Davis Square Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/davis-square/ The proven voice in music since 2013 Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:29:53 +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 Davis Square Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/davis-square/ 32 32 Mic’d Up: Eugene Mirman hits up some besties in Somerville https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/09/micd-up-eugene-mirman-hits-up-some-besties-in-somerville/ Tue, 09 Dec 2025 11:29:34 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042755 At some point earlier in the year, Eugene Mirman called some of his pretty good friends on the phone. As it turns out, they weren’t just good friends, but also excellent comedians who, evidently, answered that call and agreed to join him for a show in Somerville, and that show is finally upon us. Making his way back to Davis Square on Thursday (December 11), the delightfully quirky comedian and Bob’s Burgers star has assembled a bit of an Avengers-type […]

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]]> This Show Is Tonight: Razor Braids say ‘She’ wants us to go to Somerville  https://vanyaland.com/2023/11/14/this-show-is-tonight-razor-braids-say-she-wants-us-to-go-to-somerville/ Tue, 14 Nov 2023 10:20:29 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10036557 Razor Braids caught all sorts of attention up here in the spring when the stylish Brooklyn band were a last-minute — and certainly welcome — addition to the Boston Calling lineup. Now the queer garage rock quartet are back in the area for an intimate swirl at The Rockwell in Somerville tonight (November 14), and they’re bringing “She” along with them. A tone-setter for more new music arriving in 2024, Razor Braid’s surfy new single comes with that feeling of experiencing […]

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]]> V3 Weekend: Melanie Martinez, Kenny Gray, ‘D.O.A.’ https://vanyaland.com/2023/06/30/v3-weekend-melanie-martinez-kenny-gray-d-o-a/ Fri, 30 Jun 2023 09:54:25 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10035300 Editor’s Note: Welcome to V3 Weekend, Vanyaland‘s guide to help you sort out your weekend entertainment with curated selections and recommendations across our three pillars of Music, Comedy, and Film/TV. It’s what you should know about, where you need to be, and where you’ll be going, with us riding shotgun along the way. Music: Melanie Martinez at MGM Music Hall at Fenway There are two groups of people in this world: Those who clicked on the photo up top wondering WTF is going on there, and […]

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]]> Q Division refines its sound and vision at new Cambridge studio https://vanyaland.com/2023/04/26/q-division-refines-its-sound-and-vision-at-new-cambridge-studio/ Wed, 26 Apr 2023 12:45:53 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10034246 It’s not often that an institution in Boston music gets a crack at a new beginning, but in 2021, Q Division found the blank canvas of a lifetime. What was once a vacant garage is now the two-floor home to 36 years of recording history, preserved at the “new Q” on Rindge Avenue in Cambridge. The storied recording studio officially unveiled its new location this month, roughly two years after its departure from Somerville’s Davis Square. All 2,800 square feet […]

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]]> Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre is the city’s newest music venue https://vanyaland.com/2021/08/31/crystal-ballroom-at-somerville-theatre-opens-this-october/ Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:09:57 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10027561 After months of renovation, the Crystal Ballroom at the Somerville Theatre will make its grand debut on October 8 with a free dueling pianos event. The new 500-capacity venue at 55 Davis Square will welcome both touring and local musicians, as well as a variety of other live entertainment, such as burlesque performances and stand-up comedy. Events on the calendar as of print time include acts like JAWNY (November 12), The Wild Feathers (November 19), and Robert DeLong (December 3). […]

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]]> Boston Comedy Festival: The stand-up contest LOLs its way through the prelims https://vanyaland.com/2018/09/14/boston-comedy-festival-the-stand-up-contest-lols-its-way-through-the-prelims/ Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:30:45 +0000 http://vanya.wpengine.com/?p=185666 The post Boston Comedy Festival: The stand-up contest LOLs its way through the prelims appeared first on Vanyaland.

]]> Snapshots: ‘First Edit’ shows off the incredible photography of JJ Gonson https://vanyaland.com/2017/12/14/first-edit-shows-off-the-incredible-photography-of-jj-gonson/ Thu, 14 Dec 2017 14:41:40 +0000 http://vanya.wpengine.com/?p=170642 28 photos are up at @diesel_cafe for your viewing pleasure. Please join me for the opening on12/18. @facebook event like in bio (that’s what you are supposed to do, right) #oldpunk #punx #rockers #photography A post shared by JJ Gonson Photography (@jj_gonson_photo) on Dec 2, 2017 at 5:57am PST

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]]> Survey Slays: Old School Game Show returns with Halloween Hellraiser edition https://vanyaland.com/2017/10/13/survey-slays-old-school-game-show-returns-with-halloween-hellraiser-edition/ Fri, 13 Oct 2017 14:56:46 +0000 http://vanya.wpengine.com/?p=167025 We could once again try to describe the madness that is Old School Game Show, Boston’s over-the-top comedy/trivia/music/God-knows-what-else night, but as the Halloween rendition of the show approaches, we’ll let executive producer Ginny Nightshade take the wheel for this one. “In a given show you might see old ladies singing metal, an epic Loverboy karaoke battle at a funeral, and a double dare style obstacle course complete with actors riding bikes on stage and diving into kiddie pools,” she explains. And […]

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]]> New Sounds Triple Play: Around the horn with Pale Monsters, Future Carnivores, and Township https://vanyaland.com/2017/10/12/new-sounds-triple-play-around-the-horn-pale-monsters-future-carnivores-township/ Thu, 12 Oct 2017 13:37:34 +0000 http://vanya.wpengine.com/?p=166959 Studio 52 is a community artist space located in the heart of Allston, and is proud to support the Boston music scene and local artist community. A few weeks ago the Boston Red Sox turned a triple play in a game against the Cardinals, and everyone lost their goddamned minds. It’s a cool feat, to be sure, but here we are again in October, feeling as suddenly empty as those Fenway Park basepaths. So as a trio of Boston bands […]

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]]> Room For Queens: Women in Music and Spotify team up for a night of female empowerment https://vanyaland.com/2017/09/21/room-for-queens-women-in-music-and-spotify-team-up-for-a-night-of-female-empowerment/ Thu, 21 Sep 2017 12:44:27 +0000 http://vanya.wpengine.com/?p=165561 The post Room For Queens: Women in Music and Spotify team up for a night of female empowerment appeared first on Vanyaland.

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