Header Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/header/ The proven voice in music since 2013 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 19:05:12 +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 Header Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/header/ 32 32 Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s favorite films of 2025 https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/12/year-in-review-vanyalands-favorite-films-of-2025/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 18:53:26 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042813 If I had to pick one word to describe 2025 — just in general, not at the movies — it’d be “uncertain.” Not “ambiguous” or an equivalent synonym, given that there’s plenty of clearly awful things going on each day, but the kind of uncertainty that pairs well with a sense of foreboding dread. We’re stuck in a bleak comedy of fatal errors, with the sentiment of the moment ultimately summed up accurately by “Well, that’d be funny if it […]

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]]> Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s 12 months of comedy faves in 2025 https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/11/year-in-review-vanyalands-12-months-of-comedy-faves-in-2025/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:16:18 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042789 Another year, another hell ride through a cultural landscape that devoured and reproduced at an alarming rate in 2025. Through all the “unprecedented times” that we’re all tired of living in, to the birth of “6-7!” (whatever the fuck that means), and everything in between, one constant that kept us afloat was the levity, and often times societal mirror check that comedy offered to the masses. With a little bit of everything for everyone, the world of stand-up was stretched, […]

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]]> Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s favorite national songs of 2025 https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/08/year-in-review-vanyalands-favorite-national-songs-of-2025/ Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:46:50 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042753 It’s said that music helps keep us sane in insane times, and as we noted at the year’s midway point, that theory has been put to the test in this miserable and exhausting 2025. So to wrap up a year where music either inspired action or helped soundtrack distraction, we’re rounding up our 20 most favorite tracks that have helped ease life’s firehose of chaos and provide a little bit of levity during our long and tiresome days. As is […]

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]]> ‘Shoresy’ shows up and sets the tone with ‘Fall Classic’ at TD Garden https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/08/shoresy-shows-up-and-sets-the-tone-with-fall-classic-at-td-garden/ Mon, 08 Dec 2025 15:44:40 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042759 For anyone familiar with the gut-busting comedic intensity of Shoresy, the modern holy grail for hockey himbos and comedy fans alike, you understand just how much the title character and his team of misfits depend on their ability to “set the fuckin’ tone.” Well, on their return voyage to Boston this past weekend, setting the fuckin’ tone was only the beginning. Returning to the city for the second time in as many years, the cast of the smash-hit Hulu series […]

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]]> ‘Marty Supreme’ Review: Josh Safdie serves up a masterpiece https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/05/marty-supreme-review-josh-safdie-serves-up-a-masterpiece/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:13:18 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042749 If folks were disappointed that The Smashing Machine wasn’t just Uncut Gems 2: Howie Ratner Learns How to Lift, they’ll be absolutely delighted by Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme. It’s a continuation of the storytelling throughline that Safdie established with his brother Bennie in their last few films — white-knuckle insanity on the streets of New York taken to absurdist extremes, grounded in a thoroughly-brilliant performance by a uniquely-talented lead — but placed in a more-distant time period, with more textures […]

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]]> V3 Weekend: Jingle Bell HAWC, ‘You Got Gold’, ‘Commando’ https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/05/v3-weekend-jingle-bell-hawc-you-got-gold-commando/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:36:58 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042744 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: Jingle Bell HAWC at Koto Salem Tonight is Krampusnacht across the land, but on this first Friday night in December, that horny little bastard with birch branches in-hand is going out […]

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]]> 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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]]> Charlotte Sands stirs up an alt-pop storm with ‘one eye open’ https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/04/charlotte-sands-stirs-up-an-alt-pop-storm-with-one-eye-open/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:17:29 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042738 Charlotte Sands‘ brand of empower-pop has gotten more brash and bold with each new release. The alt-pop firestorm and Hopkinton native has sharpened her sound through a string of emphatic singles over the past several months, all leading to the release of new album Satellite in March. Now, Sands delivers “one eye open”, a searing new banger that further blurs the lines between pop and metal while providing a compass towards personal preservation — something we all need as we […]

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]]> Chainlacing’s cover of ‘Girl, so confusing’ just makes sense https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/03/chainlacings-cover-of-girl-so-confusing-just-makes-sense/ Wed, 03 Dec 2025 18:08:00 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042729 Well, honestly, we were speechless when we woke up to Chainlacing’s rendition of “Girl, so confusing” last week (November 28). Pop’s hatchet burial of the decade — orchestrated by Charli XCX and Lorde — was a whip-smart document of mixed signals and mended relationships when it debuted last year as part of Charli’s BRAT rollout, and the song sounds just as fresh when filtered through Chainlacing’s dreamy “gloomgaze” this winter. The cover from the New Hampshire band appears on a […]

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]]> The ‘Obsession’ teaser will scare you until you love it https://vanyaland.com/2025/12/02/the-obsession-teaser-will-scare-you-until-you-love-it/ Tue, 02 Dec 2025 19:08:25 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042721 One of the bigger acquisitions out of this year’s TIFF was Curry Barker’s Obsession, which hit the Midnight Madness program like a tsunami and swept a bunch of Focus Features’ cash out to its producers. It looks like the bigger companies have gotten sick of A24 and NEON owning the summer-horror distribution pipeline, so what better way to kick off these jams than with a big festival favorite? We didn’t get a chance to check it out while we were […]

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