Does 2026 Have A Consensus AOTY Contender Yet?

Does 2026 Have A Consensus AOTY Contender Yet?

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, Meat Puppets, Blonde Redhead & Flipper), new Converge, slightly older Converge, other new albums out this week (like Death Cab For Cutie and Vince Staples), this week's music news & more Rest in Peace, Doug Shaw 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/ [https://www.brooklynvegan.com/] This Week's Notable Releases (goes live Friday morning): https://www.brooklynvegan.com/category/music/new-releases/ [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/ [https://www.brooklynvegan.com/tags/bills-indie-basement/] And Visit Our Shop: https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/ [https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/] ** Credits: Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Editing & Engineering by Nick Gray & Will Craddock

All Your Favorite 2000s Indie Trends Are Coming Back + Riot Fest Lineup Reaction & More

+ 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 Power to the People with Foo Fighters, Dave Matthews & many more, and of course Trump’s thing (that even more artists dropped off since we recorded this), and we talked about all four of those (but mostly Riot Fest), and the new Kurt Vile, Iceage, Balmora & Boards of Canada albums, the American Music Awards, and more more  PLUS: We discuss classic 1996 albums turning 30 this year by (Riot Fest headliner) TOOL and WILCO 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/ [https://www.brooklynvegan.com/] This Week's Notable Releases (goes live Friday morning): https://www.brooklynvegan.com/category/music/new-releases/ [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/ [https://www.brooklynvegan.com/tags/bills-indie-basement/] And Visit Our Shop: https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/ [https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/] ** Credits: Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Editing & Engineering by Nick Gray & Will Craddock

Car Seat Headrest 'Backlash,' 5 Great Rock Records of 2026, 3 Drake albums, a Shoegaze fest

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 albums from Radiohead's Ed O'Brien, Hyd, a new album MJ Lenderman plays on & more + this week's news and some other stuff too.  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/ [https://www.brooklynvegan.com/] This Week's Notable Releases (goes live Friday morning): https://www.brooklynvegan.com/category/music/new-releases/ [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/ [https://www.brooklynvegan.com/tags/bills-indie-basement/] And Visit Our Shop: https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/ [https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/] ** Credits: Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Editing & Engineering by Nick Gray & Will Craddock

I listened to the whole Noah Kahan album

+ 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 Twin We also announce a special BrooklynVegan-presented Swervedriver tour. All dates and info here: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/swervedriver-celebrating-35-years-of-raise-on-bv-presents-tour/ [https://www.brooklynvegan.com/swervedriver-celebrating-35-years-of-raise-on-bv-presents-tour/]   BV Weekly is brought to you by the long-running music publication BrooklynVegan, created and hosted by Dave Levine and Andrew Sacher.  -- Email bvweekly@gmail.com with any feedback or questions! Visit BrooklynVegan: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/ [https://www.brooklynvegan.com/] This Week's Notable Releases (goes live Friday morning): https://www.brooklynvegan.com/category/music/new-releases/ [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/ [https://www.brooklynvegan.com/tags/bills-indie-basement/] And Visit Our Shop: https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/ [https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/] ** Credits: Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Editing & Engineering by Nick Gray & Will Craddock

That Radiohead thing, Mike D is back, Rolling Stones & Sugar too

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 Beastie Boys released a new song, and is playing Beastie Boys songs live! We also talk about the new Basement, Aldous Harding & Social Distortion albums, cancelled tours, announced tours, Olivia Rodrigo, M.I.A. & more of this week's music news.  BV Weekly is brought to you by the long-running music publication BrooklynVegan, created and hosted by Dave Levine and Andrew Sacher. This week BV editors Amanda Hatfield and Bill Pearis also stop by.  -- Email bvweekly@gmail.com with any feedback or questions! Visit BrooklynVegan: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/ [https://www.brooklynvegan.com/] This Week's Notable Releases (goes live Friday morning): https://www.brooklynvegan.com/category/music/new-releases/ [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/ [https://www.brooklynvegan.com/tags/bills-indie-basement/] And Visit Our Shop: https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/ [https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/] ** Credits: Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Editing & Engineering by Nick Gray & Will Craddock