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BV Weekly is a podcast presented by the long-running music publication BrooklynVegan. Each week, founder Dave Levine and longtime editor Andrew Sacher will dive into the week’s music news and a few new albums and songs that we recommend, with a focus on indie rock, punk, metal, hip hop, and beyond.
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- Today1h 23m
Does 2026 Have A Consensus AOTY Contender Yet?
Slayyyter, Angine de Poitrine, Neurosis, Wendy Eisenberg, Grace Ives, NIN, Underscores, Denzel Curry, Feels Like Heaven, Arima Ederra, Frozen Soul & more come up in our discussion of what people are saying are the best albums of the year so far. + new Weezer & Wednesday, MJ Lenderman drops off the Zach Bryan tour but is on one of Andrew's favorite albums of Q2, Dave saw WITCH CLUB SATAN (not to mention Dinosaur Jr, Meat Puppets, Blonde Redhead & Flipper), new Converge, slightly older Converge, other new albums out this week (like Death Cab For Cutie and Vince Staples), this week's music news & more Rest in Peace, Doug Shaw BV Weekly is brought to you by the long-running music publication BrooklynVegan, created and hosted by BrooklynVegan founder Dave Levine and BV senior editor Andrew Sacher. -- Email bvweekly@gmail.com with any feedback or questions! Visit BrooklynVegan: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/ This Week's Notable Releases (goes live Friday morning): https://www.brooklynvegan.com/category/music/new-releases/ This Week's Indie Basement (goes live Friday morning): https://www.brooklynvegan.com/tags/bills-indie-basement/ And Visit Our Shop: https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/ ** Credits: Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Editing & Engineering by Nick Gray & Will Craddock
- 1 weeks ago1h 40m
All Your Favorite 2000s Indie Trends Are Coming Back + Riot Fest Lineup Reaction & More
+ Zach Bryan is alternative, Olivia Rodrigo is Smashing Pumpkins, or is it Foo Fighters. + New Ear & Gabe Mendez albums inspire some Postal Service and Iron & Wine talk which in no time leads to Slayyyter, Angine de Poitrine and LCD Soundsystem and lots more 2000s indie bands and bands who are doing that sound now. This was also big week for festival announcements, including Riot Fest, Levitation, Tom Morello’s Power to the People with Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews & many more, and of course Trump’s thing (that even more artists dropped off since we recorded this), and we talked about all four of those (but mostly Riot Fest), and the new Kurt Vile, Iceage, Balmora & Boards of Canada albums, the American Music Awards, and more more PLUS: We discuss classic 1996 albums turning 30 this year by (Riot Fest headliner) TOOL and WILCO BV Weekly is brought to you by the long-running music publication BrooklynVegan, created and hosted by BrooklynVegan founder Dave Levine and BV senior editor Andrew Sacher. -- Email bvweekly@gmail.com with any feedback or questions! Visit BrooklynVegan: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/ This Week's Notable Releases (goes live Friday morning): https://www.brooklynvegan.com/category/music/new-releases/ This Week's Indie Basement (goes live Friday morning): https://www.brooklynvegan.com/tags/bills-indie-basement/ And Visit Our Shop: https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/ ** Credits: Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Editing & Engineering by Nick Gray & Will Craddock
- 2 weeks ago1h 8m
Car Seat Headrest 'Backlash,' 5 Great Rock Records of 2026, 3 Drake albums, a Shoegaze fest
Dave went to the NYC edition of Slide Away fest with Swirlies, Chapterhouse, Nothing & Hum. Andrew listened to all 3 Drake albums. Dave lists 5 (actually more) great rock records that came out this year in addition to Zach Bryan and Joyce Manor, and Andrew names his favorite of the year, one he likes even more than Ratboys. We talk the seemingly controversial re-recorded Car Seat Headrest album, run down this week's new albums from Radiohead's Ed O'Brien, Hyd, a new album MJ Lenderman plays on & more + this week's news and some other stuff too. BV Weekly is brought to you by the long-running music publication BrooklynVegan, created and hosted by BrooklynVegan founder Dave Levine and BV senior editor Andrew Sacher. -- Email bvweekly@gmail.com with any feedback or questions! Visit BrooklynVegan: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/ This Week's Notable Releases (goes live Friday morning): https://www.brooklynvegan.com/category/music/new-releases/ This Week's Indie Basement (goes live Friday morning): https://www.brooklynvegan.com/tags/bills-indie-basement/ And Visit Our Shop: https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/ ** Credits: Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Editing & Engineering by Nick Gray & Will Craddock
