Big Night Live Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/big-night-live/ The proven voice in music since 2013 Thu, 04 Dec 2025 15:36:46 +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 Big Night Live Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/big-night-live/ 32 32 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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]]> 617 Q&A: Art Alexakis of Everclear has lived to tell his tales https://vanyaland.com/2025/10/20/617-qa-art-alexakis-of-everclear-has-lived-to-tell-his-tales/ Mon, 20 Oct 2025 14:27:14 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042516 Art Alexakis hasn’t had the easiest life. But you don’t need us to tell you that; it’s all in the lyrics to some of the most popular songs by his alternative rock band Everclear. Growing up with an absentee dad? “Father of Mine.” Being a child of divorce? “Wonderful.” Brother succumbing to a heroin overdose and his girlfriend dying by suicide before he was even a teen? “Heroin Girl.” Relapsing after desperately trying to stay clean from the clutches of […]

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]]> Boston Music Awards 2025: Here is the full list of nominees https://vanyaland.com/2025/10/17/boston-music-awards-2025-here-is-the-full-list-of-nominees/ Fri, 17 Oct 2025 17:51:00 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042507 Ladies and germs, start your arguing — the 2025 Boston Music Awards ballot is here. The BMAs dropped its annual list of nominees this afternoon (October 17), with 10 noms in each of the 51 categories, making it perhaps the largest in its decades-long history. Leading the charge with five nominees each are folk-pop singer-songwriter Bebe Stockwell; eclectic retro-pop act Couch; and Celtic punk mainstays Dropkick Murphys, all of which earned Artist of the Year nominations. Here on our home […]

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]]> Blusher hit the clubs with a feisty fit of girl power on ‘Racer’ https://vanyaland.com/2025/03/06/blusher-hit-the-clubs-with-a-feisty-fit-of-girl-power-on-racer/ Thu, 06 Mar 2025 14:07:43 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10040922 On the strength of an EP and a handful of singles, Blusher are building a reputation for creating kaleidoscopic music for our escapist reality. After they first crashed our V playlists in the fall with the feverish rave-pop cruiser “Somebody New,” the Australian dance-pop trio are back this week with a radiant new track that finds power in friendship. It’s called “Racer,” and it hit the streams yesterday (March 5) via Atlantic Records/Warner Music Australia, complete with an official visualizer […]

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]]> Boston Music Awards 2024: Here are the winners https://vanyaland.com/2024/12/11/boston-music-awards-2024-here-are-the-winners/ Thu, 12 Dec 2024 04:09:54 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10040276 The 2024 Boston Music Awards popped the eff off. A lively, and at times raucous, party went down at Big Night Live this evening (December 11) as the city’s annual scene celebration brought the heat on a rainy and miserable night in North Station. Inside the venue and away from the bad weather, the vibes were strong and the positivity infectious as 47 awards were handed out, highlighted by Watertown resident Noah Kahan taking home Artist of the Year, Live […]

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]]> Boston Music Awards 2024: Here’s who will be performing live https://vanyaland.com/2024/12/04/boston-music-awards-2024-heres-who-will-be-performing-live/ Wed, 04 Dec 2024 21:10:51 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10040212 This year’s Boston Music Awards are looking pretty sweet n’ spooky right now. Homegrown artists Cakeswagg, Copilot, The Ghouls, Tyler Loyal, Yanna G, and Yelena Rodriguez will perform throughout the 2024 ceremony, which is set for next week at Big Night Live. The announcement arrived via social media earlier today (December 4), roughly two weeks after voting closed to the public. There are 10 BMA nominations among the selected performers, three of which stem from the “Video of the Year” […]

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]]> Boston Music Awards 2024: Here are the nominees https://vanyaland.com/2024/10/25/boston-music-awards-2024-here-are-the-nominees/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:10:06 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10039927 Ladies and germs, start your arguing — the 2024 Boston Music Awards nominations have arrived. The full list of 47 categories and 10 nominations in each went public on Friday (October 25), a few short weeks ahead of the annual awards show at Big Night Live in North Station. This year’s BMAs go down on Wednesday, December 11, and judging from the nominees below, it should be a spirited affair with plenty of homegrown starpower. Heading the charge is a […]

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]]> This Show Is Tonight: G Flip bangs the ‘Drum’ in Boston https://vanyaland.com/2024/06/04/this-show-is-tonight-g-flip-bangs-the-drum-in-boston/ Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:30:40 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10038693 Everyone loves a good sequel. So after G Flip’s first headline tour of the United States went so well, last year’s Drummer Tour, the Australian singer, songwriter, producer, drummer, and musician is back for more in ’24. And the rebooted run has gone so well, tonight’s (June 4) Boston show has since been upgraded to a larger venue, hopping cross-town and landing over at Big Night Live in North Station (it was originally slated for the Paradise Rock Club). The […]

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]]> V3 Weekend: RIDE, ‘I Identify as a Witch’, ‘AGGRO DR1FT’ with AraabMuzik https://vanyaland.com/2024/05/10/v3-weekend-ride-i-identify-as-a-witch-aggro-dr1ft-with-araabmuzik/ Fri, 10 May 2024 09:16:41 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10038092 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: RIDE at Big Night Live Just before March wrapped up its usual sonic seduction, it delivered Interplay, the intriguing and expansive new album from RIDE. We excitedly hyped the first two singles from the record, […]

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]]> RIDE harness an expansive and comforting warmth on ‘Last Frontier’ https://vanyaland.com/2024/02/20/ride-harness-an-expansive-and-comforting-warmth-on-last-frontier/ Tue, 20 Feb 2024 15:12:24 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10037353 English shoegazers RIDE have a new album out next month, and last week (February 14) we are greeted with an exciting piece to the record’s unfolding puzzle. It’s a single called “Last Frontier,” and it swirls with a noisy buzz and kaleidoscopic precision that feels and sounds like an old friend reconnecting after a time away. This wonderfully warm new track, as well as last month’s feel-good groove in “Peace Sign,” will be featured on the Oxford quartet’s forthcoming seventh […]

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