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Slow Crush smother with an abrasive escapism on 'Thirst'

1 day ago | vanyaland.com | Michael Marotta

Sometimes a song isn’t so much a song as it is a confrontation, and within that confrontation is a chance to escape, if only for a moment, the blackened malaise of life.
Sydney Sprague is unhinged with an alt-rock glow on 'As Scared As Can Be'

2 days ago | vanyaland.com | Michael Marotta

When a person tells you who they are, it’s best to listen. And when an artist declares a new track “the most unhinged song I have ever written,” well, that warrants full attention, too. Enter Sydney Sprague, the Phoenix singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who delivers “As Scared As Can Be” as a full swandive into the chaos that only charred emotional wreckage of unreciprocated love can bring.
This Show Is Tonight: Kendrick & SZA bring Grand National to town

3 days ago | vanyaland.com | Michael Marotta

Back in December, just at the start of winter, when Kendrick Lamar and longtime collaborator SZA announced the Grand National Tour, we used it to cross off two potential names from Boston Calling’s rumored headliner board for 2025. But so much has gone down since — we’re still thinking about that Super Bowl performance, and we got our festival lineup locked in — that we kinda can’t believe that tonight show (May 12) at Gillette Stadium is finally here.
Netflix's 'The Old Guard' got a sequel, and here's a trailer for it

6 days ago | vanyaland.com | Nick Johnston

If there was one movie that represented the “stiff upper lip” attitude that some industry folks had during the pandemic, it was Gina Prince-Bythewood’s The Old Guard. That feature — a Netflix Original that presumably everyone would have forgotten about had it been released alongside its expected competition — became positive proof that Streaming Was The Future. It looked like a summer blockbuster, quacked like a summer blockbuster, and who cared if you were watching it in your home?
Mallrat shines a 'Light' through an ethereal pop ethos

6 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.
Isabel LaRosa, 'Ziwe's America', 'RoboCop'

6 days ago | vanyaland.com | Michael Marotta

Editor’s Note: Welcome to V3 Weekend, Vanyaland‘s guide to help you sort out your weekend entertainment with curated selections and recommendations across our three pillars of Music, Comedy, and Film/TV. It’s what you should know about, where you need to be, and where you’ll be going, with us riding shotgun along the way. As we predicted last year from new music features to Year in ReView, the star shine of Isabel LaRosa continues to grow brighter.
Layzi balances nerves and new love on 'everything i have'

1 week 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.
Vivid Bloom scale 'gazing glacial heights with 'Under the Sound'

1 week ago | vanyaland.com | Michael Marotta

Some of the most memorable moments at Boston Calling over the past dozen years came under cloudy, dark, and ominous skies: A rain-soaked inaugural edition in 2013 at City Hall Plaza as The National, Marina, and MS MR held court; a frenzied mad dash to greet Lorde on that same stage two years later after the thunder and lightning finally subsided; and a spontaneous dance party two years ago in the hockey arena during an unexpected weather delay.
Mic’d Up: ‘Ziwe’s America’ sheds a comedic light on the chaos

1 week ago | vanyaland.com | Jason Greenough

Editor’s Note: It’s the same thing we all know in love when it comes to Vanyaland’s recurring weekly live comedy rundown, Mic’d Up — just a slightly different face. We’ll be hyping club shows, theater and arena gigs, open mics, and whatever else to help fill your free time with some much-needed laughter. The bad news is, shit is still crazy out there, to describe it lightly. The good news, though?
Watch Margaret Qualley sleuth about in the 'Honey Don't!' trailer

1 week ago | vanyaland.com | Nick Johnston

It appears that, sadly, Ethan Coen is still down bad. After trying to steal Rose Glass’s lightning with Drive-Away Dolls last year (Love Lies Bleeding accepts no substitutes), Coen and his co-writer Tricia Cooke are back at the “lesbians in genre situations” motif they’d already strip-mined for HONEY DON’T! (hereafter stylized as in lower-case because that’s fucking annoying).