BV Weekly

BrooklynVegan
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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. 5D AGO

    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

    1h 6m

  2. APR 24

    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

    1h 11m

  3. APR 17

    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

    1h 5m

  4. APR 15

    Bill's Best Albums of Q1 2026 (Another Bonus Episode!)

    Bill Pearis is here to count down his favorite music of the first 3 months of the year. Dave sometimes weighs in, on this (second and different Q1 music) bonus episode of BV Weekly, the weekly (or more) podcast brought to you by long-running music blog BrooklynVegan.    -- Visit BrooklynVegan: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/ And Visit Our Shop: https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/ Email bvweekly@gmail.com with any feedback or questions! ** Credits: BV Weekly is hosted by BV founder and EIC Dave Levine and long running senior editor Andrew Sacher (who is on parental leave). BV senior editor Bill Pearis is who joined Dave today.  Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Mix engineer: Nick Gray

    26 min

  5. APR 13

    Coachella 2026: Best Sets, Worst Discourse & more (Bonus Episode!)

    Andrew, Amanda & Dave talk their favorite sets from Coachella 2026, weekend one, on this bonus episode of BV Weekly, the weekly (or more) podcast brought to you by long-running music blog BrooklynVegan.  Find out what we thought of Nine Inch Noize, Sabrina Carpenter, Turnstile, Justin Bieber, Geese, Karol G, The Strokes & more -- Visit BrooklynVegan: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/ And Visit Our Shop: https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/ Email bvweekly@gmail.com with any feedback or questions! ** Credits: BV Weekly is hosted by BV founder and EIC Dave Levine and long running senior editor Andrew Sacher., and today Amanda Hatfield also returns.  Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Mix engineer: Nick Gray

    1h 11m

  6. APR 10

    Angine de Poitrine not playing Coachella, but Jack White, NIN & The Strokes are ++ more we talk 2 more 1996 classics

    OutKast's ATLiens & DJ Shadow's Endtroducing are the 2 albums turning 30 we talk this week after running down this week's music news and new albums, Coachella conflicts, the new Nine Inch Nails & Strokes album announcements, whether Radiohead made the best album of the last 30 years, Andrew's first book, Angine de Poitrine not playing SNL but Paul McCartney doing it, Angine de Poitrine not playing Coachella but opening for Jack White who was added to Coachella who are also hosting a Radiohead installation that is also going on tour, and more on this week's BV Weekly! -- 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 is filling in for Andrew.  Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Editing & Engineering by Nick Gray & Will Craddock

    1h 5m

  7. APR 9

    Top Albums of Q1 2026, according to Andrew (Bonus Episode!)

    Andrew returns to count down his favorite music of the year so far. Dave sometimes weighs in, on this bonus episode of BV Weekly, the weekly (or more) podcast brought to you by long-running music blog BrooklynVegan.  -- Visit BrooklynVegan: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/ And Visit Our Shop: https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/ Email bvweekly@gmail.com with any feedback or questions! ** Credits: BV Weekly is hosted by BV founder and EIC Dave Levine and long running senior editor Andrew Sacher., and sometimes others.  Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Mix engineer: Nick Gray

    41 min

  8. APR 3

    Morrissey & Turnstile (and more March) Madness +++ We talk 1996 albums from Descendents & Belle & Sebastian

    Rest in Peace Bo Lueders & Ross the Boss. Amanda, Dave & Bill continue to hold it down while Andrew's away with a run down of this week's new albums & muisic news. We also fill out round 2 in Pitchfork's Best Albums bracket, talk Morrissey's beef (with us!),  the sad/insane Turnstile developments, and highlights from this year's Big Ears festival in Knoxville.  PLUS: this week we talk more 1996 classics turning 30 this year: Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister / Tigermilk, and Descendents - Everything Sucks -- 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 is filling in for Andrew, and Bill Pearis also stops by.  Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Mix engineer: Nick Gray

    1h 12m
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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
    55
  • Rating
    Explicit
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