We have a lot of music and artists that are new to the podcast in this episode, including Bad History Month with a song off their new album, ‘Dead And Loving It: An Introductory Exploration Of Pessimysticism’ — plus songs by their Exploding In Sound labelmates, Two Inch Astronaut and Baked. Also new to the podcast are El Silver Cabs, White Reaper, and Slaughter Beach, Dog. And to celebrate the release of Taylor Swift’s sixth studio album, Taylor Slow is back in action to play covers of Swift’s songs reeeeaaaaaaallllllllllllyyyyy sloooooooooooooooooooow, so to celebrate that we have a song by The New Restaurants, which features members of Taylor Slow. Oh, and Guerilla Toss’ will be live soon with their off-kilter badass jams, so we have a couple of exclusive live tracks from when they visited BTR for a session.
Whether you're a metalhead or not, this NYC trio will have you wrapped up in its soothing dark thrashers. | read
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
The March edition of Spotlight on the City features bands and musicians from Birmingham, Alabama. | 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
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
The Helen Keller hoax possesses the toxicity of a traditional conspiracy theory even if it doesn't quite fit the definition. | read