- 3 weeks ago1h 32m
I listened to the whole Noah Kahan album
+ Phoebe Bridgers began making her long-awaited return, Charli XCX stoked the flames of "Rock Music" discourse, new Kevin Morby, and three new side projects with some familiar faces from the emo/post-hardcore world all popped up at once. Dave and I talk about all of that, hacky sacks and more on this week's episode of BV Weekly. AND: we end the episode talking two more classic albums turning 30 this year by Less Than Jake and Aphex Twin We also announce a special BrooklynVegan-presented Swervedriver tour. All dates and info here: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/swervedriver-celebrating-35-years-of-raise-on-bv-presents-tour/ BV Weekly is brought to you by the long-running music publication BrooklynVegan, created and hosted by Dave Levine and Andrew Sacher. -- Email bvweekly@gmail.com with any feedback or questions! Visit BrooklynVegan: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/ This Week's Notable Releases (goes live Friday morning): https://www.brooklynvegan.com/category/music/new-releases/ This Week's Indie Basement (goes live Friday morning): https://www.brooklynvegan.com/tags/bills-indie-basement/ And Visit Our Shop: https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/ ** Credits: Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Editing & Engineering by Nick Gray & Will Craddock
- 4 weeks ago1h 13m
That Radiohead thing, Mike D is back, Rolling Stones & Sugar too
And do guitar solos matter? We talk Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 greatet guitar solos of all time, and whehter Geese & MJ Lenderman belong on there. Andrew is back, Dave & Bill saw Bob Mould's 90s reunited band Sugar, Bill & Amanda saw the colorful and wild Gelli Haha show, Bill went to that Radiohead thing, Jason Isbell went to that Rolling Stones thing & is reuniting with Drive-By Truckers. Mike D of the Beastie Boys released a new song, and is playing Beastie Boys songs live! We also talk the new Basement, Aldous Harding & Social Distortion albums, cancelled tours, announced tours, Olivia Rodrigo, M.I.A. & more this week's music news. BV Weekly is brought to you by the long-running music publication BrooklynVegan, created and hosted by Dave Levine and Andrew Sacher. This week BV editors Amanda Hatfield and Bill Pearis also stop by. -- Email bvweekly@gmail.com with any feedback or questions! Visit BrooklynVegan: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/ This Week's Notable Releases (goes live Friday morning): https://www.brooklynvegan.com/category/music/new-releases/ This Week's Indie Basement (goes live Friday morning): https://www.brooklynvegan.com/tags/bills-indie-basement/ And Visit Our Shop: https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/ ** Credits: Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Editing & Engineering by Nick Gray & Will Craddock
- May 1, 20261h 5m
5 More Greatest Living Songwriters, 1 Song of the Summer, Bikini Kill & Sloan classics
Amanda picks an early contender for song of the summer, Dave went to see a lot of bands (Thursday, Gorilla Biscuits, Straight Ahead, Dethklok, Amon Amarth, Castle Rat & more). We talk the NY Times' list of 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters including some we would add. We also list who we want to see at next weekend's Welcome to Rockville fest, and talk new albums from American Football, Kacey Musgraves, Emily Nenni, Lip Critic, duendita, Kneecap & more + news from Olivia Rodrigo, DJ Shadow, Citizen, The Menzingers, Loathe, Interpol, Hayley Williams, Noah Kahan, Liz Phair & more... on this episode of BV Weekly. PLUS: we end