Stage Buzz: Livestream Buzz January 25-February 1 • The Smile (Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood), Built To Spill, Geoff Tate, MUNA, Courtney Barnett
Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner (The Smile debut January 29 and 30) – Photography by ALEX LAKE WWW.TWOSHORTDAYS.COM
Aurora presents “A Touch of the Divine: the Digital Experience,” which is described as “a conceptual digital masterpiece of The Gods We Can Touch” the new album from Aurora. The livestreams airs Tuesday, January 25 at 8 PM. Find tickets here.
Join Switchfoot for their “Trio Days” livestream this Tuesday, January 25 at 7 AM. Tickets are on sale here.
Catch Robyn Hitchcock’s livestream show this week on Wednesday, January 26 at 8 PM. Tickets are available here.
Underoath will rebroadcast their “Voyeurist Digital Ghost” concert event this Thursday, January 27 at 7 PM. Buy tickets here.
Stay up late with Built to Spill who will perform from The Crocodile in Seattle on Thursday, January 27 at 11:30 PM. Get tickets here.
Dillion Francis and Yung Gravy team up for a live performance from their “Sugar, Spice, and Everything Ice Tour.” Catch the show live from Denver’s Mission Ballroom via Flymachine on Thursday, January 27 at 10:30 PM. Buy tickets here.
Melissa Etheridge continues her weekly Friday Night with Melissa Etheridge series with another Friday night performance this week on January 28th at 5 PM. Get tickets here.
Join Pinegrove as they celebrate the release of their new album, 11:11, with a full band live performance this Friday, January 28vat 7 PM. Tickets are available here.
Courtney Barnett and her band featuring Dave Mudie, Bones Sloane, and Stella Mozgawa, will perform songs from their new album Things Take Time, Take Time, live from Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Friday, January 28 at 9 PM. Find tickets here.
Don’t miss MUNA’s virtual performance live from Higher Ground in Burlington, Vermont this Saturday, January 29 at 7:30 PM. Tickets are on sale here.
Canadian roots reggae DJ Lion Trod hosts his excellent roots sessions Saturdays on his Facebook page from 8-11 Chicago time (this Saturday, January 29). Nothing better than roots reggae on a cold Saturday. Catch some of his best sessions on Instagram as well.
The Smile is a new project featuring Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead with drummer Tom Skinner of British Afro-jazz quartet Sons of Kemet. After performing a surprise event for last year’s Glastonbury Live at Worthy Farm livestream, the trio makes its first standalone public outing this weekend with three consecutive live shows performed over a single 24–hour period. The concerts will be streamed from Magazine London on January 29 and 30. The event will also include a cinematic film. Showtimes in the Central Time zone will be 2PM Saturday, 7PM Saturday, and 5AM Sunday.Livestream ticket purchasers will be able to view all three broadcasts for 48 hours following the final set. In addition to the option to stream at home, fans can attend a broadcast event at City Winery (listed as a 1PM start) and a 7PM screening at the Regal City North IMAX & 4DX. Information and tickets are available here.
Earlier this month, The Smile released its debut single “You Will Never Work in Television Again” to digital outlets with a lyric video. The song features clattering and urgent guitar blending familiar Radiohead tones with spacious shoegaze, playing across Skinner’s frenetic punk rock percussion. Yorke’s lyrics prove to be as misanthropic as ever, spitting venom against an abusive television producer who takes of advantage of inexperienced would-be stars and starlets. As heard in a series of live-in-the-studio clips posted to Instagram during December, “Blue Eyed Fox” is driven by Skinner’s skittering drumbeat while Greenwood plays a droning, bowed bass. Yorke plays disquieted guitar reminiscent of Radiohead’s “Morning Mr. Magpie.” With a keening melody, “Free in the Knowledge” is built atop meditative piano and Yorke’s melancholy acoustic guitar. In December at the Royal Albert Hall, Yorke dedicated the song of solidarity to his fellow UK musicians who had been told to retrain into other trades when work dried up due to pandemic lockdown. (thesmiletheband.com)
Veeps presents Geoff Tate (ex-Queensryche), Kurt Keimer, and Mark Daly & The Ravens live at High Dive in Gainesville, FL. Tickets start at $15, and you can buy them here.
-Ashley Perez Hollingsworth with Jeff Elbel
Category: Featured, Livestreams
