Week of 09/06/17
Your BTRToday Wednesday starts in the Listening Booth where DJRePete is spinning trippy tracks off the new albums by the Trailer Trash Tracys and Dent May, alternative with Kim Churchill and Aron D’Alesio, and throwbacks from My Teenage Stride as well as The Go! Team. Plus, tune in for a folk spotlight that touches electro with O+S, visits a pair of tracks from the BTR Live Studio, and even reaches Iceland to spotlight the new album by Mammút. Mix it together and you have your weekly dose of the Listening Booth with DJRePete on BTRToday!
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- Dustin Lovelis - Been Hit Before
- Kim Churchill - Weight_Falls
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