the episode talking two more classic albums turning 30 this year: Bikinki Kill - Reject All American and Sloan - One Chord to Another. BV Weekly is brought to you by the long-running music publication BrooklynVegan, created and hosted by Dave Levine and Andrew Sacher. This week BV editor and photographer Amanda Hatfield is again filling in for Andrew who is out on parental leave (except for the continuing 1996 album part where Bill Pearis also joins us) -- Email bvweekly@gmail.com with any feedback or questions! Visit BrooklynVegan: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/ This Week's Notable Releases (goes live Friday morning): https://www.brooklynvegan.com/category/music/new-releases/ This Week's Indie Basement (goes live Friday morning): https://www.brooklynvegan.com/tags/bills-indie-basement/ And Visit Our Shop: https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/ ** Credits: Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Editing & Engineering by Nick Gray & Will Craddock
- Apr 24, 20261h 11m
New Quicksand & Failure, Old Weezer & Neutral Milk Hotel
Congrats Waxahatchee, Kevin Morby & Lala Lala, more 1996 albums turning 30, new albums from Failure, Friko, Miss Grit, Portrayal of Guilt. The Saddest Landscape (with Julien Baker and Jeremy Bolm). Terror, At the Gates & more. Quicksand and Public Opinion album announcements, more Coachella streaming, DJs are gods, Hayley Williams is everywhere, news from Geese, David Byrne, Bob Dylan, Horsegiirl, Tricky, Boards of Canada, Modest Mouse, Grouper, Beck, Jeff Rosenstock, Bon Iver, and more, plus RADIUS CLAUSES AND, Andrew, Dave & Bill deep dive into two more classic 1996 albums turning 30 this year. Weezer - Pinkerton, and Neutral Milk Hotel - On Avery Island. BV Weekly is brought to you by the long-running music publication BrooklynVegan, created and hosted by Dave Levine and Andrew Sacher. This week BV editor and photographer Amanda Hatfield is again filling in for Andrew who is out on parental leave (except for the continuing 1996 album part) -- Email bvweekly@gmail.com with any feedback or questions! Visit BrooklynVegan: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/ This Week's Notable Releases (goes live Friday morning): https://www.brooklynvegan.com/category/music/new-releases/ This Week's Indie Basement (goes live Friday morning): https://www.brooklynvegan.com/tags/bills-indie-basement/ And Visit Our Shop: https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/ ** Credits: Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Editing & Engineering by Nick Gray & Will Craddock
- Apr 17, 20261h 5m
Massive Attack & Tom Waits (!), Charli XCX & Iron Maiden rock, Lily Allen slays +++ Jay-Z & Stereolab classics turn 30
Nine Inch Nails' new Nine Inch Noize album is here, Coachella is streaming (and also happening) again, Oasis, Phil Collins, Iron Maiden, Sade, Billy Idol, Wu-Tang Clan and more are entering the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year (Geese not yet eligible), Charli XCX is going rock this year, Massive Attack and Tom Waits released a new song, Dave saw Lily Allen, more new albums came out, music news happened.... All that and more on the new episode of BV Weekly. PLUS: Stick around to the end to hear Dave, Andrew & Bill talk two more classic albums turning 30 this year: Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt, and Stereolab's Emperor Tomato Ketchup. -- Email bvweekly@gmail.com with any feedback or questions! Visit BrooklynVegan: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/ This Week's Notable Releases (goes live Friday morning): https://www.brooklynvegan.com/category/music/new-releases/ This Week's Indie Basement (goes live Friday morning): https://www.brooklynvegan.com/tags/bills-indie-basement/ And Visit Our Shop: https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/ ** Credits: BV Weekly is brought to you by the long-running music publication BrooklynVegan, created and hosted by Dave Levine and Andrew Sacher. This week BV editor and photographer Amanda Hatfield anmd BV senior editor Bill Pearis are both here and Andrew is not. Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Editing & Engineering by Nick Gray & Will Craddock
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