BV Weekly

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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.

  1. 15 hr ago

    2 of the Most Anticipated Indie Albums of Summer, Olivia Rodrigo & Turnstile’s Crazy Lineups + More

    Phoebe Bridgers & This is Lorelei both released new songs & annnounced new albums, and we're very excited about those + the insane guest lineup on beabadoobee's new album (say her name 5 times fast) & the insane list of Turnstile openers includign Clipse & the insane Olivia Rodrigo fest that Bikini Kill is one of many artists playing. + Deftones' fest, The Killers’ Brandon Flowers goes country, Morrissey is mad at Johnny Marr, Mannequin P***y & Wednesday touring together, new music from Fiddlhead, PJ Harvey, Smidley & Lucy Dacus, Julia Holter, Chelsea Wolfe, The Rolling Stones & Robert Smith & more. We also finally mention the banana man. All this and & more on this episode of BV Weekly.    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/ (This is Lorelei & Phoebe Bridgers on pre-order now!)  ** Credits: Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Editing & Engineering by Nick Gray & Will Craddock

    1hr 15min

  2. 19 Jun

    10 Overlooked Albums of 2026 So Far

    As mid-year approaches, we take some time away from celebrating the Knicks to each name 5 overlooked/underrated 2026 albums... what does that mean exactly? We debate that too, but for sure neither of us chose Olivia Rodrigo, Ratboys & Angine de Poitrine + new albums from Warning & Tierra Whack, this week's music news & more.  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/ (new Descendents & Mojave 3 reissues on pre-order now!)  ** Credits: Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Editing & Engineering by Nick Gray & Will Craddock

    1hr 7min

  3. 12 Jun

    Olivia Rodrigo Meets The Cure, Wu-Tang Meets the Knicks + Gov Ball Recap & More

    It was a big week here in NYC: Phoebe Bridgers' $1 MSG show, Bright Eyes' doomed album anniversary show, Gov Ball where Dave saw Slayyyter, Geese, Fcukers, Freddie Gibbs, Clipse, Hot Mulligan, A$AP Rocky, Japanese Breakfast (now known as J Preggie), Jennie & more.... and then THE KNICKS (Taylor Swift & the Wu-Tang Clan included)  + Olivia Rodrigo surprised Primavera Fest by bringing out Robert Smith of the Cure to premiere a new song they made together and which appears on Olivia's new album which is out today (and which Andrew reviews)  + Death Cab For Cutie is still in rotation, and we talk other new albums that came out this week + this week's music news (Strokes, Interpol & Jack White included), all of this & more on this episode of BV Weekly.  PLUS our 1996 albums turning 30 series ends this week with albums by Tupac and Everything But the Girl. Stick around to the end of the episode to hear that.  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/ (Angine de Poitrine vinyl is shipping now!)  ** Credits: Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Editing & Engineering by Nick Gray & Will Craddock

    1hr 28min

  4. 5 Jun

    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

    1hr 24min

  5. 29 May

    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

    1hr 40min

  6. 22 May

    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

    1hr 9min

  7. 15 May

    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

    1hr 33min

  8. 8 May

    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 greatest guitar solos of all time, and whether 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 about the new Basement, Aldous Harding & Social Distortion albums, cancelled tours, announced tours, Olivia Rodrigo, M.I.A. & more of 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

    1hr 14min
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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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  • Creator
    BrooklynVegan
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    63
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2025 All rights reserved.
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    BV Weekly

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