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13 hours ago | vanyaland.com | Michael Marotta

It appears that Lorde summer is upon us, just when we need it most. Fresh off a pop-up performance at Washington Square Park in New York City and a surprise appearance with Charli XCX at Coachella in California, our alt-pop queen Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor has returned with a striking new song called “What Was That” — and it has us skipping over to Genius to tattoo the lyrics on our bruised and broken brains.

1 day ago | vanyaland.com | Michael Marotta

Even in this cluttered and chaotic age of promotional static and content noise, the only thing that truly matters is the greatness of the song. So as Sunflower Bean prepare to release new album Mortal Primetime this Friday (April 25) via Lucky Number, our interest in the stylistic sass of the New York band has skyrocketed to the top of the tallest skyscraper simply after hearing last month’s incendiary Song of the Year contender “Nothing Romantic”.

3 days ago | vanyaland.com | Michael Marotta

Just last month we were enchanted by the ocean-sized post-‘gaze of Wisp, who swept us away through a dream-pop current called “Sword” that ultimately ended up on The V List as one of our fave tracks of March. Now, fresh off a Coachella appearance and ahead of joining System of a Down’s summer stadium tour and appearances at Bonnaroo and Kilby Block Party, the San Francisco-born project of Natalie R. Lu is back with another tidal new single in “Get back to me.” Wisp needs not ask twice.

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.

1 week ago | vanyaland.com | Nick Johnston

Here’s a real bait-and-switch for you: Instead of talking at length about Julia Garner’s Silver Surfer and how she pops up in this new trailer for The Fantastic Four: First Steps (she looks good, and there’s not much you can really fuck up with the Silver Surfer unless you make him, like, bronze), we’re going to point your attention to the fact that we finally get to see Pedro Pascal’s Mr. Fantastic do his stretchy thing, no Thing Ring required for anybody.