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!
Bartees Cox is a songwriter and producer who spent years playing in bands in Brooklyn before making the move to Washington, DC, where his solo project, Bartees Strange, took focus and grew - from an album of reinterpretations of The National’s music to his stunning full-length, genre-bending… | watch
Aliah Sheffield is the singer/songwriter also known as Nikkie Aliah. Her song, “Earth is Ghetto,” recently went viral and she chatted with Nikkiesha about what led her to her viral moment, her musical inspirations, and what she hopes and plans to do next… oh, and tequila. This podcast is… | listen
Ben details his experience of contracting the coronavirus back in late February/early March of 2020, before lockdowns shut NYC down. He also shares how the city and local indie rock scene he’s a part of reacted to the pandemic. | watch
Whether you're a metalhead or not, this NYC trio will have you wrapped up in its soothing dark thrashers. | read
The March edition of Spotlight on the City features bands and musicians from Birmingham, Alabama. | listen
The Helen Keller hoax possesses the toxicity of a traditional conspiracy theory even if it doesn't quite fit the definition. | read