Live stream gigs to watch this week: From James Blake to Ben Gibbard

Sounds of the stream: James Blake
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Jochan Embley6 April 2020

From DJ sets to archive interviews, there’s plenty to enjoy in the online realm of music live-streaming this week.

Since the lockdown began, musicians around the world have been making the most of the situation and performing gigs from the safety of their own homes, broadcasting it live for all to enjoy.

In the next few days, we’ve got more of the same, with some big names getting involved.

These are live streams you need to tune into.

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James Blake

James Blake delivered a superb performance at his last stream, with a Billie Eilish cover among the highlights. He returns for another at-home gig tonight — who knows what he has planned.

Sofi Tukker

The New York-based electronic duo have emerged as one of the most prolific streamers, well into their third week of daily DJ sets. Tune in to see what wackiness they have in store this evening.

Ben Gibbard

Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie did a run of daily streams, but has now cut that down to weekly. He’s playing covers, deep cuts and more, encouraging viewers to donate to a range of charities. He hasn’t confirmed when the next one will be, so keep an eye on https://twitter.com/dcfc

Time and date TBC, youtube.com

Metallica

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Each week, Metallica are releasing full concert footage from classic gigs through the years, free to watch on YouTube — last time round, it was a storming night in Paris.

Every Monday night, youtube.com

U.S. Girls

U.S. Girls was meant to be coming to the end of her North American tour on April 6, but was forced to abandon it like everyone else. Instead, the experimental pop artist, aka Meghan Remy, is releasing Live From The Bunker, a previously unseen studio session.

9pm, April 6, youtube.com

Laura Marling

Laura Marling has moved forward her album release, now due to drop on April 10. You might get the chance to learn a few of those new songs at one of Marling’s bi-weekly guitar lessons, running every Thursday and Sunday.

GRAMMY Museum

A slight change of pace here, as the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles opens up its archives to release a number of the interviews with musicians it has hosted over the years. Billie Eilish and Finneas, as well as Greta Van Fleet, have already been featured. This week, it’s Kool and the Gang, and Andrea Bocelli with Matteo Bocelli and Bob Ezrin.

Every two days until April 29, grammymuseum.org

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