The Wednesday Show
DJRePete isn’t foolin’ around today with your BTR Wednesday mix. Playing it straight with upbeat ballads from Drug Cabin and Arc Iris, more from the latest album by Of Montreal, and jazz electronica with Young Guv and a throwback by the Maido Project out of Paris. Plus, as the weather warms in the states, a few festivals to highlight including Sonny & The Sunsets pairing music with food and wine in Sonoma. Get to it, it’s your weekly BTR Wednesday mix with DJRePete!
Drug Cabin (photo by Drug Cabin)
Diamond Rugs
April 1 – Loving Touch – Ferndale, MI
Of Montreal
April 1 – The Grenada – Lawrence, KS
Warm Soda (photo by Warm Soda)
Sonny & the Sunsets
June 1 – Huichica Music Festival @ Gundlach Bundschu Winery – Sonoma, CA
June 2 – Huichica Music Festival @ Gundlach Bundschu Winery – Sonoma, CA
LoneLady
April 7 – Broadcast – Glasgow, UK
Matthew E. White
April 1 – 7th St Entry – Minneapolis, MN
Arc Iris
April 3 – Zoetical Music and Arts Festival – Providence, RI
April 10 – Zoetical Music and Arts Festival – Providence, RI
April 17 – Zoetical Music and Arts Festival – Providence, RI
April 24 – Zoetical Music and Arts Festival – Providence, RI
Field Report
April 1 – State Room – Salt Lake City, UT
Dan Deacon
April 9 – Mr. Smalls – Millvale, Pennsylvania
Nightmares On Wax
April 3 – Double Mixte – Villeurbanne, France
LoneLady (photo by LoneLady)
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