# The Best Albums of 2026 So Far

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Podcast: [BV Weekly](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bv-weekly-7365125)
Published: 2026-07-03T07:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

BrooklynVegan's 50 favorite albums of the year so far is live! Andrew & Dave talk through some of it, before running down a bit of this week's music news. Here us talk about Beth Orton, Thomas Dolbaum, Star Moles, Death Cab For Cutie, Feels Like Heaven, Cryptic Shift, Soft Curse, Olivia Rodrigo, Fcukers, Daniel Lopatin, Roc Marciano, Nine Inch Nailes, Angine de Poitrine & more. Read the full list on BrooklynVegan.com Also: The Ritornello Form album came out, Dave saw Shabaka, Andrew thinks the Beach Boys are the best American band. 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 Dinosaur Jr. on pre-order now!) ** Credits: Theme Song: Joseph D’Agostino (Empty Country, Cymbals Eat Guitars) Editing & Engineering by Nick Gray & Will Craddock

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