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The first episode of BrooklynVegan's new BV Weekly is here. Every Friday morning Dave and Andrew will be discussing the week's music news, new albums, new songs, and more, and with this episode falling on the release day of Turnstile and Pulp's highly-anticipated new albums, we spend the bulk of this episode talking about those. Also featured in this episode: Little Simz, Wednesday, Grizzly Bear, Alex G, For Your Health, McKinley Dixon, Miley Cyrus, and more.

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Credits:

BV Weekly is brought to you by the long-running music publication BrooklynVegan, created and hosted by Dave Levine and Andrew Sacher

Theme song by Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars)

Co-produced by Kevin Duffel

The second episode of our new podcast BV Weekly is a sad one. We mourn the losses of innovative music icons Brian Wilson and Sly Stone, as well as one of our close friends: veteran NYC concert promoter and scene fixture Billy Jones. We also look at Neil Young’s new protest album, The Cure’s new remix album, the new Drain single, and more, and recap the recent Turnstile show in NYC (with surprise guest Hayley Williams) and Olivia Rodrigo’s headlining Governors Ball set (with surprise guest David Byrne). 

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Credits:

BV Weekly is brought to you by the long-running music publication BrooklynVegan, created and hosted by Dave Levine and Andrew Sacher

Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars)

Co-producer: Kevin Duffel

Mix engineer: Nick Gray

On this episode of BV Weekly, Dave and Andrew discuss the guest-filled 2025 edition of UK hardcore (and more) festival Outbreak Fest with Turnstile, Knocked Loose, and more; NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's rap past, Indecision/Most Precious Blood guitarist Justin Brannan's bid for NYC comptroller, and other music-related aspects of the NYC election; Turnover playing NYC on the Peripheral Vision 10th anniversary tour; HBO's new Pee-wee Herman documentary; anticipated albums from Wednesday and End It; and more.

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Credits:

BV Weekly is brought to you by the long-running music publication BrooklynVegan, created and hosted by Dave Levine and Andrew Sacher

Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars)

Co-producer: Kevin Duffel

Mix engineer: Nick Gray

On this episode of BV Weekly, Dave and Andrew discuss rising feminist black metal trio Witch Club Satan, Olivia Rodrigo covering Fontaines D.C., Camp Cope singer Georgia Maq's recent solo show in NYC (Labubu included), former BrooklynVegan photographer Bao Nguyen's "We Are the World" documentary The Greatest Night in Pop, the hardcore bands opening blink-182's upcoming tour, the new Greet Death album, and more. Plus, the 10th anniversary reissue of Citizen's Everybody Is Going To Heaven and the new hardcore songs from The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die prompt a discussion about the 5 best times emo bands went heavy.

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Credits:

BV Weekly is brought to you by the long-running music publication BrooklynVegan, created and hosted by Dave Levine and Andrew Sacher

Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars)

Co-producer: Kevin Duffel

Mix engineer: Nick Gray

As we reach the halfway point of 2025, Dave and Andrew discuss several of the BrooklynVegan team's favorite albums of the first six months of the year, broken down by genre, including indie rock, punk/hardcore, emo, pop, rap, metal, country, and a few smaller subgenres in between. At the end, we name 10 albums we're looking forward to hear that are coming out this summer.

Our 40 Favorite Albums of 2025 So Far

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/our-40-favorite-albums-of-2025-so-far/

58 Albums We're Anticipating for Summer 2025

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/58-albums-were-anticipating-for-summer-2025/

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Credits:

BV Weekly is brought to you by the long-running music publication BrooklynVegan, created and hosted by Dave Levine and Andrew Sacher

Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars)

Co-producer: Kevin Duffel

Mix engineer: Nick Gray

On this episode of BV Weekly, Dave and Andrew discuss two massive shows that happened back to back in the UK: the first Oasis reunion show and the final Black Sabbath show. Dave also recaps seeing 20+ bands in 15 hours at the return of NJ's Hellfest (aka Hellphyra), and we discuss new albums from Clipse and Wet Leg, some of this week's best new songs, and more.

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Credits:

BV Weekly is brought to you by the long-running music publication BrooklynVegan, created and hosted by Dave Levine and Andrew Sacher

Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars)

Co-producer: Kevin Duffel

Mix engineer: Nick Gray

On this episode of BV Weekly, Dave and Andrew mourn the loss of Ozzy Osbourne and celebrate his life by looking back on the massive impact that he and Black Sabbath left behind (05:50). We also discuss the semi-surprise new Tyler, the Creator album (23:18), another new album by another Tyler, the new very '90s Hayley Williams track (31:36), Pat Flynn from Fiddlehead/Have Heart's new band How Much Art (32:14), and more.

Correction: It's Tony Iommi coughing on "Sweet Leaf," not Ozzy!

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Credits:

BV Weekly is brought to you by the long-running music publication BrooklynVegan, created and hosted by Dave Levine and Andrew Sacher

Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars)

Co-producer: Kevin Duffel

Mix engineer: Nick Gray

On this episode of BV Weekly, Dave and Andrew discuss the "new indie-country boom" that Andrew also wrote a lengthy article about on BrooklynVegan, Alex G's major label debut, Deftones' first single from their anticipated new album, and the two very different NYC shows that our hosts saw this week: Tyler, the Creator and Acid Bath. Plus: a rundown of more new album recommendations, new songs, and recent music news.

CORRECTION: Though the Jane's Addiction drama did start with a bad performance at Pier 17 in NYC, the meltdown that was then followed by the tour cancellation and now lawsuits, happened in the next city on the tour, Boston.

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Credits:

BV Weekly is brought to you by the long-running music publication BrooklynVegan, created and hosted by Dave Levine and Andrew Sacher

Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars)

Co-producer: Kevin Duffel

Mix engineer: Nick Gray

On this episode of BV Weekly, Dave and Andrew discuss (technically more than) 10 lineup highlights of this weekend's Lollapalooza festival (06:00), the week-long saga of Hayley Williams' surprise 17-song drop (20:10), an exciting new album announcement from Fleshwater (33:51), new albums from The Armed and Wisp (28:58), and more. Plus, a little talk about the New York Liberty and Happy Gilmore 2.

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This Week's Notable Releases: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/hayley-williams-the-armed-wisp-reviews/

This Week's Indie Basement: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/indie-basement-8-1-the-week-in-classic-indie-alternative-college-rock/

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Credits:

BV Weekly is brought to you by the long-running music publication BrooklynVegan, created and hosted by Dave Levine and Andrew Sacher

Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars)

Mix engineer: Nick Gray

On this episode of BV Weekly, Dave and Andrew discuss this week's discourse surrounding Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros' "Home" as a potential "worst song ever," stomp clap music, and 2008-2012 indie (02:06); along with recent "Is Rock Back?" articles coinciding with Olivia Rodrigo continuing her alt-rock collabs by bringing Weezer out at Lollapalooza (25:58). We also look at Blackbraid, Ethel Cain, DJ Premier & Roc Marciano, and more new albums (31:31); the announcement of Algernon Cadwallader's first album in 14 years (41:05), and more.

Email bvweekly@gmail.com with any feedback or questions! 

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Credits:

BV Weekly is brought to you by the long-running music publication BrooklynVegan, created and hosted by Dave Levine and Andrew Sacher

Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars)

Mix engineer: Nick Gray