The Reason, etc) continues his daily livestream series at 3 PM ET, with Dennis Lyxzén (Refused) as guest.

Wild Nothing is “playing records from my collection, pulling out some Wild Nothing demos and old radio sessions from time to time and taking questions and occasionally requests in the chat” on Twitch at 3 PM ET on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Rolling Stone releases new episodes of their video series “In My Room” on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 3 PM ET on Instagram.

Jade Bird, Hamilton Leithauser, mxmtoon and more are playing “Sofa Sets” virtual music festival, starting at 3 PM ET on sofasets.live.
Sofa Sets 2020

Honey Harper will play two songs via Youtube and Instagram at 3 PM daily.

Charli XCX is doing a “self-isolation Instagram livestream” every afternoon at 3 PM ET on Instagram.

Low on Instagram at 4 PM ET, every Friday.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-f132vH8CD/

Members of classic Britpop bands are hosting interactive online listening parties. Tonight they’ll discuss The Chemical Brothers’ Exit Planet Dust at 4 PM ET and The Cocteau Twins’ Heaven or Las Vegas at 5 PM ET.

Christine and the Queens is doing something on Instagram every day at 5 PM ET, “guests and weird concepts included.”

Brendan Benson of The Raconteurs at 5:20 PM ET on Instagram, every day.

Downtown Boys on Instagram at 5:30 PM ET, every day.

Donita Sparks of L7 launches “The Hi-Low Show with Donita Sparks” on Fridays at 6 PM ET weekly on YouTube. Friday’s guests are Lydia Lunch and Dani Miller.

Amanda Shires is livestreaming “most days” at 6 PM ET on YouTube.

Nap Eyes are playing Dungeons & Dragons every Friday at 6 PM ET on Twitch.

Frank Turner on Instagram at 6:30 PM ET.

Light in the Attic & Friends live, starting at 7 PM ET on Twitch and YouTube, with Jarvis Cocker, Ben Gibbard, Jim James, Devendra Banhart, Fred Armisen, Michael Chapman, Marcos Valle, Sandy Dedrick, Gruff Rhys, Money Mark, Gigi Masin, Inoyama Land, Stephen John Kalinich, Mark Lightcap, Alex Maas, and more.

World Cafe and Royal Mountain’s new series World Tour streams every night at 7 PM ET on Instagram. Tonight San Mei and Nick from Islands perform.

Chick Corea at 7 PM ET, part of the Live from our Living Rooms Jazz Festival.

.clipping at 7 PM ET on Tiny Dorm Concerts.

The Met is hosting “Nightly Met Opera Streams” every day during its coronavirus closure. Each night is a different “complete operatic gem from our collection of HD presentations from the past 14 years.” Each night’s new opera begins streaming at 7:30 PM ET and will repeat through 3:30 PM the following day. Yesterday was Verdi’s Don Carlo and today it’s Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles.

Saint Vitus’ interview series streams weeknights at 8 PM ET on Instagram. Tonight’s is with Ethan McCarthy of Primitive Man, Vermin Womb, and Many Blessings.⁠

Baby’s All Right’s Baby TV continues tonight at 8 PM ET with JOTAY of Dirt Buyer. More info and tickets here.

Craig Wedren is performing improvised vocal soundbaths to accompany his Sabbath Sessions podcast at 8 PM ET Monday through Friday on Facebook.⠀

Levi’s will “bring you live performances from some of your favorite artists” every weekday at 8:01 PM ET on Instagram. Burna Boy and Kiana Lede performs tonight.

Bad Brains’ H.R. at 9 PM ET on Stageit.

Big Freedia on Fridays at 9 PM ET on Facebook.
Big Freedia Friday Shakedowns

Frankie Cosmos at 9 PM ET on Instagram, every Friday in April.

Diplo is doing livestreamed DJ sets five nights a week on YouTube, Twitch, and Instagram, including “A Very Lazer Sunday” on Sundays at 7 PM ET, “Ronatronix” on Tuesdays at 10 PM ET, “The Thomas Wesley Show” on Thursdays at 10 PM ET, Corona Sabbath Friays” on Fridays at 10 PM ET, and “Coronight Fever” on Saturdays at 11 PM ET.

