Pitchfork Festival 2018 - Saturday
photo by James Richards IV

Today's livestreams (Post Malone does Nirvana, Joan Jett, The War on Drugs, 100 gecs, more)

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LAST UPDATED: 4/24 at 4:41 PM ET

The War on Drugs at Pitchfork Festival 2018 (more by James Richards IV)

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, 4/24):

It’s the final day of Earth Day Live, which streams from 9 AM-9 PM ET. Emily Wells, John Kerry, Tank and the Bangas, Other Lives, Al Gore, Dave Matthews, Riz Ahmed, Sofi Tukker, Flying Lotus, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are among those scheduled to appear today – find the full schedule here.

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 11 AM ET on Instagram.

PlayOn Fest streams for 72 hours straight starting at 12 PM ET. Find the schedule and watch HERE. Today includes performances from Coldplay, Weezer, Death Cab for Cutie, Alt-J, Portugal. The Man, Flaming Lips, and The War on Drugs.

Nightmares on Wax is broadcasting live from his studio in celebration of the 25th anniversary of Smoker’s Delight, including today at 1 PM ET.

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

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

Sofi Tukker at 1 PM ET daily on Facebook and Instagram.

Sleater-Kinney speak to Harkin about her new album at 2:30 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!”

Tim Burgess of The Charlatans is presenting daily Twitter listening parties for classic (and sometimes new) indie and alternative albums, with commentary from the artists who made them. Today they’ll discuss British Sea Power‘s Man Of Aran at 2:30 PM ET, Chemical BrothersDig Your Own Hole at 4 PM ET, Leftfield‘s Leftism at 5 PM ET, and Hercules And Love Affair‘s self-titled album at 6 PM ET.

The Tallest Man on Earth does a livestream on YouTube every Friday at 3 PM ET.

Rolling Stone releases new episodes of their video series “In My Room” on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 3 PM ET on Instagram. Today Joan Jett performs, and they’ll have autographed guitars from Joan, James Bay, and Lukas Nelson up for auction until Friday at 3 PM ET, with proceeds going to MusiCares’ COVID-19 fund.

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.

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

Pickathon continues broadcasting a concert a day from their vaults for 60 days at 4 PM ET on Twitch and YouTube. Today it’s Andrew Bird.

Low on Instagram at 4 PM ET, every Friday.

Honus Honus of Man Man‘s daily “Live from Honie Pond Shower Stream” streams at 4 PM ET on Instagram.

Roger Harvey “Live from a Distance,” daily at 4:20 PM ET on Facebook.

New Colossus Festival continues their weekly livestream series with Luke De-Sciscioat 5 PM ET on Facebook.

Christine and the Queens are 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.

Post Malone is doing a set of Nirvana covers at 6 PM ET on YouTube, with proceeds going to the United Nations Foundation’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for The World Health Organization.

UPDATE: Posty’s set happened, and Travis Barker was on drums. You can watch it here.

100 gecs’ Square Garden Minecraft Fest happens today from 6 PM-10 PM ET with Charli XCX, Cashmere Cat B2B Benny Blanco, Kero Kero Bonito, Dorian Electra B2B Alice Longyu Gao, GFOTY B2B Count Baldor, A.G. Cook B2B umru, Tommy Cash, Danny L Harle, 99Jakes B2B Alice Gas, gupi B2B Fraxion, and Parry Gripp. Directions to access it in Minecraft and streaming links for non-players are here.

King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard are screening their concert film Chunky Shrapnel for another 24 hours starting at 6 PM ET on Vimeo.

(Sandy) Alex G performs on Pitchfork’s Instagram at 6 PM ET.

Donita Sparks of L7 hosts “The Hi-Low Show with Donita Sparks” on Fridays at 6 PM ET weekly on YouTube.

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

Amanda Shires‘ “I So Lounging” show streams “most days” at 6 PM ET on YouTube.

