California Sounds: Father John Misty shares 'Off-Key in Hamburg,' Oh Sees perform with no mosh pit and Best Coast's Bethany Cosentino goes acoustic.
, artists have been forced to abandon stages in favor of platforms, while reveling in the spontaneity of single-take expression in myriad ways.For 24 hours the digital music hub Bandcamp recently gave 100% of its sales to the indie artists who distribute music through its platform. The effort paid off with a collective $4.3 million deposited into artists’ bank accounts. For many, that check has been the difference between making rent or not.
The singer-songwriter-showman Josh Tillman, who performs as Father John Misty, likely didn’t have trouble paying bills this month. So he’s donating all income generated from the sales of his new live album, “Off-Key in Hamburg,” to the. The Recording Academy’s charitable organization, which was established “to safeguard the health and well-being of all music people,” has played a crucial role as a safety net for artists well-versed in walking the wire.
It’s one of a few live performances that Zebulon has uploaded of late; also available are recent concerts by Japanese experimental guitarist Keiji Haino , British guitar legend Fred Frith and Los Angeles psych-rock unit the Entrance Band. The Oh Sees video premiered on March 20, and it’s hard not to peer back and see a quintet who are not socially distancing themselves . But concern diminishes within a few fiery beats as one of the city’s best live bands rips through distorted-guitar-energized, double-drummer-propelled rock.Bethany Cosentino expressed her current state of mind on Instagram as she shared a song: “my anxiety is going the ...
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