# New Charli XCX & The Strokes, Greg Freeman & First Day Back too Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bv-weekly-7365125/new-charli-xcx-the-strokes-greg-freeman-first-day-back-too Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/bv-weekly-7365125/new-charli-xcx-the-strokes-greg-freeman-first-day-back-too.md Podcast: [BV Weekly](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bv-weekly-7365125) Published: 2026-07-24T07:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://bvweekly.podbean.com/e/new-charli-xcx-the-strokes-greg-freeman-first-day-back-too/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/p2n83zqs9fin62ee/BV_-_Episode_68_Master_Audio_8w7yc.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bv-weekly-7365125/episodes/new-charli-xcx-the-strokes-greg-freeman-first-day-back-too Duration seconds: 4828 ## Resource We also address the onging pee & poop problems at Morgan Wallen, Noah Kahan & Olivia Rodrigo shows after a week of crazy weather in NYC during which Dave caught The Menzingers, Ancient Death, First Day Back, Greg Freeman (who played his just-announced album in full), Wendy Eisenberg, the World Cup final and more + we talk the new albums by Charli XCX & The Strokes & other new songs & this week's music news and whatever else. Rest in Peace, L7 bassist Jennifer Finch. 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/ (new analog pressings of Funkadelic classic "Maggot Brain" on pre-order now!) ** Credits: Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Editing & Engineering by Nick Gray & Will Craddock ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bv-weekly-7365125/episodes/new-charli-xcx-the-strokes-greg-freeman-first-day-back-too/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/bv-weekly-7365125/new-charli-xcx-the-strokes-greg-freeman-first-day-back-too.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.