Neil Finn‘s radio show “Fangradio” streams daily at 6 PM ET on Mixlr.

Doug Martsch of Built to Spill performs on Radio Boise at 6:30 PM ET.

World Cafe and Royal Mountain’s series World Tour streams every night at 7 PM ET on Instagram. Tonight Mav Karlo, Manchester Orchestra and Eva Hendricks of Charly Bliss perform.

Riot Fest’s livestream series, “Riot Fest at Home,” continues at 7 PM ET with a performance from Smoking Popes frontman Josh Caterer.

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 Lehar’s The Merry Widow and today it’s Verdi’s La Traviata.

Baby’s All Right’s Baby TV continues today at 8 PM ET with Trace Mountains and Yours are the Only Ears. More info and tickets here.

Grateful Dead continue their weekly stream of previous concerts and Q&A series, “Shakedown Stream,” on Friday at 8 PM ET on YouTube.

Saint Vitus’ interview series streams weeknights at 8 PM ET on Instagram. Tonight they’ll talk to Alexis Marshall of Daughters.

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. Tonight Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires perform.

Margo Price continues her weekly radio show “Runaway Horses” tonight at 9 PM ET on YouTube.

Big Freedia on Fridays at 9 PM ET on Facebook.

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

Chino Moreno of Deftones is DJing on Twitch at 10 PM ET.

Ani DiFranco‘s Righteous Babe Radio continues broadcasting an unreleased live show from the archives each week, to air on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday nights at 10 PM ET.

Jeff Rosenstock, Kimya Dawson, Joyce Manor (solo), Jeremy Enigk, Sidekicks (solo), Retirement Party, Lisa Prank, Whitney Ballen, Slingshot Dakota and more play Live From Our Living Rooms starting at 10 PM ET on YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook.

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 Fridays” on Fridays at 10 PM ET, and “Coronight Fever” on Saturdays at 11 PM ET.

Porches is performing on Instagram at 10 PM ET on each night of his previously scheduled tour.

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

The Front Bottoms are uploading short films to their Twitch this week; next week they’ll do a live performance.

Room Service Fest, featuring A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Chromeo, Gallant and many more, streams Friday through Sunday on Trap Nation’s YouTube.
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Stagecoach is doing a “Stagecouch” stream on Instagram and Sirius XM Channel 56: The Highway through Sunday.

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 American Football playing “Stay Home” while staying home, Matt Berninger on Colbert, full set videos from Primavera Sound, Paul Simon & Edie Brickell, PUP’s Stefan Babcock, Billie Joe Armstrong, Matt Freeman playing Rancid, Op Ivy, and Motorhead, Baroness, Bon Iver, Julien Baker, James Blake, 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 and Bill Withers, Angel Olsen covering Roxy Music and Tori Amos, The Tallest Man on Earth covering Wilco, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Iver, and Joni Mitchell, Phoebe Bridgers covering Conor Oberst, and Code Orange.

UPCOMING LIVESTREAMS

Saturday, April 25

Sea Change goes digital with performances starting at 8 AM ET from Billy Bragg, Other Lives, Blaine Harrison of Mystery Jets, Nap Eyes, Porridge Radio, Ana Da Silva of The Raincoats, Sun Araw and more. Watch on Sea Change’s site.

PlayOn Fest continues today with performances from Charli XCX, Anderson .Paak and The Free Nationals, Andra Day, Janelle Monae, Lizzo, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Wiz Khalifa, Cardi B, Gucci Mane, Roddy Ricci, Lil Uzi Vert, and Nipsey Hussle (his Victory Lap album release show). Find the schedule and watch HERE.

Vans for Bands’ “Bus-tival” streams starting at 7 AM ET on Facebook, featuring Frank Turner, Alex Paterson of The Orb, Glen Matlock of Sex Pistols, and more.

