BV Weekly

RIP Black Sabbath, Welcome Back Oasis, Clipse & Wet Leg + 15 Hours of Hell (Fest)

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

Best Albums of 2025 So Far

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

Greet Death, Emo Bands Going Heavy, Witch Club Satan & Georgia Maq's Labubu

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

Zohran Mamdani's Rap Past, Outbreak Fest, Wednesday's Anticipated Album & More

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

RIP Brian Wilson, Sly Stone, and Billy Jones

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

New Turnstile, New Pulp, New BrooklynVegan Podcast (Hello, World!)

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.
 
Find us at https://www.brooklynvegan.com/ for much 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