Indoor Indie, Remote Learning, & Bernie Backing Out This Week on BTRtoday

For your convenience and delight, we collected all the stories we published this week. For more, check out BTRtoday on Facebook, Twitter,  and Instagram.

Monday

Photo by Gemma Dagger

Catholic Action Talks Quarantine, Missing the DIY Scene & Newest Album

How to Stay Safe While Spending Time Outdoors

No, Karen Isn’t a Slur

Tuesday

Photo by Devon Bristol Shaw

Premiering Paint Fumes’ Dicey New Video for “Dice Eyes”

Sharing Photos From the COVID-19 Front Lines

Wednesday

Photo by Justin Main

EDM to Emotional Indie, Ryan Haynes Does It All

Trump’s COVID-19 Propaganda Campaign Will Be His Biggest Yet

Thursday

Stay Inside: Songs from the Great Indoors - Navy Gangs "Locked En"

Help Underground Artists by Subscribing to Get a Track a Day

Bernie Changed American Politics Forever

Remote Learning & Small Moments Help Ward Off the “Empty Days” of Quarantine

Friday

Still from video by Matt Chirico

How Routines Define COVID-19

Quarantine Kitchen with Boston’s Louis Dibiccari

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