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The Awesome Soundwave label is holding a virtual fest starting at 11 AM ET on Beatport’s Facebook, featuring Carl Cox, Marc Romboy, Christopher Coe, Hannes Bieger, The Oolluu, Saytek, Honeysmack, and Nancy.

UK magazine Shindig is presenting the ‘It’s A Happening Thing’ festival from 12-6 PM ET on Facebook, featuring Paul Weller, Jason Falkner, Ian Skelly (The Coral), The Fuzztones, Gospel Beach, Comet Gain, Leonore Wheatley (The Soundcarriers), French band Gloria, Elephant Stone, and tons more.

Do metal yoga at home with Sylvaine at 1 PM ET on YouTube. This week’s practice is “Warrior.” “The class was made with the rigours of road life for metal musicians in mind,” Sylvaine writes, “which is what led me personally to start my daily practice back in 2017. The class will be accessible to all levels, so do not worry if you never practiced before. I’ve got you covered!”

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

A sing-a-long screening of The Beatles Yellow Submarine begins at 12 PM ET on YouTube.

“The Big Night In” with Mike and Jules Peters of The Alarm streams at 2 PM ET on Facebook.

The Killers are performing on Instagram at 3 PM ET.

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.

Devin Townsend is doing a series of quarantine concerts to benefit hospitals. His second one supports The NHS, and streams at 3 PM ET on Stageit.

Pickathon continues broadcasting a concert a day from their vaults for 60 days at 4 PM ET on Twitch and YouTube. Today it’s Willie Watson.

Baby’s All Right’s Baby TV continues today at 5 PM ET with a virtual showcase from Fat Possum Records, including sets from Lighting Bug, Why Bonnie, Courtney Marie Andrews, Ellis, Empath, The Districts, Country Westerns, and Cassowary. More info and tickets here.

Ben Folds does a weekly free livestream at 7 PM ET on his Patreon.

Nicole Atkins’ livestream show “Alone We’re All Together” streams at 7 PM ET on YouTube, with special guests Hamilton Leithauser, Sabrina Ellis of Sweet Spirit, and Lightheaded.

World Cafe and Royal Mountain’s series World Tour streams every night at 7 PM ET on Instagram. Tonight Ratboys and The Beths perform.

Doja Cat, Sasha Keable and more perform on Ipsy’s Instagram at 8 PM ET.

Jorma Kaukonen of Hot Tuna and Jefferson Airplane streams “Quarantine Concert #4” from the Fur Peace Station Concert Hall at 8 PM ET on YouTube.

RISK!, hosted by Kevin Allison, holds a virtual edition at 8 PM ET on Zoom, and tickets are on sale now.

Dead & Company will stream previously recorded shows on Saturday nights at 8 PM ET for free on Nugs.TV.

Starcrawler at 8 PM ET on Buzzbands LA’s Instagram.

Alice Glass, Brooke Candy, HANA and more are DJing on Twitch at 9 PM ET.

Glass Beach is doing a performance on The Core FM’s Instagram, time TBA.

Stagecoach is doing a “Stagecouch” stream on Instagram and Sirius XM Channel 56: The Highway through Sunday.

Sunday, April 26

PlayOn Fest continues today with performances from Saweetie, IDK, Rico Nasty, Kevin Gates, dvsn, The Head and The Heart, Gary Clark Jr., Brandi Carlile, Fitz and The Tantrums, Paramore, Green Day, Slipknot, and Korn. Find the schedule and watch HERE.

Sea Change goes digital with performances starting at 8 AM ET from Gordi, Katie Von Schleicher, Aoife Nessa Frances, Dry Cleaning, Bing & Ruth, Yann Tiersen, and more. Watch on Sea Change’s site.

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

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

Tigers Jaw are doing livestreams Tuesdays at 8:30 PM ET on Instagram, Thursdays at 8:30 PM ET on StageIt, and Sundays at 2 PM ET on StageIt.

Half Waif is doing a performance on Instagram at 3 PM ET.