Jeff Tweedy livestreams “The Tweedy Show” at 10:15 PM ET on Instagram most nights.

Girl Skin frontman Sid Simons on Stageit at 11 PM ET, part of UnCancelled virtual music festival.

Jimmy Eat World will be streaming “a short acoustic (electric?) session every Friday” on Facebook.

The Tallest Man on Earth is “planning a Youtube livestream on Friday,” “probably around Friday afternoon EST so Sweden is still up.”

Neil Finn is streaming live audio “most afternoons” via Fangradio. Times may vary.

Rufus Wainwright is performing a song a day, streaming on Facebook; times vary.

DJ D-Nice has been throwing “Homeschool Club Quarantine” Dance Parties on Instagram regularly.

MORE STUFF TO WATCH AND LISTEN TO FROM HOME

Every day, we’re posting more of our favorite live concert videos here. Also, check out our latest album reviews in Notable Releases and Bill’s Indie Basement and subscribe to our monthly Spotify playlist to listen to some of our favorite new songs.

Missed livestreams or other quarantine/isolation videos from earlier this week/previous weeks? Watch archives of Dashboard Confessional, The Hives, Brian Fallon covering Lana Del Rey, Ben Gibbard, Metallica, Mutoid Man, Jeff Tweedy, John Prine covers, Jason Isbell & Amanda Shires covering Radiohead, Jim James covering The Beatles, Angel Olsen covering Roxy Music, The Tallest Man on Earth covering Wilco, Phoebe Bridgers covering Conor Oberst, and Code Orange.

Jesca Hoop stopped by NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert (pre-pandemic) to record a set, and you can watch that below.

UPCOMING LIVESTREAMS

Saturday, April 4

The House of Love at 2 PM ET on Facebook.

Sorry Instagram people for technical reasons we are now streaming the gig via Facebook @thehouseofloveofficial. Saturday…

Posted by The House Of Love on Thursday, April 2, 2020

Bad Brains’ H.R. at 4 PM ET on Stageit.

Weakened Friends at 4 PM ET on Instagram.

Sennheiser is livestreaming performances on Instagram, including Dogleg at 4 PM ET.

UnCancelled Music Festival‘s Fender Stage, with Waxahatchee, Snail Mail, Brian Fallon, Beach Bunny, The Marias, The Aces and Cautious Clay, starting at 4 PM ET.

Nerf Herder on Stageit at 4 PM ET.

“Alone Together 2” on Crowdcast.io at 5 PM ET with Hazel English, Video Age, Paul Cherry, Reptaliens, Stef Chura, Sonoda, Pearl and the Oysters, Madeline Kenney, Cassandra Jenkins, Milly, Jonny Kosmo, Eric Shevrin, Night Shop, Detangler, and Squirrel Flower.

Jarvis Cocker at 6 PM ET on Instagram.

Ben Folds is doing “weekly 30 min request apartment concerts” at 7 PM ET on Patreon.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-LfDAKAxAX/

“Laugh Aid” virtual benefit, featuring Marc Maron, Patton Oswalt, Adam Sandler, Nikki Glaser, Bob Saget, Bill Burr, Ken Jeong, Bill Burr, Ray Romano, Amanda Seales, Adam Pally, Craig Robinson, Jeff Ross, The Sklar Bros, Brian Posehn, Roy Wood Jr., Bobby Lee, Al Madrigal, Cameron Esposito, Kevin Pollak, Joel Kim Booster, Kurt Braunohler, Tom Green, Kyle Kinane, the “How Did This Get Made?” crew, and more at 7 PM ET on Twitch, YouTube, and Laugh Lounge.

The Frights at 7 PM ET on Instagram, performing Hypochondriac.

Vijay Iyer at 8 PM ET on YouTube.

