Boston News Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/category/music/boston-news/ 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 Boston News Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/category/music/boston-news/ 32 32 Snowgaze Fest returns to Deep Cuts for a second year https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/12/snowgaze-fest-returns-to-deep-cuts-for-a-second-year/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:02:51 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042809 Festival season ain’t over ’til the last distortion pedal switches off at Snowgaze Fest. The winter “celebration of shoegaze, dream-pop, and grunge,” which launched last December, returns to Deep Cuts next weekend for another two-day lineup of seasonally-appropriate shoegaze, et al. The festivities launch next Friday (December 19) with performances from Greater Boston groups Exit 18, Tysk Tysk Task (pictured above), and Literally/Nobody, plus Portland, Maine’s Little Oso. On Saturday (December 20), Massachusetts bands Clifford and The Dreamtoday will be […]

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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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]]> Here are the artists performing at the 2025 Boston Music Awards https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/04/here-are-the-artists-performing-at-the-2025-boston-music-awards/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 15:16:20 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042740 Snow is falling, Mariah Carey is defrosting, and visions of the Boston Music Awards are dancing in our heads. Which means that the slate of performers for the annual celebration of the Boston music community has arrived right on schedule. According to an announcement on social media yesterday (December 3), The Far Out, Miranda Rae (pictured above), Megan From Work, Nate Perry & Ragged Company, ISHA!, and EXITFAME are the nominees who will take the stage next Wednesday at Big […]

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]]> Charlotte Sands stirs up an alt-pop storm with ‘one eye open’ https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/04/charlotte-sands-stirs-up-an-alt-pop-storm-with-one-eye-open/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:17:29 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042738 Charlotte Sands‘ brand of empower-pop has gotten more brash and bold with each new release. The alt-pop firestorm and Hopkinton native has sharpened her sound through a string of emphatic singles over the past several months, all leading to the release of new album Satellite in March. Now, Sands delivers “one eye open”, a searing new banger that further blurs the lines between pop and metal while providing a compass towards personal preservation — something we all need as we […]

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]]> Chainlacing’s cover of ‘Girl, so confusing’ just makes sense https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/03/chainlacings-cover-of-girl-so-confusing-just-makes-sense/ Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:08:00 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042729 Well, honestly, we were speechless when we woke up to Chainlacing’s rendition of “Girl, so confusing” last week (November 28). Pop’s hatchet burial of the decade — orchestrated by Charli XCX and Lorde — was a whip-smart document of mixed signals and mended relationships when it debuted last year as part of Charli’s BRAT rollout, and the song sounds just as fresh when filtered through Chainlacing’s dreamy “gloomgaze” this winter. The cover from the New Hampshire band appears on a […]

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]]> Winterpills return with the shivery rock of ‘This Is How We Dance’ https://vanyaland.com/2025/11/17/winterpills-return-with-the-shivery-rock-of-this-is-how-we-dance/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:16:43 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042664 Nonsensical times call for nonsensical chants of optimism — and if those chants are set to seasonally-appropriate rock, even better. “Dream at the top of your lungs / This is how we dance” goes the refrain of “This Is How We Dance,” the title track of Winterpills‘ latest LP. The Northampton band’s first album in nine years arrived like a snow squall last week (November 14), flecked with crystals of shivery rock and glimmers of folk. This Is How We […]

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]]> Koto’s live music venue in Lowell to close later this month https://vanyaland.com/2025/11/16/kotos-live-music-venue-in-lowell-to-close-later-this-month/ Sun, 16 Nov 2025 10:31:18 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042667 The turnover on Lowell’s ever-changing Merrimack Street continues: Koto Lowell, a live music venue and “small bites” restaurant, is closing. The business revealed the news on social media this weekend (November 15), stating that it will shutter “for good” at the end of the month. The business opened at 76 Merrimack St. in July of 2024 as a sister location of Koto in Salem, Massachusetts, which is also a hybrid venue and eatery. The Mill City iteration of Koto spans […]

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]]> Fest Intentions: Green River Festival 2026 with Geese, Spoon, Charley Crockett https://vanyaland.com/2025/11/13/fest-intentions-green-river-festival-2026-with-geese-spoon-charley-crockett/ Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:04:15 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042648 Boston Calling’s taking a break in 2026 — and according to an announcement yesterday, so is BAMS Festival. But Green River Festival isn’t disrupting its annual flow of folk and Americana in Greenfield next year. The Western Massachusetts festival today (November 13) announced a slew of performers for its 2026 edition, which is slated for June 19 through 21 at the Franklin County Fairgrounds. Charley Crockett, Spoon, and Geese (pictured) will headline the three-day fest, while standouts from the undercard […]

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]]> Wooll settle into a snuggly sound with new EP ‘Frickish’ https://vanyaland.com/2025/11/06/wooll-settle-into-a-snuggly-sound-with-new-ep-frickish/ Thu, 06 Nov 2025 19:35:06 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042618 Here we are, five days after Daylight Saving Time ended, and Wooll’s already tucking us in for hibernation season. That’s not a complaint — the Providence band’s new EP Frickish is 19 minutes of snuggly, subdued shoegaze. The project arrived today (November 6) and follows their May album Thistle, home to one of our favorite tracks of 2025, “LIC.” Although there’s a few new SOTY contenders in the ring from Frickish: Twisting opener “By the Skin of My (Your) Teeth,” […]

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]]> Fai Laci float on heavenly indie with ‘Angels And The Others’ https://vanyaland.com/2025/10/31/fai-laci-float-on-heavenly-indie-with-angels-and-the-others/ Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:17:54 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042588 If you have a hankering for 2015 — and the swoonsome indie pop-rock of Cage The Elephant and BØRNS that breezed through that era — dig into the latest from Fai Laci. The Boston band this week (October 30) released the single “Angels And The Others,” their debut release on Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound record label. The Black Keys frontman produced the track himself in Nashville — a mighty fine cosign for the band and their new heavenly saunter. […]

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