Pathway to Paris’ Earth Day 50 virtual fest streams at 4 PM ET on Instagram, with Patti Smith, R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea, Tony Hawk, Cat Power, Ben Harper, The Strokes’ Nikolai Fraiture, Patrick Watson, Rain Phoenix, Tenzin Choegyal, Rebecca Foon, Jesse Paris Smith, and more.

Pickathon continues broadcasting a concert a day from their vaults for 60 days at 4 PM ET on Twitch and YouTube. Today it’s The Lone Bellow.

World Cafe and Royal Mountain’s series World Tour streams every night at 7 PM ET on Instagram. Tonight Little Kid and Ezra Furman perform.

Baby’s All Right’s Baby TV continues today at 8 PM ET with Harmony Tividad of Girlpool. More info and tickets here.

Stagecoach is doing a “Stagecouch” stream on Instagram and Sirius XM Channel 56: The Highway through today.

Monday, April 27

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.”

Pickathon continues broadcasting a concert a day from their vaults for 60 days at 4 PM ET on Twitch and YouTube. Today it’s Miya Folick.

The National are hosting an “exciting communal event,” where they “share content from our vaults including classic live sets, and/or some unseen or rarely seen footage to pass the time at home,” every Monday at 5 PM ET.

World Cafe and Royal Mountain’s series World Tour streams every night at 7 PM ET on Instagram. Tonight Kirty, Jess Cornelius, and Dan Boekner of Wolf Parade perform.

H.E.R. continues “Girls With Guitars,” a performance and conversation series, at 7 PM ET on Instagram.

Jo Firestone, Aparna Nancherla and Maeve Higgins host the latest edition of Butterboy Comedy, which features Michelle Buteau, Joe Pera, Mary Beth Barone, Nore Davis Debra DiGiovanni, and more, at 7 PM ET. Tickets are on sale now.

Glass Beach, Frog, Me in Capris, and awakebutstillinbed at 7:30 PM ET on Twitch.

Ariana Grande, Shoshana Bean, and Jason Robert Brown do a livestream at 8 PM ET on Facebook and Vimeo to benefit SubCulture.

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

Baby’s All Right’s Baby TV continues today at 8 PM ET with Winter. More info and tickets here.

Shakey Graves is streaming a “concert/hang/call-in/quiz show/performance” to raise money for MusiCares.

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong is releasing “a cover song every week until we’re let back out into the world” on YouTube on Mondays

Tuesday, April 28

Pickathon continues broadcasting a concert a day from their vaults for 60 days at 4 PM ET on Twitch and YouTube. Today it’s Priests.

Exploding in Sound presents another edition of “Live From Home,” featuring Pile, Sadie Dupuis (poetry reading), Jordyn Blakely of Stove and more at 6 PM ET on Instagram.
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Josh Ritter continues his weekly “The Silo Sessions” at 7 PM ET on Facebook.

Phish will show previous shows every Tuesday “for a while” at 7:00 PM ET on webcast.livephish.com for their “Dinner And A Movie: An Archival Video Series.”

Tune-Yards does a livestream performance on Lagunitas’ Facebook at 7:20 PM ET.

Dashboard Confessional are doing a charity livestream, “As Social As I Get Now,” at 8 PM ET. Tickets are on sale now.

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Bully performs at 8 PM ET on Noonchorus.

Baby’s All Right’s Baby TV continues today at 8 PM ET with Kate Davis (singing songs and making pretzels). More info and tickets here.

Wednesday, April 29

Pickathon continues broadcasting a concert a day from their vaults for 60 days at 4 PM ET on Twitch and YouTube. Today it’s Dinosaur Jr.

Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast is hosting a quarantine radio show, Bethline, on Wednesdays at 7 PM ET on YouTube.

Baby’s All Right’s Baby TV continues today at 8 PM ET with Deniro Farrar and Trent the HOOLiGAN. More info and tickets here.

