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BV Interviews: A Podcast About Music

A podcast brought to you by music blog and online record store BrooklynVegan. We talk about the music we love, from indie rock to punk to metal to folk to hip hop and beyond. The show features interviews with musicians, deep dives into specific genres and trends and scenes, and much more.More at http://www.brooklynvegan.com

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42:36

Flogging Molly's Dave King Opens Up About Near-Fatal...

BV Interviews: A Podcast About Music ·

2025/12/15

Flogging Molly leader Dave King opens up for the first time about the traumatic brain injury that he suffered earlier this year that doctors say nearly ended his life. He was told by doctors as he was leaving the hospital that he was a “miracle.”During our conversation, Dave spoke about the scary incident that required him to undergo three brain surgeries and led to him spending three weeks in a coma, and the road to recovery he’s been on every since. His mood was nothing but positive and

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63:01

Geoff Barrow (Portishead), John Minton & Marc Bessant...

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2025/12/11

This episode is a little different as we're talking to three of the people behind new film GAME. It's the first feature from Invada Films, the movie arm of Invada Records, the label co-founded by Geoff Barrow of Portishead and Beak>. Barrow has scored many films and TV series over the last 15 years, including Ex Machina, Annihilation and more but this is his first foray as a producer and co-writer. Helping him out are two old friends and collaborators -- director John Minton who has done live

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1:47

New Podcast Alert! BV Weekly

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2025/11/28

Have you subscribed to BV Weekly yet?BrooklynVegan now has two podcasts! There's this one, BV Interviews (formerly known as The BrooklynVegan Show), as well as BV Weekly, a recently launched podcast in which BV founder Dave Levine and longtime editor (and original BV Interviews host) Andrew Sacher chat weekly about the biggest stories and trending topics in music, new albums, live shows, and more. New episodes go up every Friday morning. Like and subscribe now! https://linktr.ee/bvweekly

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39:51

Midlake's Eric Pulido

BV Interviews: A Podcast About Music ·

2025/11/10

This week we're talking to Eric Pulido of Denton, TX baroque folk-rock greats Midlake who just released A Bridge To Far, their sixth album overall and second since coming back from a nearly 10-year hiatus. Our conversation happened back in September, and we talked about recording the album with producer Sam Evian and how that differed from working with John Congleton on 2022's For the Sake of Bethel Woods, and how this might be their Midlake-iest album yet.Other topics of conversation include

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37:20

The Charlatans' Tim Burgess

BV Interviews: A Podcast About Music ·

2025/11/03

This week we welcome Tim Burgess of long-running Manchester band The Charlatans who just released their 14th album, We Are Love. We talk about working with producer Dev Hynes of Blood Orange on the album, and recording at famed Rockfield Studios in Wales for the first time since 1997's Tellin' Stories and the first time since original keyboardist Rob Collins died in a car crash during the making of the album. Other topics include the return of so many '90s bands this year, Tim's pandemic-era Twitter

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47:20

Soulwax talk new LP, remixes, 2ManyDJs, Despacio, more

BV Interviews: A Podcast About Music ·

2025/10/27

This week we've got Stephen and David Dewaele of Belgian dance-rock greats Soulwax, not to mention 2ManyDJs, Despacio and DEEWEE Records fame. Soulwax just released All Systems Are Lying, their first album in seven years, and we talk about that and how it differed from the last two records. Our wide-ranging conversation also hit on their approach to remixes, interviewing Prince on Belgian television, what makes Belgian music sound Belgian, the mid-'80s Belgian New Beat scene, their mobile club

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30:45

Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys

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2025/10/13

This week we've got Welsh indie rock legend and Super Furry Animals frontman, Gruff Rhys who just released his ninth solo album, Dim Probs, which is also his first for Mogwai's Rock Action label. We discussed the bleak themes of the album and the Welsh DIY music that inspired it, his recent US tour celebrating the 10th anniversary of his album American Interior, missing the Oasis reunion shows in Cardiff, that time Super Furry Animals toured with Oasis 20 years ago, raves in the Welsh countryside,

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33:27

Cate Le Bon on 'Michelangelo Dying,' producing Wilco,...

BV Interviews: A Podcast About Music ·

2025/10/06

This week we've got Welsh iconoclast Cate Le Bon who just released the wonderful, if heartbreaking new album, Michelangelo Dying. We discussed how the album was not the record she intended or wanted to make; her creative partnership with producer and engineer Samur Khouja; working with musicians Dylan Hadley, Valentina Magliati, Stephen Black and Euan Hinshelwood on the album; her other career as a producer making records with Wilco, Dry Cleaning, Horsegirl and more; her 2026 tour plans; her new

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38:07

Fred Armisen on '100 Sound Effects,' Steve Albini,...

BV Interviews: A Podcast About Music ·

2025/09/29

Comedian, actor and musician Fred Armisen has just released a new album: 100 Sound Effects and yes it's exactly that -- a old school sound effects album, but one only Fred Armisen could make. We talked to Fred about how he came to make it, how the late Steve Albini played a part in it, and the unexpected difficulties there were in creating his own sound effects. Along the way there are digressions into '80s "marimba wave" and Sophistipop, singing Foreigner in an episode of Wednesday, the show's

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26:25

The Hives' Howlin' Pelle on Microphone swinging...

