Morrissey, Michael Stipe & that viral polka dot mathrock duo Angine de Poitrine

About this episode

The episode discusses various music topics including Angine de Poitrine's rise, Morrissey, Michael Stipe's surprise show, and new album releases.

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 called Something Better Change, new albums from Kim Gordon, James Blake, ELUCID, Lamb of God. Sweet Pill, Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip, The Notwist, Cut Worms & more + the return of Pussycat Dolls, Piebald & Kacey Musgraves + more music news on this week's episode of BV Weekly -- 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: BV Weekly is brought to you by the long-running music publication…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave Levine, Andrew Sacher

Guests: Bill Pearis, Amanda Hatfield, Mikey Rishwain

Topics covered

• music news
• artist discussions
• live performances
• new album releases
• music industry events

Keywords

• Morrissey
• Michael Stipe
• Angine de Poitrine
• SXSW
• new albums
• music news
• live shows

Sponsors

BrooklynVegan

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Angine de Poitrine

Books & works: Mile End Kicks

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