Notes from a Pandemic (March 12-14): Oh Sees, The Wedding Present, The Grammys, Esperanza Spalding, Aloe Blacc, Bad Suns, SWIMM, DREAMERS and more

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Osees (Photo by John Dwyer)

ONLINE FIND

Osees (fka Oh Sees and Thee Oh Sees) has released a preview of their upcoming, second Levitation Sessions series with a live performance of “Snickersnee,” off their 2019 album “Face Stabber” (via Castleface Records). Filmed in a factory in Los Angeles in 360 by Toy Robot Media, directed and shot by Brian Lee Huges and Brandon Kelly with sound engineering by Enrique Tena Padilla, mixing by Oh Sees frontman John Dwyer and Padilla and mastering by JJ Golden, the session will air on April 10. Tickets with an assortment of merch and vinyl bundles are available here.

The recording of the first session (originally aired on Sept. 26) is also available on Bandcamp and the video was released last week on YouTube (further below). Dwyer says the 16 tracks are “Lots of old favorites and seven never-before-performed live hits from the crypt.” With the same crew, the session was filmed outside Pappy & Harriet’s “dusk till dawn in Pioneertown, California,” and “meant to be played loud.”



Saturday, March 13
DRIVE-IN SHOWS:

Kill The Noise, Mat Zo at NOS Events Center.

ONLINE STREAMS:

All Day: Nick Cave‘s Bad Seed TeeVee on YouTube.
All Day: Summit Shack’s 24-hour Shackfest archive stream on Twitch.
■ 9AM: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Virtual Fam Jam: Women’s History Month on YouTube.
■ 10AM: SF Jazz’s “Fridays at Five” rebroadcast with Geri Allen, Terri Lyne Carrington and Esperanza Spalding on their website.
■ 11AM: Grant-Lee Phillips live from the Parlor International on StageIt.
■ 11AM: “Sweatin’ to the Baby” with Broken Baby on Satellite TV.
■ 12PM: Bad Suns performing their album “Disappear Here” from the Lodge Room on Veeps.
■ 12PM: Katie Cole playing Beatles and Rolling Stones on StageIt.
■ 12PM: Tim Burgess Listening Party with Supergrass and their album “Road To Rouen” on Twitter (#TimsTwitterListeningParty) (replay here).
■ 12PM:
Turn Up for Recovery with Samar Medhi and Charlotte Fever on SoFar Sounds.
■ 12PM: The Wedding Present full band electric show from Brighton (Tickets).
■ 1PM: Tim Burgess Listening Party with Echo And The Bunnymen and their album “Heaven Up Here” with Will Sergeant on Twitter (#TimsTwitterListeningParty) (replay here).
■ 1:20PM: Abracadabra Magic Saturdaze with BLOND:ISH, Human Nature, LP Giobbi and more on Twitch.

■ 2PM: The Grammy Museum “Spotlight Saturdays” with DREAMERS here today.
■ 2PM: Katie Ferrara on Sisters in Music’s Instagram.
■ 2PM: The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage archives with Los Texmaniacs and Soulquarians tribute with April + VISTA, G.U.M.P., Meche Korrect Music and DJ RBI on Facebook.
■ 2PM: Morgan James’ weekly show on StageIt.
■ 3PM: Melissa Etheridge‘s “Saturday Concert” on her website.
■ 3PM: Our Wicked Lady benefit with Hnry Flwr, Lovechild, Razor Braids, Looms, Dale Jr and Smock on Twitch.
■ 3PM: Palehound play “Black Friday” on Bandcamp.
■ 3PM: Pete Yorn playing his album “Back and Forth” and more with Q&A on Veeps.
■ 3PM: QUEST?ONMARC on Elsewhere TV.
■ 3PM: Travis Shallows’ “Shallow Chateau” on Facebook.
■ 4PM: Dogleg celebrating “Melee” on Bandcamp.
■ 4PM: Houston Jazz Collective: Equinox Music Event Day 1 on NPR Live Sessions.