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2025/09/23

Swedish garage rock greats just released THE HIVES FOREVER FOREVER THE HIVES, their terrific seventh album which was co-produced by longtime collaborator Pelle Gunnerfeldt and The Beastie Boys' Mike D, with additional productions by Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme.We talked to Hives frontman Howlin' Pelle Almqvist about the new album, working with Mike D and Josh Homme, microphone swinging disasters, Def Leppard, the best Swedish band of the 2000s who weren't The Hives, playing outdoor shows

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31:08

Baxter Dury talks 'Albarone,' Paul Epworth & more

BV Interviews: A Podcast About Music ·

2025/09/15

Baxter Dury (son of British icon Ian Dury) just released his eight solo album, Allbarone, which he made with producer Paul Epworth (Adele, Bloc Party). Together they take Baxter's signature style -- a London Serge Gainsbourg by way of post-punk and indie -- into what he calls “mature art school rave" that has more than a little French Touch disco in it.We talked to Baxter about the new album, working with Paul Epworth, his time as a film student at NYU in the '90s, why he's never played America and

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41:54

Suede's Mat Osman

BV Interviews: A Podcast About Music ·

2025/09/11

UK group Suede (known to some in America as The London Suede) just released their 10th album, Antidepressants, which has them adding dark post-punk to their signature "beautiful trash" glammy sound. It's the latest release in of the best second acts in recent memory.We talked to bassist Mat Osman about Suede's longevity, the care they've put into every record, especially since reforming in 2010, the album's post-punk sound and his own goth roots. We also discuss Matt's second career as an author

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45:00

Saint Etienne's Pete Wiggs & Sarah Cracknell

BV Interviews: A Podcast About Music ·

2025/09/08

After 35 years UK trio Saint Etienne have decided that their 13th album, International, will be their last. They've gone out with a bang, though, collaborating Confidence Man, The Chemical Brothers Tom Rowlands and Doves' Jez Williams, Haircut 100's Nick Heyward, Erasure's Vince Clark, and more on the album's songs. We talked with 2/3rds of the band, Pete Wiggs and Sarah Cracknell, on the decision to bring an end to Saint Etienne, the many great collaborators on International, what their kids listen

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39:52

Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor & Joe Goddard

BV Interviews: A Podcast About Music ·

2025/09/02

We talked with Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard about the band's new Best Of comp Joy In Repetition, the purpose Best Of's serve in the streaming era, some of their favorite Greatest Hits albums, how they got Sgt Peppers designer Sir Peter Blake to do the album cover, technical difficulties at live shows, the impressive list of people who have played drums with Hot Chip, their upcoming live shows in New York, LA and London, and more. Credits: Hosted & produced by Bill Pearis Mixed by

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29:09

Elbow's Guy Garvey talks 'AUDIO VERTIGO,' new EP,...

BV Interviews: A Podcast About Music ·

2025/08/26

Guy Garvey, who has led Manchester band Elbow since the mid-'90s, talks with us this week about the band's new EP, their upcoming first full North American tour since before Covid, their secret to longevity, and lots more. ** Credits: Hosted & produced by Bill Pearis Mixed by Nick Gray Theme music by Michael Silverstein

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46:49

The Beta Band's Steve Mason on reunion tour, legacy...

BV Interviews: A Podcast About Music ·

2025/08/21

The Beta Band's Steve Mason gives only his second interview since the group announced they were reforming for their first tour in 20 years. We discuss the reunion, The Beta Band's legacy, the dangers of nostalgia, how they wanted to destroy Britpop when they formed, touring with Radiohead, and more.** Credits: Hosted & produced by Bill Pearis Mixed by Nick Gray Theme music by Michael Silverstein

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01:03:15

Moving Mountains' Greg Dunn on Reunion Album, 20th...

BV Interviews: A Podcast About Music ·

2025/08/11

Moving Mountains leader Greg Dunn gives a rare interview in which he reflects on 20 years of Moving Mountains; dives into the band's first new album in 12 years, Pruning of the Lower Limbs; breaks the news that Moving Mountains are already planning their next album; and much more.** Credits: Hosted & produced by Andrew Sacher Mixed by Nick Gray Theme music by Michael Silverstein

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01:17:39

5 Pure Noise Albums that Shaped the Label with...

BV Interviews: A Podcast About Music ·

2025/06/03

To celebrate the (slightly belated) 15th anniversary of Pure Noise Records, label founder Jake Round joined us for a rare interview in which he reflects on the past, present, and future of the label, and also picks five releases that he feels altered the trajectory of Pure Noise.-- The BrooklynVegan Show is brought to you in part by DistroKid, a service for musicians that allows you to easily upload your music to all major streaming platforms. You can get 30% off of your first year’s membership

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01:01:12

Pelican: 10 Albums That Influenced 'Flickering...

BV Interviews: A Podcast About Music ·

2025/05/14

Laurent Schroeder-Lebec and Trevor de Brauw of Chicago instrumental band Pelican join us on the latest episode of the BrooklynVegan podcast to discuss 10 (technically 11) albums that influenced their new album, 'Flickering Resonance,' which arrives May 16 via Run For Cover. It's Pelican's first album in six years, first with Laurent back in the band in 12 years, and first for Run For Cover, following releases on Hydra Head and Southern Lord. Though Pelican have long been grouped with metal, they

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01:30:52

Bayside S/T at 20 with Anthony Raneri

BV Interviews: A Podcast About Music ·

2025/03/19

2025 marks 25 years of Bayside and it also marks 20 years of their self-titled sophomore album, which vocalist/guitarist Anthony Raneri joined us on the BrooklynVegan podcast to discuss.The album came at a pivotal moment for both the band and the 2000s emo boom that they were part of, and Anthony discusses all the factors that led to this album turning out the way it did, and the way it changed the band’s career forever. He discusses the impact that being from the Long Island scene and being

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