Kevin Bronson on May 19th, 2020

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HIGHLIGHTS

■ You ever look at the lineup for one of these online festivals and think: What I wouldn’t give to actually see that in person? Yeah, it’s that way with today’s “Safe and Sound” virtual benefit concert. It features Matt Berninger (The National), Aloe Blacc, Grouplove, Young the Giant, Nathan Willett (Cold War Kids), Milk Carton Kids, Frank Turner, Phantom Planet, NoMBe and more. It’s a benefit for Safe Place for Youth and it starts at 5 p.m.

■ Not only does Neil Young have episode No. 5 of his online “Fireside Sessions” up on the Neil Young Archives, the iconic songwriter announced that one of his “lost albums,” titled “Homegrown,” will be out on June 19. It was made in 1974. “I apologize. This album ‘Homegrown’ should have been there for you a couple of years after ‘Harvest,’” he writes in a letter on the Archives. “It’s the sad side of a love affair. The damage done. The heartache. I just couldn’t listen to it. I wanted to move on. So I kept it to myself, hidden away in the vault, on the shelf, in the back of my mind … but I should have shared it. It’s actually beautiful. That’s why I made it in the first place. Sometimes life hurts. You know what I mean. This is the one that got away.” Last week, he unveiled a song from it:

■ SXSW was felled by the COVID-19 crisis, but some of the festival’s programming is going online. Today, it’s author Lawrence Wright (“The End of October”) with New York Magazine’s Lila Shapiro, and Thursday has author Rohit Bhargava. SXSW staple Rachael Ray is on deck for June 2. Keep up on SXSW’s offerings here.

