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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 prem...

Slayyyter, Angine de Poitrine, Neurosis, Wendy Eisenberg, Grace Ives, NIN, Underscores, Denzel Curry, Feels Like Heaven, Arima Ederra, Frozen Soul & more come up in our discussion of what people are saying are the best albums of the year so far. 

+ new Weezer & Wednesday, MJ Lenderman drops off the Zach Bryan tour but is on one of Andrew's favorite albums of Q2, Dave saw WITCH CLUB SATAN (not to mention Dinosaur Jr, Me...

+ Zach Bryan is alternative, Olivia Rodrigo is Smashing Pumpkins, or is it Foo Fighters. + New Ear & Gabe Mendez albums inspire some Postal Service and Iron & Wine talk which in no time leads to Slayyyter, Angine de Poitrine and LCD Soundsystem and lots more 2000s indie bands and bands who are doing that sound now.

This was also big week for festival announcements, including Riot Fest, Levitation, Tom Morello’s Powe...

Dave went to the NYC edition of Slide Away fest with Swirlies, Chapterhouse, Nothing & Hum. Andrew listened to all 3 Drake albums. Dave lists 5 (actually more) great rock records that came out this year in addition to Zach Bryan and Joyce Manor, and Andrew names his favorite of the year, one he likes even more than Ratboys.  We talk the seemingly controversial re-recorded Car Seat Headrest album, run down this week's new a...

+ Phoebe Bridgers began making her long-awaited return, Charli XCX stoked the flames of "Rock Music" discourse, new Kevin Morby, and three new side projects with some familiar faces from the emo/post-hardcore world all popped up at once. Dave and I talk about all of that, hacky sacks and more on this week's episode of BV Weekly.

AND: we end the episode talking two more classic albums turning 30 this year by Less Than Jake and Aphex...

And do guitar solos matter? We talk Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 greatest guitar solos of all time, and whether Geese & MJ Lenderman belong on there. Andrew is back, Dave & Bill saw Bob Mould's '90s reunited band Sugar, Bill & Amanda saw the colorful and wild Gelli Haha show, Bill went to that Radiohead thing, Jason Isbell went to that Rolling Stones thing & is reuniting with Drive-By Truckers. Mike D of the...

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 C...

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, ...

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 o...

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. 

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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

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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 ...

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. 

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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 turnin...

Pitchfork March Madness, FKA Twigs, new Robyn & Courtney Barnett albums, a very surprising Neurosis drop, new New Pornographers, a big Weezer tour, our love of Courtney Love loving Geese, Chappell Roan controversies, shows we saw, more new albums & music news & more on this episode of BV Weekly

PLUS: our new series on albums turning 30 this year continues. This week we talk two more 1996 classics: Jimmy Eat World's Stat...

We also discuss the Lollapalooza lineup, Smashing Pumpkins being on there, Hoppers, LA indie sleaze fest Just Like Heaven, Trent Reznor's latest Nine Inch Nails update, Roots Picnic & the other 2 big shows Jay-Z just announced, John K Samson and the Weakerthans and how much we miss them, new Death Cab for Cutie, albums out this week like Poison the Well, Ladytron, Avalon Emerson, The Silver (plus a couple of Morbus Chron relate...

Angine de Poitrine is all over our feeds & selling out huge shows. We bring on a friend who booked & saw them + Dave, Bill & Amanda discuss new (and same old) Morrissey, Michael Stipe playing R.E.M. songs at a surprise show (and our chances of a reunion), a new movie called Mile End Kicks which is set against the '00s Montreal music scene, SXSW, Jello Biafra in the hospital, new D.O.A. frontman Joe Keithley documentary ...

And how about that Harry Styles choreography? On this episode of BV Weekly, Dave, Andrew, and Bill discuss Harry's dancing, a trifecta of headline-making quotes from '90s alt-rock veterans, Sturgill Simpson putting his supposedly-physical-only new album on YouTube two weeks early, Basement's first music in 8 years, the star-studded HELP(2) charity compilation, the indie rock-centric Peaky Blinders soundtrack, a bunch of other new a...

On this episode of BV Weekly, Dave and Andrew discuss the 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees (including Wu-Tang Clan, Lauryn Hill, Shakira, P!nk, Iron Maiden & more); the tons of festivals announced this week; Circa Survive's newly-announced reunion; new singles from upcoming comeback albums by American Football, Social Distortion, and WU LYF; new albums from Mitski, Buck Meek, and Nothing; and more.

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