Victoria Wasylak

5 days ago | vanyaland.com | Victoria Wasylak

Mallrat’s favorite kind of light is a phenomenon that her grandmother used to call “God’s fingers.” “It’s when little rays peak through clouds or peak through trees, and it’s a really clear beam of light,” says the Australian artist born Grace Shaw. It is, unwittingly, the perfect descriptor of her sophomore album, Light hit my face like a straight right, which arrived in February.

6 days ago | vanyaland.com | Victoria Wasylak

Befoer Layzi gives her all as a performer at this year’s Boston Calling, she’s delivering a new single called “everything I have.” The song, which arrived earlier this week (May 6), is a bedroom pop devotional, soft but serious in its adoration. Much like Layzi’s current collection of summer bummers, “everything i have” nurses a bittersweet tone, as the Boston artist grapples with the nerves that accompany new love.

1 week ago | vanyaland.com | Victoria Wasylak

Are Viruette transforming “soulless” into a good thing? If a critic wants to raze an album, regardless of genre, they can usually label it a “vapid” or “unfeeling” and call it a day. But in the case of the Boston band, crafting rugged rock from the numbness of the void might just be a plus, if not a point of pride. Last week (May 2) the band released “DEADTOOTH,” a new song and music video that follows their 2024 LP Your Lacuna.

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Victoria Wasylak

Antonio Corrales is no stranger to toiling behind a sewing machine for half a day straight. Since launching his Worcester-based label CorruptKid in 2019, the 25-year-old fashion designer has stitched together an international customer base, in part due to his willingness to spend 12-plus hours at a time fulfilling orders from countries like Germany, France, Canada, and Japan. But last month, Corrales received an order that would test his creativity and dexterity on a much tighter timeline.

1 week ago | masslive.com | Victoria Wasylak

A recent Instagram post has stirred up some family controversy involving actor Dylan O’Brien. A 2024 quote that O’Brien shared about his transgender sibling Julz recently surfaced in a Gay Times article and Instagram post about the actor, causing Julz to respond online about their relationship.