Notes From a Pandemic: Stream Foals, Neil Finn, Blue October and more

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Franz Ferdinand at the Wiltern in 2018 (Photo by Andie Mills)

Greetings from the land of not-gonna-shave-until-this-thing-is-over, and, well, you wouldn’t want to see a selfie right now. It’s #TakeoutTuesday, a good day to support local restaurants by getting grub to go. We’ll be taking away at Buzz Bands LA’s favorite neighborhood eatery later, and it’s sure going to beat all the microwave dinners and noodles we’ve had the past week or so. Meanwhile, here’s our daily roundup. Stream, support, breathe:

TODAY’S LIVE STREAMS

■ 11AM: Foals on Instagram.
■ 12PM: Blue October at the iHeartRadio Facebook page.
■ 12PM: Caitlyn Smith’s “Lonely Together” conversation series on Instagram.
■ 1PM: Cheekface frontman Greg Katz cover the entire “Blue” album by Weezer on Instagram.
■ 2:20PM: Brendan Benson is doing one song a day on Instagram.
■ 3PM: Tim Burgess of the Charlatans has organized several seminal British rockers like Blur, Oasis, Ride, the Fall, Prefab Sprout, Sleaford Mods and more for listening parties of specific albums where band members will directly field questions from fans. Two weeks (weekdays only) so far have been scheduled. Today is Franz Ferdinand’s debut album, with frontman Alex Kapranos. Participate on Twitter and drop the needle together.
■ 3PM: Melissa Etheridge on Facebook.
■ 3PM: Neil Finn on Fangradio (and archived here).
■ 3PM Christine and the Queens on Instagram.
■ 4PM: Ben Gibbard on YouTube and Facebook.
■ 5:01PM: Snoop Dogg on Levi’s Instagram.
■ 6PM: Talker on The Noise’s Instagram.
■ 6PM: Rituals of Mine on Twitch.TV.

SPECIAL SERIES

■ The Couch Tour Series is brought to you by 11E1even Group and Nugs.tv. They are offering live streams (Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Twiddle, Sunsquabi and Aqueous are among the artists) and other digital content on a subscription basis _ with all proceeds benefiting the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund. Check out the flyer and subscribe here.

ONLINE FINDS

■ We missed this on Monday from Matt Adams of the Blank Tapes, but it’s good listening. He did the set the band would have done at SXSW. He says he’s live-streaming every Monday … at 4:20 p.m.

SUPPORT THE SCENE

With venues and bars shuttered, fundraising campaigns are underway for staff — sound engineers, bartenders, security, door people, etc. Here’s how to help:

■ A GoFundMe campaign has been started for employees of the Teragram Ballroom and the Moroccan Lounge. Donate.

■ A GoFundMe campaign has been started for employees of the Satellite. Donate.

■ A GoFundMe campaign has been started for employees of the Hi Hat. Donate.

■ The Hotel Café is soliciting donations via it tickets page, with 100% of the proceeds going to employees who are jobless because the venue is shuttered. Donate.

■ Zebulon Café has set up a GoFundMe page for its employees. Donate.

■ Gold-Diggers has launched a GoFundMe campaign for its staff. Donate.

■ The recently reopened Airliner has set up a GoFundMe page for its people. Donate.

■ The Bootleg Theater, which is operated by the nonprofit Rampart Theater Project, sent out a message to patrons thanking them for past support and noting that tax-deductible donations may still be made. Donate here.