Does 2026 Have A Consensus AOTY Contender Yet?

About this episode

The episode discusses the best albums of the year so far and features various artists and new releases.

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/ 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…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave Levine, Andrew Sacher

Topics covered

• best albums of the year
• music news
• new releases
• album discussions
• concert experiences

Keywords

• AOTY
• 2026
• music commentary
• album reviews
• new music

Sponsors

BrooklynVegan

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Feels Like Heaven, WITCH CLUB SATAN, Dinosaur Jr, Meat Puppets, Blonde Redhead, Flipper, Converge, Death Cab For Cutie

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