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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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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Recent Episodes

June 26, 2026
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 Pussy & 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

June 19, 2026
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

June 12, 2026
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
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