Gymshorts Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/gymshorts/ 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 Gymshorts Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/gymshorts/ 32 32 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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]]> Half-Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s 10 favorite homegrown songs of 2025 (so far) https://vanyaland.com/2025/07/03/half-year-in-review-vanyalands-10-favorite-homegrown-songs-of-2025-so-far/ Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:27:45 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10041944 We’re at that point in 2025 when it’s time to say “what a year, huh?” To which you respond, “it’s July.” But whether the months have zipped by or moved like molasses, the homegrown tunes released over the last six months have provided a soundtrack for powering through whatever nonsense 2025 and its hellions hurls at us. From Western Massachusetts alt-county to pops of punk and shoegaze from Providence, here are 10 of Vanyaland’s favorite homegrown songs of the year […]

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]]> Gymshorts rage against ‘PMDD’ on jagged new single https://vanyaland.com/2025/04/18/gymshorts-rage-against-pmdd-on-jagged-new-single/ Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:38:48 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10041213 Sometimes, a cry of “girls to the front” sounds more like the chant “PMDD!” The abbreviation — short for premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and the title of Gymshorts’ newest song — is an unexpected but effective rallying cry at shows, as the Providence band has discovered. “As soon as we started playing it live, I saw an immediate response from women in the audience,” says Gymshorts singer and guitarist Sarah Greenwell. “It’s so cathartic and moving to see people, particularly women, screaming ‘PMDD’ along […]

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]]> Shoot To ‘Ville: Listen to the bands playing the 7th annual Starlabfest Music & Arts Festival https://vanyaland.com/2016/08/01/shoot-ville-listen-bands-playing-7th-annual-starlabfest-music-arts-festival/ Mon, 01 Aug 2016 17:00:03 +0000 http://vanya.wpengine.com/?p=137768 By: Michael Marotta
Photo by: Christopher Patrick Ernst

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]]> Live Review: SWMRS bring a Green Day progeny and love for Miley to a Middle East matinée https://vanyaland.com/2016/03/07/live-review-swmrs-bring-a-green-day-progeny-and-love-for-miley-to-a-middle-east-matinee/ Mon, 07 Mar 2016 15:20:40 +0000 http://vanya.wpengine.com/?p=129384 Review and Photo By: Barry Thompson

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