The Best Live Music Recordings Online (for your Weary Soul)

Hi friends,

Many things suck about our current situation, but there luckily does exist an abundance of live music recordings on the Internet. We all love Tiny Desk and the BBC1 videos where artists sing covers (and occasionally somehow really butcher “Do I Wanna Know” by the Arctic Monkeys).

The Mahogany Sessions are so intimate! Even Hozier’s song about domestic abuse sounds so lovely here. 🥺

If you’re into old bootleg performances for older artists: Music Vault should cover your needs.

The Current consistently turns out some of the highest quality recordings with dope instrumentation. Here’s our 2017 LocalsFest act Faye Webster (that’s right, we booked her :o).

There is a reason I spent 3 months listening the the WFUV verison of “Me & My Dog” every day on the C-Route.

If I look at the comments of the Mitski KEXP performance, no doubt there is going to be a zoomer talking about how this recording watered her plants, cured her acne, revived her will to live. And you know what? It’s probably true.

Atlanta-based publication Paste always does a stellar job with the audio.