TODAY’S LIVE STREAMS

■ All day: Nick Cave’s BAD SEED TEEVEE continues on YouTube.
■ 10AM: SXSW Sessions Online with “The End of October” author Lawrence Wright with journalist Lila Shapiro (register here).
■ 10AM: The Arkells’ Flatten the Curve Music Lessons on Instagram.
■ 10AM: La Blogotheque’s #StayAwayShow with Marihiko Hara on Instagram.
■ 10AM: The Dunwells on Facebook.
■ 10AM: Jazz piano master Fred Hersch via Facebook live. 
■ 10AM: Jay Nash (children’s edition) on Facebook.
■ 10AM: Mike Shinoda on Twitch and YouTube.
■ 10AM: Rough Trade Transmissions with Pottery on Instagram.
■ 10AM: Sofi Tukker (dj set and more) on Instagram.
■ 11AM: Specialist Subject’s “Distant Together” with Jeff Rosenstock, Slingshot Dakota, AJJ, Muncie Girls and more on Instagram.
■ 12PM: Beabadoobee on KEXP’s YouTube.
■ 12PM: Cold War Kids on Instagram.
■ 12PM: Martin Guitar’s Jam in Place with Willie Shaw on Facebook.
■ 12PM: Oh Wonder on Instagram.
■ 12PM: Rock & Rock Playhouse with SUSTO on Facebook.
■ 12PM: Tim Burgess’ Listening Party with Hannah Telle and her album “Walking Away from the Dream” on Twitter (#TimsTwitterListeningParty) (replay here).
■ 12PM: We Are Hear with Linda Perry on YouTube.
■ 12:30PM: Laura Burhenn (Mynabirds) on S.T. Mandeville’s Instagram.
■ 1PM: Gigs in Scotland “Lockdown Singalong” on Instagram.
■ 1PM: Honus Honus (Man Man) on Instagram.
■ 1PM: Tori Kelly on Instagram.
■ 1PM: Herman Li (Dragonforce) on Twitch TV.
■ 1PM: Pickathon’s “A Concert a Day” with A Giant Dog on YouTube.
■ 1PM: Tim Burgess’ Listening Party with Beth Orton and her album “Central Reservation” on Twitter (#TimsTwitterListeningParty) (replay here).
■ 1:20PM: Roger Harvey on Facebook.
■ 1:30PM: Bleeker on Instagram.
■ 2PM: At Home with Michael & Lusiana (Bublé) on Facebook.
■ 2PM: Audiotree Livestreams with Hot Mulligan on Instagram.
■ 2PM: Chelsea Williams on YouTube.
■ 2PM: Fleetwood Mac archive livestream on AXS TV.
■ 2PM: Joe Russo’s Almost Dead on Nugs TV.
■ 2PM: Paste Magazine’s “Happiest Hour” with Tim Burgess and David Bazan on YouTube.
■ 2PM: Tim Burgess’ Listening Party with Throwing Muses and their album “University” with Kristin Hersh on Twitter (#TimsTwitterListeningParty) (replay here).
■ 2:20PM: Brendan Benson’s “Boy in a Bubble” daily series on Instagram.
■ 2:30PM: Downtown Boys on Instagram.
■ 3PM: Caylee Hammack on Facebook.
■ 3PM: Christine & the Queens on Instagram.
■ 3PM: Emily Wells on National Sawdust’s website.
■ 3PM: Honey Harper on Instagram.
■ 3PM: Mark de Clive-Lowe on Patreon.
■ 3PM: Melissa Etheridge on Facebook.
■ 3PM: Neil Finn on Mixlr/Fangradio (Tuesdays solo, Saturdays with family; archived here).
■ 3PM: Quinn XCII’s Quarantine Green quiz show on Instagram (every weekday).
■ 3PM: The Roots’ Behind the Keys with James Poyser: Philly Jam Sessions on YouTube.
■ 3:15PM: Todd Rundgren’s “Utopia” archive livestream on AXS TV.
■ 3:30PM: Amanda Shires’ “I So Lounging” with Jason Isbell on YouTube.
■ 4PM: Hayley Sabella on Facebook.
■ 4PM: Iskwē on Instagram.
■ 4PM: Living Music with Nadia Sirota on their website.
■ 4PM: Josh Ritter’s “The Silo Sessions” on Facebook.
■ 4:30PM: Band of Heathens on their website.
■ 4:30PM: Paul Potts on Facebook.
■ 4:30PM: Preservation Hall Jazz Band on Instagram.
■ 5PM: “Blue Note at Home” with Peter Collins on Instagram.
■ 5PM: Craig Wedren Sabbath Sessions sound bath with vocals on Facebook.
■ 5PM: Eric Carney on Instagram.
■ 5PM: Levi Hummon on Facebook.
■ 5PM: Renata Zeiguer on the Sultan Room’s Instagram.
■ 5PM: “Safe and Sound” fest with Matt Berninger (The National), Aloe Blacc, Grouplove, Young the Giant, Nathan Willett (Cold War Kids), Milk Carton Kids, Frank Turner, Phantom Planet, NoMBe and more (rsvp here).
■ 5PM: Signature Sounds’ “Parlor Room Home Sessions” with Sonny Landreth on their website.
■ 5PM: Stephan Jenkins (Third Eye Blind) on Instagram.
■ 5PM: St. Vitus Bar’s “Age of Quarantine” with Chelsea Wolfe (eponymous band, Mrs. Piss)⁠ on Instagram.
■ 5PM: Whitehorse on Facebook.
■ 5PM: “You Live, You Learn” with Alanis Morissette’s and the Broadway musical cast & crew of “Jagged Little Pill” benefitting the Actors Fund’s Facebook and YouTube (more info).
■ 5PM: “Your Tuesday Night Queer Takeover” with John-Allison Weiss, Cartalk and Calicoco on their Instagrams.
■ 5:30PM: Annabel Lee on Instagram.
■ 5:30PM: David Wax Museum on Facebook.
■ 5:30PM: George Shingleton on Facebook.
■ 5:30PM: “Keep On Keeping On” fest with Lisa/Liza and Midwestern Medicine on Facebook.
■ 5:30PM: Phish on Nugs TV.
■ 5:30PM: Saint Asonia on Facebook.
■ 5:30PM: Tigers Jaw on Instagram.
■ 6PM: Blue Note At Home with Peter Collins on Instagram and Facebook.
■ 6PM: Country Music Hall of Fame’s Songwriter Sessions with Charlie Worsham on Instagram.
■ 6PM: Experimental Sound Studio: The Quarantine Concerts with Nat Baldwin, Excepter, Deradoorian, Skeletons, Diamond Terrifier and John McCowen on their website.
■ 6PM: Drew Holcomb’s “Kitchen Covers” on Instagram and Facebook.
■ 6PM: Hot Mulligan on Audiotree’s Twitch.
■ 6PM: The Roots’ DJ Questlove Presents (Live) on YouTube
■ 6PM: The Satellite’s “Six at Six” with Mandla (Ugly Sweaters) on Instagram.
■ 7PM: Diplo’s “Ronatronix” on  YouTube, Twitch, and Instagram.
■ 7PM: “No Place Like Home” with Josiah Johnson (The Head And The Heart) and Lauren O’Connell and more on Noise Pop’s Facebook, YouTube, or Twitch channels (more info).
■ 7PM: Noise Pop’s “No Place Like Home” (benefitting SF Bay Area artists & venues) with Josiah Johnson (formerly of The Head and the Heart) and Lauren O’Connell on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch TV.
■ 7PM: Jeff Tweedy and family on Instagram.
■ 8PM: Blue Note At Home with Ben Williams on Instagram and Facebook.
■ 8PM: Dillon Francis on Mad Decent’s Twitch.
■ 8PM: Kulak’s Woodshed archive livestream on Facebook.
■ 8:30PM: Tiger’s Jaw on StageIt.