BV Weekly

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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Episodes

Tuesday Sep 16, 2025

Coachella's 2026 lineup is here and we've got thoughts. All three headliners are pop stars for the first time in Coachella history, but Goldenvoice's punk roots are still well represented. Past headliners The Strokes are now one slot below Justin Bieber. The xx are back. Will Clipse have big guests? Are Nine Inch Nails doing a full EDM set with Boys Noize? What exactly is Bob Baker Marionettes? And what's up with that weird Radiohead thing? All this and more on the new episode of BV Weekly.
 
Full Coachella 2026 lineup here: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/coachella-2026-lineup-sabrina-carpenter-nin-boys-noize-turnstile-the-strokes-the-xx-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

Friday Sep 12, 2025

On this episode of BV Weekly, Dave, Andrew, and special guest Amanda Hatfield discuss the triumphant Rilo Kiley reunion tour that just hit NYC and how Rilo Kiley went from some early critical pans to one of the millennial generation's most beloved bands (10:10). Andrew and Dave also talk about Eminem's new Stans documentary (00:44), an impactful Brooklyn show from Brazilian death metal band Crypta (25:20), the remarkable debut full-length from rising UK art-jazz-punks Maruja (31:18), Turnstile giving Tiny Desk its first-ever stage dive (47:04), the excellent new song from Turnstile's soon-to-be tourmates Speed (43:37), and more.
 
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Visit BrooklynVegan: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/
Rilo Kiley photos & review:
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/rilo-kiley-played-first-nyc-shows-in-17-years-central-park-pics-video-setlist/
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/
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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

Friday Sep 05, 2025

On this episode of BV Weekly, Dave, Andrew, and special guest Bill Pearis recap and discuss three massive NYC-area shows that took place this past week: System Of A Down/Korn at MetLife Stadium (02:51), Oasis at MetLife Stadium (09:39), and Nine Inch Nails at Barclays Center (21:49). Then, Andrew and Dave take a look at some albums we're anticipating this fall (31:43); just-released new albums from Big Thief, David Byrne, Georgia Maq, and others (45:00); and more of this week's new music and music news.
 
Email bvweekly@gmail.com with any feedback or questions! 
Visit BrooklynVegan: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/
72 Albums We're Anticipating for Fall 2025: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/72-albums-were-anticipating-for-fall-2025/
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/
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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

Friday Aug 29, 2025

Dave is out this week, but we've got BV's Bill Pearis in his place for a shorter-than-usual episode that opens with a recap of IDLES coming to NYC and turning the clocks back three decades to help celebrate the release of Darren Aronofsky's new film 'Caught Stealing.' We then look at new albums from Blood Orange, The Beths, The Hives, End It, CMAT, and more (02:14); and new singles/album announcements from Chat Pile/Hayden Pedigo and Midlake (19:02).
 
UPDATE: As Bill guessed it might be, the Erykah Badu & The Alchemist album was in fact delayed.
 
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/
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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

Friday Aug 22, 2025

This week’s episode sadly starts with the shocking news of Mastodon co-founder Brent Hinds’ death, which broke just as we were about to record. This episode’s dedicated to Brent, and it also goes deep into the new Deftones album private music (04:57), along with a list of 5 other new records for Deftones fans (18:58) and discussions about Earl Sweatshirt’s prank-ish album rollout (29:42), the excellent new album from rising indie-country artist Greg Freeman (24:58), the returns of Good Luck and Merchandise (34:36), bad (and good?) news from At the Gates (38:17), the FYA lineup announcement (40:54), and more.
 
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/
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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

Friday Aug 15, 2025

On this episode of BV Weekly, Dave and Andrew celebrate BrooklynVegan's 21st birthday before going on to discuss KPop Demon Hunters (02:38); the new Jeff Buckley documentary (05:02); Raekwon's first of many Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 30th anniversary shows (09:09); the apparent Lana Del Rey & Ethel Cain beef (24:33); new albums from Pool Kids, Kerosene Heights, Marissa Nadler, Panopticon, and more (30:50); and of course, this week's big Taylor Swift announcement (33:15). Right in the middle of all that is a block of melodic hardcore talk, including Militarie Gun's album announcement, Drain's new clean-vocal single, and some thoughts on why Title Fight is in the air right now (13:50).
 
Email bvweekly@gmail.com with any feedback or questions! 
Visit BrooklynVegan: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/
Pool Kids Interviewhttps://www.brooklynvegan.com/going-pop-but-staying-diy-pool-kids-on-easier-said-than-done/
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/
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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

Friday Aug 08, 2025

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! 
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/
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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

Friday Aug 01, 2025

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.
Email bvweekly@gmail.com with any feedback or questions! 
Visit BrooklynVegan: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/
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/
And Visit Our Shop: https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/
 
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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

Friday Jul 25, 2025

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

Friday Jul 18, 2025

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.
Read the indie country boom article here: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/10-artists-shaping-the-new-indie-country-boom/Get the Alex G vinyl here: https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/products/alex-g-headlights-lp-limited-edition-only-1000-made-opaque-fruit-punch-vinyl
 
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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

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