Ian Sweet at 10 PM ET on Instagram, with Frankie Cosmos, Christian Lee Hutson, Sarah Squirm, Whitmer Thomas, and Molly Bounds.

Sunday, April 5

Neon Indian is DJing at 12 AM ET on Instagram on Sundays.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-acQ0GJHNV/

The Appleseed Cast‘s Chris Crisci brings “Ambient Lullaby Hour” to Instagram at 12 AM ET on Sundays, 1 AM ET on Tuesdays, and 3 AM ET on Thursdays.

Laura Marling is giving guitar lessons on Instagram every Thursday and Sunday at 2 PM ET.

Erykah Badu is hosting interactive virtual concert Apocalypse Two: The Rooms at 8 PM ET, and tickets are on sale.

Monday, April 6

Metronomy‘s Joe Mount brings “Metronomy TV” to Instagram every Monday at 2 PM ET, with “special guests, live performances, Q&As, language learning, darts tournaments, ‘Thought of The Week’, cooking classes with Monty’s Deli head chef, life drawing and more”

Shannon Lay on Mondays at 3 PM ET on Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/shanny2dope/

James Blake at 4 PM ET on Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-c39gonfDE/

Butterboy, hosted by Aparna Nancherla, Maeve Higgins and Jo Firestone, and with appearances from Roy Wood Jr, Ashley Brooke Roberts, Chris Garcia, Maggie Maye, Robert Dean and more, at 7 PM ET. Tickets are on sale now.

Metallica are streaming previous concerts at 8 PM ET on Monday nights on YouTube.

Chris Conley of Saves the Day on AP’s “Digital Happy Hour” at 8 PM ET on Instagram.

Reverend Vince and the Love Choir every Monday at 9 PM ET on Instagram.

Tuesday, April 7

M. Ward is doing a livestream release show at 2 PM ET via NPR Music Live Sessions.

Phish will show previous shows every Tuesday “for a while” at 8:30 PM ET on webcast.livephish.com for their “Dinner And A Movie: An Archival Video Series.”

Elephant Stone‘s weekly livestream “Sacred Sounds Sessions” launches today at 9 PM ET on YouTube and Facebook.

Wednesday, April 8

Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast is hosting a quarantine radio show, Bethline, on Wednesdays at on YouTube.

The Frights at 10 PM ET on Instagram, performing You Are Going to Hate This.

Sondre Lerche is streaming home shows every Wednesday on Facebook, time TBA.

Thursday, April 9

Dolly Parton‘s weekly livestream series “Goodnight with Dolly” continues at 7 PM ET on YouTube.

Mirah is livestreaming on Instagram every Thursday at 8 PM ET.

Ben Gibbard‘s daily livestreams are over, but he’ll now do them once a week on Thursdays at 9 PM ET. More info and video of Sunday’s all-covers set here.

Friday, April 10

Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert premieres on YouTube at 3 PM ET.

Jehnny Beth of Savages is reading from her new book of erotic short stories, Crimes Against Love Manifesto (C.A.L.M.), every Friday at 4 PM ET on Instagram.

Insomnium and Omnium Gatherum at 7 PM ET on East Coast Events.

Saturday, April 11

The Frights at 7 PM ET on Instagram, performing their self-titled album.

Friday, April 17

Midwife celebrates the release of their new album Forever with a livestream release show on Facebook at 7 PM ET.

Saturday, April 25

Minecraft Virtual Festival “Block by Blockwest” streams in the game (and on the festival website) at 3 PM ET, with sets from Pussy Riot, Citizen, Magdalena Bay, Nothing, Nowhere., Hunny, Fever 333, Oliver Francis, Billy Lemos, Cowgirl Clue, The Wrecks, Courier Club, Phil Good, Dana Dentata, Argonaut & Wasp, The Polar Boys, Mood Killer, Deal Casino, Kaonashi, Heart Attack Man, Los Shadows, Dangerboy, Cannibal Kids, Rubber, and Skin Mag.

Browse our livestream tag for more.