Paper Lady Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/paper-lady/ 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 Paper Lady Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/paper-lady/ 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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]]> Paper Lady skewer ‘Joe Modern’ with jumpy post-punk https://vanyaland.com/2025/04/18/paper-lady-skewer-joe-modern-with-jumpy-post-punk/ Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:17:17 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10041224 What is the final boss of Boston, Massachusetts? A cantankerous Dunkin’ employee, closing your favorite location an hour early? A duck boat filled to the brim with Yankees fans, ascending from the murky depths of the Charles River? That’s what the stereotypes might have you believe. But a real Bostonian knows — the truest test of mettle is battling the city’s landlords and realtors. It was roughly this time last year when Paper Lady huddled under the media tent at […]

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]]> The best of Boston Calling from the perspective of the performers https://vanyaland.com/2024/05/27/the-best-of-boston-calling-from-the-perspective-of-the-performers/ Mon, 27 May 2024 17:04:55 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10038434 Apparently, two things are true across all genres and stages at this year’s Boston Calling: Artists love Chappell Roan (so do we), and they love free catered seafood. As the annual Memorial Day weekend festival packed the Harvard Athletic Complex with sweat-drenched music fans savoring the first taste of summer, we pulled aside the people who know the festival best — the performing artists who get to experience Boston Calling from both the stage and behind the scenes. As we […]

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]]> Photo Gallery: Paper Lady live at Boston Calling https://vanyaland.com/2024/05/26/photo-gallery-paper-lady-live-at-boston-calling/ Sun, 26 May 2024 11:45:58 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10038427 Editor’s Note: And the beat goes on: Boston Calling rolled with its chill vibe on Saturday (May 25), offering up an eclectic and electric slate of national and homegrown sounds that paired familiar faves with new music discovery at the Harvard Athletic Complex in Allston. Vanyaland’s Emily Gardner and Jason Greenough were everywhere — Green Stage, Happy Valley Red Stage, Allianz Blue Stage, and the local Orange Stage — to capture the sights that accompanied the sounds. Swipe across to […]

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]]> Boston Calling 2024 Homegrown Artist Profile: Paper Lady https://vanyaland.com/2024/05/13/boston-calling-2024-homegrown-artist-profile-paper-lady/ Mon, 13 May 2024 09:30:34 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10038102 Editor’s Note: In addition to our ongoing preview coverage, Vanyaland and Boston Calling are teaming up once again to showcase the homegrown bands and artists that help shape the local flavor of the city’s most vital music festival. Boston Calling’s ’24 headliners — The Killers, Ed Sheeran, Tyler Childers — and its remarkable undercard are well-known and established; but over the next few weeks, keep it locked as we profile the New England talent that decorates the lineup like few other […]

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]]> Paper Lady conjure shapeshifting shoegaze for new EP https://vanyaland.com/2023/06/19/paper-lady-conjure-shapeshifting-shoegaze-for-new-ep/ Mon, 19 Jun 2023 15:35:22 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10035172 Paper Lady won’t fold, but they sure know how to rip. On their new EP Traveling Exploding Star, the Boston band conjures a bewitched swirl of shoegaze that shapeshifts between tracks. From the leaden dirge “Swan Song,” to the slow, spacey bloom of final song “Violet,” the EP summons every sound in Paper Lady’s alt-rock spellbook, even unexpected entries like tranquil outlier “To the Moon.” “I hope that you still like the view,” vocalist and guitarist Alli Raina sings over […]

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