■ 4:20PM: Doobie Decibel System on their website.
■ 4:30PM:
Celtic Thunder: St Patrick’s Week on StageIt.
■ 4:30PM: Women in Music fest with Louisahhh, Sophie (Sofi Tukker), Lauren Flax, Barely Legal, Choopsie, Vonda 7, Faren Strnad and So So Fed with Hennyshot on Dirtybird TV.
■ 5PM: Black Pumas on the Verizon App.
■ 5PM: Bummerfest with Guspy, Amir Kelly, Lizzy Cameron, Ella Collier, Tippy Balady and Walkabout on Moment House.
■ 5PM:
Craig Stickland Livestream on Sessions.
■ 5PM: Danika and the Jeb on StageIt.
■ 5PM:
DJ Paul (Three 6 Mafia): Live from Los Angeles on Sessions.
■ 5PM: Experimental Sound Studio: The Quarantine Concerts with Every house has a door on their website.
■ 5PM: Jimmy Buffet on Nugs TV.
■ 5PM: Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane) from Fur Peace Ranch on YouTube.
■ 5PM:
Star Kitchen with Robert Randolph on Nugs TV.
■ 5:30PM: Chris Smither: Live from The Parlor Room Northampton on Mandolin.
■ 5:30PM: Filmore: Live at The Listening Room on Mandolin.
■ 5:45PM: The California Honeydrops Trio: Live from Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom on Mandolin.
■ 6PM: Aloe Blacc on Bandsintown Plus.
■ 6PM: “Fantastic Voyage Mystery Box” with Justin Jay on Dirtybird TV.
■ 6PM: Graham Wilkinson: Purple Bee on YouTube.
■ 6PM: H.A.R.D: Live at The 5 Spot on StageIt.
■ 6PM: The Roots’ annual Jam Session with Ari Lennox, Tobe Nwigwe, Ant Clemons, Emily King, Jon Batiste, Brittany Spencer and Kathy Sledge on Oculus and Tidal.
■ 6PM: Saturday Night Grand Ole Opry with Jimmie Allen, Sam Bush, Sara Evans and Riders In The Sky with host Bobby Bones on YouTube and Geico Green Room.
■ 6PM: Taj Mahal
feat. Phantom Blues Band and Jon Cleary on Mandolin.
■ 6:30PM: Phil Vassar’s Songs From The Cellar featuring Tracy Lawrence on YouTube and Geico Green Room.

■ 7PM: Jeff Tweedy and family on Instagram.
■ 7PM: Todd Rundgren on NoCap.
■ 8PM: Doug Martsch (Built to Spill) acoustic set benefit on Zoom (Tickets).
■ 8:45PM: The California Honeydrops Trio: Live from Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom on Mandolin.
■ 9PM: Curt Barlage “Live by the Socially Distant Firepit” on Instagram.


Sunday, March 14
ONLINE STREAMS:

All Day: Nick Cave‘s Bad Seed TeeVee on YouTube.
All Day: Summit Shack’s 24-hour Shackfest archive stream on Twitch.
■ 6AM: Lucas Hoge on Facebook.
■ 9AM: Hannah Woolmer on StageIt.
■ 9AM: Rhett Miller on StageIt.
9AM: Todd Snider on Purple Building Live.
■ 9:30AM: Stuart Murdoch (Belle and Sebastian) weekly meditation stream on Facebook.

■ 11AM: “All Day I Stream” with Lee Burridge and guests Slow Hearts, Death on the Balcony and David Orin on Facebook, Instagram and Twitch.
■ 11AM: Mary Timony live at St. Marks (rebroadcast) on Bandcamp.
■ 11AM: Valerie June (guided meditation + live Q&A) on DICE.
■ 12PM: 63rd Annual Grammy Awards with host Jhené Aiko and performances by Burna Boy, Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, Igor Levit, Lido Pimienta, Poppy, Rufus Wainwright, Bebel Gilberto, Anoushka Shankar, Grace Potter, PJ Morton and more on Grammy.com.
■ 12PM: Emily Skinner with Seth Rudetsky on Broadway World.
■ 12PM: Houston Jazz Collective: Equinox Music Event Day 2 on NPR Live Sessions.
■ 12PM: Meiko on Facebook.
■ 12PM: Striking Matches on StageIt.
■ 12PM: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp’s Sunday Brunch on YouTube.
■ 1PM: Diana Birch on StageIt.
■ 1PM: The Dollyrots Livestream on StageIt.
■ 1PM: Shearwater (2016 show from Atlanta) on YouTube.
■ 1PM: Stuyedeyed on Rough Trade’s Instagram.
■ 2PM: The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage archives with Washington Women in Jazz on Facebook.
■ 2PM/5PM: Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate) and Linda Pitmon (The Baseball Project) on StageIt.
■ 3PM: Our Wicked Lady benefit with JW Francis, Steele FC, Color Tongue, New Myths, Sharkswimmer and Nihiloceros on Twitch.
■ 3:15PM: The California Honeydrops Trio: Live from Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom on Mandolin.
■ 4PM: The Alternative’s “Streaming Sundays” with Kali Masi, Woolbright, Palberta and Winded on Twitch.
■ 4PM: Don DiLego and the Touristas on Rolling Live.
■ 4PM: Katie Cole playing Beatles and Rolling Stones on StageIt.
■ 4PM: Load In: Empty Bottle on Van’s Channel 66.
■ 4PM: Wynonna Judd: Live at City Winery Nashville on Mandolin.
■ 4:20PM: Doobie Decibel System on their website.
■ 5PM: Charlie Mars on StageIt.
■ 5PM: Emily Skinner with Seth Rudetsky on Broadway World.
■ 5PM: Experimental Sound Studio: The Quarantine Concerts with Brian Chase, Catherine Sikora, Zeena Parkins, 13 Million Year Old Ghost, Victoria Keddie, Lester St. Louis, Mariel Roberts, MV Carbon and Luke Stewart on their website.
■ 5PM: Women in Music fest with Worthy, PZB Live, Gina Turner, Jeniluv, Anna Morgan, Taylor Bratches and Louisahhh Panel on Dirtybird TV.
■ 6PM: Dwight Yoakam on Mandolin.
■ 6PM: Stevie Redstone (Redstone Hall/Steven Roth) live from Hotel Cafe.
■ 6:45PM: The California Honeydrops Trio: Live from Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom on Mandolin.