Matt Costa‘s weekly livestream series “Hilltop Hymns” continues at Wednesdays at 8 PM ET on Facebook and Instagram.

Bob Weir (Grateful Dead/Dead & Company) streams previous Bob Weir and Wolf Bros performances in his weekly “Weir Wednesdays” series at 8 PM ET on nugs.tv.

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

Thursday, April 30

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

Diet Cig are hosting a virtual listening party of their new album, Do You Wonder About Me?, at 4 PM ET on YouTube; dressing up encouraged.

Pickathon continues broadcasting a concert a day from their vaults for 60 days at 4 PM ET on Twitch and YouTube. Today it’s The War and Treaty.

Norah Jones does a weekly livestream at 4 PM ET on Facebook.

Ben Gibbard will do livestreams “every week into the foreseeable future as long as people are quarantined” on Thursdays at 7 PM ET on YouTube.

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.

Waxahatchee and Kevin Morby continue their weekly livestream at 9 PM ET on Instagram.

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

Friday, May 1

Pickathon continues broadcasting a concert a day from their vaults for 60 days at 4 PM ET on Twitch and YouTube. Today it’s Foxygen.

Radiohead are streaming previous concerts on Thursdays at 5 PM ET on YouTube.

“Love from Philly” streams through Sunday on livefromphilly.live, with sets from Kurt Vile, Man Mean, Schoolly D, Eric Slick of Dr. Dog, and more.
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Saturday, May 2

Devin Townsend is doing a series of quarantine concerts to benefit hospitals. The third supports NY’s North Shore University Hospital, and streams at 3 PM ET on Stageit.

Pickathon continues broadcasting a concert a day from their vaults for 60 days at 4 PM ET on Twitch and YouTube. Today it’s Lauren Morrow.

“Love from Philly” streams through Sunday on livefromphilly.live, with sets from Kurt Vile, Man Mean, Schoolly D, Eric Slick of Dr. Dog, and more.

Sunday, May 3

Tigers Jaw are doing livestreams Tuesdays at 8:30 PM ET on Instagram, Thursdays at 8:30 PM ET on StageIt, and Sundays at 2 PM ET on StageIt.

Meredith Monk, Vijay Iyer, Shara Nova, Zoe Keating, Moor Mother, Mary Halvorson and more perform at a virtual Bang on a Can Marathon starting at 3 PM ET.

Pickathon continues broadcasting a concert a day from their vaults for 60 days at 4 PM ET on Twitch and YouTube. Today it’s Valerie June.

“Love from Philly” streams through today on livefromphilly.live, with sets from Kurt Vile, Man Mean, Schoolly D, Eric Slick of Dr. Dog, and more.

Thursday, May 7

Tori Amos is discussing her new memoir Resistance: A Songwriter’s Story of Hope, Change, and Courage at 2 PM ET. Tickets are on sale now.

Torquil Campbell of Stars is doing a livestream at 9 PM ET on Side Door Access: “torq campbell of Stars, memphis and broken social Scene performs a set from home that will include music from his whole catalogue as well as lots of stories of the road and his 3 decades in the worlds of music and theatre. tuneful, funny, occasionally infuriating and definitely fun. come what happens when one man with very little idea what he’s doing meets a group of strangers in the ether. ”

Saturday, May 9

The Feeding America virtual Comedy Festival broadcasts on Comedy.TV, The Weather Channel, and the Local Now app from 8-11 PM ET, with Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Billy Crystal, Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart, Marlon Wayans, Howie Mandel, Brad Garrett, Taraji P. Henson, Louie Anderson, Margaret Cho, Kenan Thompson, Marc Maron, and more.

Saturday, May 23

As mentioned, Norwegian prog metal vets Green Carnation will release their first album in 14 years, Leaves of Yesteryear, on May 8 via Season of Mist. The band is also playing a ticketed, livestreamed album release show at 8 AM ET.

Browse our livestream tag for more.