STL GLD Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/stl-gld/ The proven voice in music since 2013 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 19:09:56 +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 STL GLD Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/stl-gld/ 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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]]> Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s favorite homegrown songs of 2025 https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/10/year-in-review-vanyalands-favorite-homegrown-songs-of-2025/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:54:47 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042791 Well, that happened. 2025 was definitely a year, a whole 12-month rollout of the most absurd political and economic developments in recent memory. (A presidential administration accidentally texting out military strike plans? Kim Kardashian hawking faux-hair thongs? The tsunami of AI slop rapidly overtaking the equally-vapid Internet ragebait made by actual humans? How can a loving god permit such lunacy?) But the end of the year is always ripe for counting blessings, and as 2025 comes to a close, we’re […]

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]]> STL GLD put a new spin on nostalgia with ’80’s Babies’ https://vanyaland.com/2025/10/17/stl-gld-put-a-new-spin-on-nostalgia-with-80s-babies/ Fri, 17 Oct 2025 18:17:14 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042504 STL GLD have torn open a portal to their fifth album, and it hurtles you straight to the 20th century. Sort of. Last week (October 10), the celebrated Boston hip-hop group released “80’s Babies,” the first single from their November LP, Good Music For Bad Kids. “It felt like a classic, old hip-hop joint… but new,” frontman Moe Pope tells Vanyaland. The song and its accompanying music video are a balancing act that prime listeners for the complexities of Good […]

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]]> STL GLD unveil tenacious anniversary single ‘Don’t Look Back’ https://vanyaland.com/2024/10/30/stl-gld-unveil-tenacious-anniversary-single-dont-look-back/ Wed, 30 Oct 2024 16:40:35 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10039971 Why toast a 10th anniversary with some traditional hunk of aluminum when STL GLD can fete the occasion with a new tune? After a decade of molding Boston’s arts scene, the local hip-hip titans have a lot to reflect on — and flex about. Since forming in 2014, STL GLD’s résumé has swelled to include four albums, the creation of the hyper-local GLD FSTVL, and barrier-breaking collaborations with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Museum of Fine Arts, and the Peabody […]

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]]> STL GLD enter a whirlpool with new single and video ‘GLD FSH’ https://vanyaland.com/2024/08/14/stl-gld-enter-a-whirlpool-with-new-single-and-video-gld-fsh/ Wed, 14 Aug 2024 19:33:53 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10039290 Goldfish have an unfortunate association with a nine-second attention span, but STL GLD’s “GLD FSH” will lock you in for its full three-minute, 36-second runtime. The Boston hip-hop group bookended last Saturday’s GLD FSTVL — the annual music fest that they curate at City Hall Plaza — with the release of their new single and video. The glimmering “GLD FSH” follows STL GLD’s 2022 LP Rock Boyega with a whirlpool of commentary that responds to cruelty and greed with “bullets […]

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]]> Fest Intentions: GLD FSTVL returns to Boston, Massachusetts https://vanyaland.com/2024/07/25/fest-intentions-gld-fstvl-returns-to-boston-massachusetts/ Thu, 25 Jul 2024 16:25:07 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10039083 Ghostface Killah, meet GLD FSTVL. The legendary Wu-Tang Clan rapper leads the lineup for the second edition of the Boston music festival, which returns to City Hall Plaza on August 10. Also on deck to perform is an impeccable roster of Boston hip-hop that includes Dutch ReBelle, Michael Christmas, Motivate Merren, Cakeswagg (pictured above), Exit Fame, Clark D, and festival curators STL GLD. Area DJs DCaso, Troy Frost, and Brek.One — DJ for the 2024 NBA World Championship — will […]

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]]> Fest Intentions: GLD FSTVL at City Hall Plaza in Boston, Massachusetts https://vanyaland.com/2023/07/19/fest-intentions-gld-fstvl-at-city-hall-plaza-in-boston-massachusetts/ Wed, 19 Jul 2023 20:28:01 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10035468 UPDATE August 3: EarthGang and Dead Prez have been announced as headliners for the festival. The creators of GLD FSTVL have shared a gold mine of a lineup for the Boston fest’s inaugural edition.  Oompa, Van Buren Records, Latrell James, and festival organizers STL GLD (pictured above) are among the artists who will provide 10 hours of hip-hop to City Hall Plaza on Saturday, August 12. Today the festival’s Instagram page unveiled the roster of performers, which also includes Billy […]

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]]> ‘Been Here For Years: Hip Hop at 50’ finds its flow at The Coolidge https://vanyaland.com/2023/06/15/been-here-for-years-hip-hop-at-50-finds-its-flow-at-the-coolidge/ Thu, 15 Jun 2023 17:43:07 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10035174 The Coolidge Corner Theater isn’t calling it a comeback — it’s much larger than that. The Brookline independent cinema has unveiled the lineup for Been Here For Years: Hip Hop at 50, a full slate of programming through the month of August that brings together documentaries, concert films, bio-pics, and dramas. It’ll also host discussions with filmmakers and a Boston-centric hip-hop showcase featuring DJ 7L, Akrobatik, and STL GLD on August 18. It’s co-presented by MUBI, Harvard University’s Hiphop Archive […]

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]]> STL GLD strike with their mics on new single ‘Resisting’ https://vanyaland.com/2022/10/11/stl-gld-strike-with-their-mics-on-new-single-resisting/ Tue, 11 Oct 2022 20:56:47 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10032180 “Hip-hop is everything beautiful,” STL GLD leader Moe Pope reflects in a new video posted to the group’s Instagram. It’s only natural, then, that it’s also Pope’s antidote of choice for uprooting the all the world’s virulent ugliness. Ahead of their new record Rock Boyega — which drops drops November 11 via AR Classic Records — the Boston hip-hop group has delivered their new single “Resisting,” a retaliative sucker punch aimed at police brutality. “The violence flooding my iris / […]

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]]> Boston Thriving: Jonathan Ulman to perform with Seth Meyers’ ‘Late Night’ band https://vanyaland.com/2022/06/13/boston-thriving-jonathan-ulman-to-perform-with-seth-meyers-late-night-band/ Mon, 13 Jun 2022 17:57:28 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10030966 Editor’s Note: “Boston Thriving” is a new series from Vanyaland highlighting and honoring the national and global success of Boston- and New England-based bands and artists. It was 11 p.m. on a Sunday when Jonathan Ulman got the message. “You available the week of 6/26?” read the Instagram DM, sent from a producer of NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers. The Boston drummer sprang up from the sofa with exhilaration. He just received the official (albeit informal) invitation to perform […]

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