■ 7PM: “Dirtybird Sunday Showcase” on Dirtybird TV.
■ 7PM: Grant-Lee Phillips live from the Parlor International on StageIt.

■ 7PM: Jeff Tweedy and family on Instagram.
■ 9PM: “Bad Decisions” with Mike Crain on Satellite TV.


Friday, March 12, Highlights
ONLINE STREAMS:

■ 312 Day with Beach Bunny, Ganser, Sen Morimoto and Ohmme on DoStuff’s website.
Aaron Fraser on Live on KEXP at Home on YouTube.
■ Around the Campfire with Molly Ringworm, BeBe Deluxe, Smol Data and Cold Wrecks on their website.
■ Audiotree Livestreams with Growing Concerns Poetry Collective on Audiotree TV.
Black Coffee on NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts on YouTube.
Casey Neill on NoonChorus.
Chicarica on LatinAlt Radio 88.5 FM’s Instagram.
■ “The Co-Lab” with Brenda Carsey and Will Monroe on Satellite TV.
■ “Disney My Music Story: Perfume” (Japan trip hop legends) on Disney+.
Do Nothing on Rough Trade Transmissions on Instagram.
Earth Beat on Twitch.
■ Experimental Sound Studio: The Quarantine Concerts with Lauren Tosswill, Tamio Shiraishi, Johann, Diedrick, Kate Mohanty and Food Corps on their website.
The Funk Sessions from Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom on Nugs TV.
■ House of Blues Music Forward’s “Open Mic Fridays” with Deshawn, Pronto Valid, Inti Hayna, Dylan and Cam on Twitch (more info, past episodes).
■ “Hunting Heroes” with Tony Knox on Satellite TV.
Japanese Breakfast and CHAI on Bandsintown’s PLUS.
Jon Batiste on NPR Live Sessions (archive).
■ The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage archives with Adrienne Arsht, Sara Bareilles & Artistic Advisor Ben Folds with the National Symphony Orchestra on YouTube.
Low on Instagram.
Mobley’s “Devil in a Daydream” benefit with Weekend Youth, Kevin Nichols, Tino Drima, Same Girls and Waterstrider from Popscene in San Francisco (tickets).
Molly Burch on Instagram.
■ New Colossus Sessions with Miss Grit and Real Numbers on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Twitch.
Noelle Scaggs (Fitz and the Tantrums) on CWU’s Theatre Dialogues.
■ “Plasmic in the Attic” on Satellite TV.
■ Recording Academy’s MusiCares “Music on a Mission” with H.E.R., Shakira, John Legend and archival footage of Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Nicks, Tom Petty, and Usher (tickets).
Robert Fripp (King Crimson)’s “Music for Quiet Moments” on YouTube.
■ Royal Opera House’s #OurHouseToYourHouse with “Elite Syncopations” with music by Scott Joplin on their website.
Rufus Wainwright’s “A Rufus-Retro-Wainwright-Spective!” Part 2 of “Unfollow The Rules” (Tickets).
Shannon McNally on Sixthman Sessions.
■ Smithsonian Folkways’ Deborah Wong with Nobuko Miyamoto, Quetzal Flores and Derek Nakamoto on their Facebook.
St. Paul and The Broken Bones performing “Sea Of Noise” on Fans Live.
■ St. Vitus Bar’s “Age of Quarantine” with Drew Stone (NYHC Chronicles, Antidote NYHC) on Instagram.
SWIMM and Zachary Knowles on B-Drop Los Angeles.
■ Sustain the Scene with Girlpool, Vinyl Williams, Mike/DJ Blackpower, Nina Tarr and Jesse Camp on Twitch and YouTube (more info).
Thrill You Kill You “Cuddle Puddle” on YouTube.
Tim Burgess Listening Party with Gang of Four and their album “Entertainment!” with Jon King, Hugo Burnham and Dave Alle; The Bangles and their album “Everything” with Susanna Hoffs (#TimsTwitterListeningParty) (replay here).
Twiddle on Fans Live.
■ The Westchester Arts & Music (WAM) Block Party’s “Friday Night Live” with Omar Torrez on Instagram.

Wild Nothing on Twitch TV.
■ Women in Music fest with Black Girl/White Girl, Sydney Blu, Camea, Alinka, LP Giobbi and Blu9 on Dirtybird TV.