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The Isolation Check-In: Live Streams and More From Nicolás Jaar, Vagabon and SASAMI, and Others

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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.


Tuesday, March 24, 2020

  • Camp Cope: At 3:30 p.m. Eastern, Camp Cope will host an online festival. Distant Together 2: Lost in Your Living Room features Stef
    Fi of Big Joanie, Rosei Tucker, and more.
  • Sarah Harmer: Canadian folk singer Sarah Harmer had to cancel her tour due to coronavirus. At 8 p.m. Eastern, she’ll
    perform
    on Facebook Live and Instagram Live. She writes, “I’m thinking that
    you can send in requests (or heckles) as the show goes along and we
    (my sweetheart tech assistant and I) will try to figure it out in
    real time!”

Monday, March 23, 2020

  • Caleb Landry Jones: Actor and musician Caleb Landry Jones will perform on
    Instagram Live at 2 p.m. Eastern. The concert will stream on Jones’
    label Sacred Bones
    Instagram account.
  • Christine and the Queens: At 2 p.m. Eastern, Chris will play a #TogetherAtHome
    concert for Global Citizen. It’ll broadcast on Chris’
    Instagram
    .
  • Don Giovanni Records: The label is hosting Going the Distance, an all-day 20-band music festival on Instagram. It’s set to feature
    performances from Downtown Boys, Noun, Amy Klein, Worries, Bad Moves,
    DJ Haram, Mikey Erg, Teenage Halloween, Lee Bains III, Jeffrey Lewis,
    and Fat Tony. Tune in
    here starting at 1
    p.m. Eastern.
  • James Blake: James Blake is treating
    fans to an Instagram Live
    concert
    at 3 p.m. Eastern.
  • Jazz at Lincoln Center: The live-stream program continues tonight from 8:30 p.m. Eastern with a set from Emmet
    Cohen
    .
  • Jens Lekman: After canceling his tour, the antic singer-songwriter pledged to play “personal shows” over Skype this
    week, March 23–29. Those who sign
    up

    will be in the running to receive a call from Lekman, who’ll play a
    song of his choice before moving on to the next fan.
  • Jessie Ware: At 2:30 p.m. Eastern, the British singer invites
    fans to get on Instagram Live to “talk disco, Corona, food,
    Lennie…anything!”
  • Kevin Morby: The singer-songwriter is the latest to play a “Stay Away Show” for La Blogothèque. Head to their Instagram
    Live
    from 2 p.m. Eastern
    to watch it.
  • Sarah Louise: North Carolina artist Sarah Louise will lead live meditation and sound bath
    sessions
    Monday through
    Friday at 4:15 p.m. Eastern. She will also host virtual concerts and
    dance parties at 8 p.m. Eastern on Saturdays. Louise’s intention with
    these practices is “to build a safe space for us to tenderly be with
    whatever is present for us.”
  • Sufjan Stevens / Lowell Brams: Sufjan Stevens and his stepdad are releasing
    their new record
    Aporia
    early. It debuts at 3 p.m. Eastern.

Playlists

  • Drag City: The independent Chicago label made a “squeaky clean” playlist called “Disinfecting Wipes” in hopes of soothing fears and wiping the slate clean.
  • Hamilton Leithauser: Leithauser is inviting fans to his “quarantine
    hell

    and taking suggestions for his “out of tune guitars” playlist.
  • 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.”
  • 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.
  • 100 gecs: The gecs join the playlist game. “ear potions,” the duo writes.
    “its music idk….”

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