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

About this episode

The episode discusses the re-recorded Car Seat Headrest album, reviews of new rock records, and highlights from the Slide Away 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/ 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/ ** Credits: Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave Levine, Andrew Sacher

Topics covered

• Car Seat Headrest
• Drake albums
• rock music
• Slide Away fest
• new album releases

Keywords

• Car Seat Headrest
• Drake
• rock records
• Slide Away fest
• new albums

Sponsors

BrooklynVegan

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Car Seat Headrest, Zach Bryan, Joyce Manor, Ratboys, Radiohead, Hyd, Swirlies, Chapterhouse, Nothing, Hum

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