Phoenix News Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/category/music/phoenix-news/ The proven voice in music since 2013 Wed, 19 Nov 2025 10:45:46 +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 Phoenix News Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/category/music/phoenix-news/ 32 32 Glixen stir the internal ache of shoegaze with ‘Medicine Bow’ https://vanyaland.com/2025/11/18/glixen-stir-the-internal-ache-of-shoegaze-with-medicine-bow/ Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:55:15 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042679 When the 2026 Something In The Way Fest lineup dropped a few weeks ago, we were stoked to see Glixen in the mix alongside Sunny Day Real Estate, Explosions in the Sky, Momma, and others. When the festival returns to Roadrunner in Brighton this winter, the Phoenix shoegaze band should deliver a hefty dose of sonic warmth, and that feeling is fueled by weighty new single “Medicine Bow.” The track hit the streams this past Friday (November 14), and the […]

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]]> MRCH scale a defyingly fun and buoyant electronic-pop rumbler in ‘Glacier’ https://vanyaland.com/2024/07/18/mrch-scale-a-defyingly-fun-and-buoyant-electronic-pop-rumbler-in-glacier/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 18:39:11 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10039026 Releasing a new single and video for a song called “Glacier” at the sweltering armpit height of summer is certainly a mood, but MRCH never really played by the rules or cared for convention. The Phoenix dream-pop duo of Mickey and Jesse Pangburn, who put us in a trance with last fall’s “Wild,” a spellbinding effort that landed on our 2023 Year in ReView roundup alongside Chappell Roan and The Last Dinner Party, emerge today (July 18) with “Glacier,” a defyingly fun and […]

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]]> The Venomous Pinks rally for reproductive rights with ‘We Must Prevail’ https://vanyaland.com/2023/07/10/the-venomous-pinks-rally-for-reproductive-rights-with-we-must-prevail/ Mon, 10 Jul 2023 10:08:22 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10035348 The Venomous Pinks have never shied away from a fight. But now they’re taking on something we can all get behind, as the Arizona punk band rally for reproductive right and rage against abortion bans in their new single and video “We Must Prevail.” The visual, which went live on Independence Day (July 4) depicting The Statue of Liberty gripping a coat hanger and scenes of uprising and protest, is a direct response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. It […]

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]]> The Venomous Pinks break free from heartbreak on ‘No Rules’ https://vanyaland.com/2022/03/29/the-venomous-pinks-break-free-from-heartbreak-on-no-rules/ Tue, 29 Mar 2022 13:27:47 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10029798 The Venomous Pinks first caught our attention a million emotional years ago, way back in January 2020 with their electric cover of Joan Jett’s “I Want You.” We were so smitten, we hitched a ride to document their show the next month in their hometown of Tempe, and then… well, then all fucking hell broke loose. As we begin to embrace spring and wonder if the past two years ever really happened (and if we’re about to repeat it all […]

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]]> Faun Flora drifts into a dreamlike state on ‘See You At The Funeral’ https://vanyaland.com/2021/11/08/faun-flora-drifts-into-a-dreamlike-state-on-see-you-at-the-funeral/ Mon, 08 Nov 2021 13:10:35 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10028428 Faun Flora is helping us approach a difficult moment through a new lens of beauty and appreciation. The Phoenix artist recently unveiled her new single, a dream-pop synth lullaby titled “See You At The Funeral,” released October 29, and the atmospheric track explores the idea of death and relationships with the concept of funerals, and how we process them emotionally and mentally, as being a sort of rite of passage and portal to a more outer experience. “Written in July […]

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]]> It’s true that UPSAHL thinks you’re a ‘Douchebag’ — and she can prove that https://vanyaland.com/2021/05/19/its-true-that-upsahl-thinks-youre-douchebag-and-she-can-prove-that/ Wed, 19 May 2021 10:55:29 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10026352 We’ve been jamming out to UPSAHL joints over here for quite some time now, dating back a few years to the upbeat alt-indie pop pulse of V:Music fave “Can You Hear Me Now.” Since then the Phoenix native has rolled out her own barrage of alt-pop hits, and penned a few choice tracks for the likes of Dua Lipa, Madison Beer, and DREAMERS. But as she preps her debut full-length set for release in the fall, UPSAHL is taking time out […]

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]]> MRCH find creative freedom in restrictive times on ‘No-Holds-Barred’ EP https://vanyaland.com/2020/10/06/mrch-find-creative-freedom-in-restrictive-times-on-no-holds-barred-ep/ Tue, 06 Oct 2020 11:28:55 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10023369 There’s an ongoing debate in certain circles lately about whether or not the music of 2020 should reflect the mood of 2020. And, if and when we look back 20 years from now (assuming we make it out of this), will the songs we were listening to actually complement how we were all feeling? For Phoenix electronic-pop duo MRCH, the year spent in quarantine and lockdown has produced a song that contradicts any perceived feelings about the year we’ve all […]

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]]> Tame Impala unveil rescheduled North American tour dates for 2021 https://vanyaland.com/2020/09/29/tame-impala-unveil-rescheduled-north-american-tour-dates-for-2021/ Tue, 29 Sep 2020 17:21:35 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10023276 Fresh off throwing down “Borderline” on The Tonight Show a few nights ago, Tame Impala have announced rescheduled 2021 tour dates for North America. The 21-date run includes festival appearances at Outside Lands in San Francisco (August 8) and Las Vegas’ Life Is Beautiful (September 17), as well as a July 28 show at Phoenix’s Gila River Arena. Most of the dates — which you can read in full below and feel the fleeting joy and excitement of scanning concert […]

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]]> Zella Day passes along summer vibes for days with ‘Purple Haze’ https://vanyaland.com/2020/07/13/zella-day-passes-along-summer-vibes-for-days-with-purple-haze/ Mon, 13 Jul 2020 13:31:25 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10021858 The calendar tells us it’s only Monday (and just the start of it), but we’re free and willing to get lost in Zella Day’s “Purple Haze”. The Arizona-born, California-based musician hits us with a new single and video this week, and both weave a summertime vibe of pop psychedelia as we ready for Day’s forthcoming EP, Where Does The Devil Hide, out August 28 via Concord Records and Easy Eye Sound. “‘Purple Haze’ is summer love for simple pleasures,” says Zella. “When […]

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]]> Purity Ring postpone North American tour to Spring 2021 https://vanyaland.com/2020/05/28/purity-ring-postpone-north-american-tour-to-spring-2021/ Thu, 28 May 2020 18:29:06 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10021253 Last month, Purity Ring released their third album WOMB, and now today the Canadian electronic-pop duo have postponed their North American tour in support of it. Megan James and Corin Roddick unveiled the new 2021 “tour de womb” dates earlier today (May 28), and relative to our interests are a trio of shows: April 2 at The Rialto Theatre in Tucson; April 3 at The Van Buren in Phoenix; and April 24 at Boston’s House of Blues. All previous tickets […]

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