Summer! The first episode of the summer on the Listening Booth is both busy and chill with a preview mix of next week’s Glastonbury festival in the UK featuring the likes of Hot Chip, Sharon Van Etten, and Mavis Staples. Plus, DJRePete dusts off some surfer beach rock with brand new punk tracks from the Fruit Tones. And to cap it off, summer escapist electro from Said The Whale and seasonally appropriate lyrics via Dan Mangan throwbacks.
The psych-rockers just wanna jam and share their music with the world—is that so wrong? | read
Weeping Icon is the Brooklyn-based experimental punk band comprised of Sara Fantry (guitar, vocals), Sarah Reinold (bass), and Lani Combier-Kapel (drums, vocals). With a super heavy sound and serious… | watch
We discuss Scorsese’s latest, ‘The Irishman.’ Plus a preview of Maneka’s upcoming BTR Live Studio session. | listen
A short film featuring NYC artist and musician Joanna Sternberg. | watch
This week's guest is Travis Harrison, head honcho of Serious Business Music, the amazing engineer behind our BTR Live Studio sessions, and the producer behind the recent Guided By Voices records. We… | listen
Jay Som and Boy Scouts came to Brooklyn and BTR's cameras were there. | read