Black Friday Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/black-friday/ The proven voice in music since 2013 Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:23:20 +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 Black Friday Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/black-friday/ 32 32 V3 Weekend: Couch, The Bends, ‘Black Friday’ https://vanyaland.com/2025/11/21/v3-weekend-couch-the-bends-black-friday/ Fri, 21 Nov 2025 10:29:10 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042698 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: Couch at Roadrunner As we put it so eloquently back in the spring, Couch are getting asses off sofas this fall. And now that autumn has arrived, so has the homecoming gig […]

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]]> The Rupert Selection aim their psych-grunge skyward with ‘Astronauts’ https://vanyaland.com/2022/11/23/the-rupert-selection-aim-their-psych-grunge-skyward-with-astronauts/ Wed, 23 Nov 2022 12:14:00 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10032606 The the night before Thanksgiving serves as hometown reunion night for the norms, then let us claim the night after Thanksgiving for the rock and roll crowd. So as we prepare to post up (Black) Friday (November 25) for The Sheila Divine’s show at The Paradise Rock Club, arrive with casual pleasantries on the early tip to experience The Rupert Selection on the Commonwealth Avenue big stage. The Boston trio, who have partnered with Wandering Soul Beer Co. for a […]

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]]> Jeff Dunham offers some fun, untested comedy with new holiday special https://vanyaland.com/2020/11/25/jeff-dunham-offers-some-fun-untested-comedy-with-new-holiday-special/ Wed, 25 Nov 2020 11:22:56 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10024114 Over the course of his 30-plus years in comedy, Jeff Dunham has brought his mix of ventriloquist talent and stand-up to crowds all over the world in a variety of spaces, from comedy clubs to arenas, and he’s had months to prep for whatever special he was working on at the time. But not in 2020. Instead, for his latest special, he’s doing everything last minute, but as it turns out, that may just be the best way for him […]

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]]> Palehound unveils spring 2020 tour with Adult Mom https://vanyaland.com/2019/12/03/palehound-unveils-spring-2020-tour-with-adult-mom/ Tue, 03 Dec 2019 18:13:37 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10016349 Earlier this year, Palehound gifted us with her vulnerable third record Black Friday. Now that the actual post-Thanksgiving “holiday” (or whatever you want to call it) has passed, it only makes sense that Ellen Kempner and co. have announced a 2020 tour to match her newest confessional. Hitting the road from late February to April next year, Palehound will perform across North America with Adult Mom, including a stop at Phoenix’s Rebel Lunge on March 6 and Cambridge’s The Sinclair […]

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]]> How Ellen Kempner’s ‘bad habit’ helped deliver the best Palehound album (so far) https://vanyaland.com/2019/06/07/how-ellen-kempners-bad-habit-helped-deliver-the-best-palehound-album-so-far/ Fri, 07 Jun 2019 11:45:35 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10009232 Call it a case of honest irony — Palehound‘s Ellen Kempner has built her songwriting notoriety on the exact thing she cites as one of her most notable “bad habits.” “I have a bad habit of writing really vulnerable music,” she tells Vanyaland, reflecting on the often visceral nature of her lyricism. The tendency to share diary-level-details has always been there for Kempner, providing a subdued but exceptional spark to Palehound’s first two records, Dry Food and A Place I’ll […]

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