Hometown Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/hometown/ The proven voice in music since 2013 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:39:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://redefined.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/31135224/cropped-V-SOCIAL-2023-32x32.png Hometown Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/hometown/ 32 32 Year in ReView: Nick Minieri showcases a scene with ‘HOMETOWN’ 2025 https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/12/year-in-review-nick-minieri-showcases-a-scene-with-hometown-2025/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 09:18:23 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042803 Two things hit every December that remind us that our Boston music scene is far more diverse, varied, and prolific than whatever cliques and circles we currently roll with. One is the Boston Music Awards, arriving next week; and the other is Nick Minieri’s annual HOMETOWN mix, a deep-dive playlist and artist showcase from the veteran DJ, MC, and beat maker that offers up the latest n’ greatest to emerge out of New England in the past year. As we […]

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]]> In the Mix: Nick Minieri drops a Boston beat on ‘HOMETOWN 2024’ https://vanyaland.com/2024/12/12/in-the-mix-nick-minieri-drops-a-boston-beat-on-hometown-2024/ Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:29:31 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10040289 It’s only fitting that as we wake up sleepy-eyed from another Boston Music Awards party spotlighting all the various scenes and sounds from across the city, Nick Minieri comes correct with his annual DJ mega-mix to drop an inspired beat on the year that was. In what has become as much a tradition around here as our Year In ReView series, we’re excited to present HOMETOWN 2024 (Boston Artist Showcase Mix), the 10th installment of the Boston DJ and producer’s […]

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]]> Dane Cook brings 30 years of comedy and tragedy back home https://vanyaland.com/2022/04/19/dane-cook-brings-30-years-of-comedy-and-tragedy-back-home/ Tue, 19 Apr 2022 15:35:00 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10030023 Whenever Dane Cook makes his way back to Boston, it’s obviously a special occasion. But now, with a chunk of material he’s been saving until he was able to come back home, to say he’s been chomping at the bit to make his return for this special engagement is an understatement. After a few false starts and rescheduling, Cook is set to make his long awaited return to Boston with one night at The Boch Center Wang Theatre on Saturday […]

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]]> Nick Minieri drops his ‘Hometown 2021’ mix just when we need it most https://vanyaland.com/2021/12/17/nick-minieri-drops-his-hometown-2021-mix-just-when-we-need-it-most/ Fri, 17 Dec 2021 14:41:53 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10028818 This time last year, we became accustomed to dancing on our own. But through 2021, the uncertainty of just how to manage and navigate the pandemic led to some tough choices to make: To go out or to stay in, to return to nightclubs or stick to livestreams, to be amongst friends IRL or remain in the group chat? While live music returned this year, albeit with some hesitation of its participants, dance parties did as well, and Boston was […]

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]]> cleopatrick show off their ‘hometown’ and the primal pull of rock and roll https://vanyaland.com/2020/09/17/cleopatrick-show-off-their-hometown-and-the-primal-pull-of-rock-and-roll/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 10:31:51 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10023104 The new music video from Ontario duo cleopatrick is meant to be an introduction to the scene, sound, and small “hometown” upbringing of longtime Cobourg BFFs Luke Gruntz (guitar/vocals) and Ian Fraser (drums). But in an age of COVID, it’s also emerged as something more; a sort of time capsule for when we all packed the sweaty rock clubs and music spaces and rocked the fuck out, when social distancing was something that never crossed our frenzied minds. It was […]

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]]> Fast Tracked: Mainland pay their old haunts homage on ‘Hometown’ https://vanyaland.com/2018/02/19/fast-tracked-mainland-pay-their-old-haunts-homage-on-hometown/ Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:46:22 +0000 http://vanya.wpengine.com/?p=173776 When we talked to Mainland last year, the NYC alt group admitted big plans for 2018. Turns out they weren’t kidding; after confirming their tour with The Mowgli’s (which stops at Brighton Music Hall on March 6), the band dropped new tune “Hometown” last Friday (February 16). Following up last year’s single “I Found God,” we can only hope Mainland’s gearing up for either EP number three or LP number one (we’ll take either as long as “Empty Promises” is […]

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