Mic'd Up: Veteran comedian and podcast host Chris Gethard returns to the area with a new batch of material to unleash on The Comedy Studio. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/07/17/m...

This year's Dark Spring Boston Festival lineup continues the fest's typical assemblage of artists who dance in the dim spaces between post-punk, darkwave, and goth. It takes over Sonia on Saturday. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/04/09/d... @darkspringboston.bsky.social

Fast Tracked: We've all been there. It was awesome. It was life-changing. And we'll never have a chance to go back. Also the new Weird Nightmare rules. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/04/09/w...

Film Review: 'They Will Kill You' can't strike the tone it wants, but its cartoonish, bloody action sequences are a delight. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/03/27/t...

New Sounds: Metal supergroup Down celebrates its collective New Orleans heritage by paying homage to one of the Crescent City’s favorite sons. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/02/17/d... @michaelchristopher.bsky.social

The V List: Comedy all-star and devoted Boston sports fan Sam Jay is feeling good about the Patriots' chances as they roll into Santa Clara for Super Bowl Sunday. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/02/06/t... @samjaycomic.bsky.social #superbowl #patriots

Fast Tracked: With second single 'Seventeen', NYC band Nite Sports offer an anthemic and lethal dose of hardcore power-pop and melodic garage punk. Go ahead and open those Best of 2026 books. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/20/n...

With inspiration from Jim Henson, Seattle native Adam Ray returns to Boston with a new hour of stand-up, and his genuine love for the craft. He's at The Wilbur tonight. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/16/a...

Year in ReView: From ping-pong hustlers to haunted dogs to Formula 1 to William Shakespeare, our favorite movies of 2025 has something for everyone, writes Film Editor Nick Johnston. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/12/12/y... @enh-jay.bsky.social

Year in ReView: Our year-long deep-dive interview series 617 Q&A saw artists deliver recs on obscure bands, foods, swimming, TV shows, and more, writes Senior Writer Michael Christopher. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/12/11/y... @michaelchristopher.bsky.social

Year in ReView: As 2025 comes to a close, we're shouting out the songs we clung to for sanity during this unique unraveling of modern society, writes Boston Music Editor Victoria Wasylak. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/12/10/y... @vickiwasylak.bsky.social

Year in ReView: Here are 20 standout tracks that shaped the sound of 2025, and helped provide a needed respite from our daily scream at the screen, writes Vanyaland editor-in-chief @michaeloc.bsky.social. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/12/08/y...

Fast Tracked: Alt-pop artist and Hopkinton native Charlotte Sands unleashes a searing new banger that further blurs the lines between pop and metal. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/12/04/c...

2025 Boston Music Awards nominees The Far Out, Miranda Rae, Megan From Work, ISHA!, Nate Perry & Ragged Company and Exit Fame will perform at the ceremony later this month at Big Night Live. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/12/04/h...

Film Review: No hype required here: After the first scare, Osgood Perkins' mysterious Keeper will make you regret getting that large soda, writes @enh-jay.bsky.social 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/14/k...

Comics Come Home, the annual star-studded fundraiser for The Cam Neely Foundation, rocked TD Garden this past weekend, when Conan O'Brien, Michelle Buteau, and others brought the heat. Here's comedy editor Jason Greenough with a recap and performer interviews. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/11/c...

Film Preview: IFFBoston's Fall Focus returns for another installment at Brattle Theatre, so here are 5 films to check out this weekend and beyond. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/10/30/i... @brattletheatre.bsky.social @enh-jay.bsky.social @iffboston.bsky.social

V3 Weekend: Halloween week kicks off with a dark matinee gathering in Allston courtesy of Dark Spring Boston, and an annual overnight tradition at Brookline's Coolidge Corner Theatre. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/10/24/v... @michaeloc.bsky.social @darkspringboston.bsky.social

It's a V3 Weekend of going old-school goth with AFI, some date-night role-playing with Erica Rhodes, and the best lil' film festival north of the Charles River in IFFBoston's Fall Focus. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/10/10/v... @michaeloc.bsky.social @brattletheatre.bsky.social @iffboston.bsky.social

Fast Tracked: On her new single, Somerville artist Shandelle pledges allegiance to a budding crush -- and soul/R&B nostalgia. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/10/09/s... @vickiwasylak.bsky.social

New Sounds: Los Angeles project Taleen Kali opens a portal to our senses ahead of appearing at Deep Cuts in Medford this Thursday. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/10/06/t... @taleenkali.bsky.social @deepcutsrocks.bsky.social @michaeloc.bsky.social

We're going on a 'Dream Ride' in Brighton with G Flip, enjoying one crazy autumn in Cambridge with Bobcat Goldthwait, and slicing up eyeballs in Brookline with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It's a V3 Weekend, October style. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/10/03/v... @michaeloc.bsky.social

The V List: The month of September was soundtracked by new and notable efforts from In Lieu, Boy Deluxe, Madeleine Rose Witney, Wisp, and Automatic. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/09/30/t... @michaeloc.bsky.social

This Show Is Tonight: Pittsburgh indie noise-pop band Feeble Little Horse dropped a crunchy and kaleidoscopic SOTY contender back in March, and we hope they play it this evening at Arts at the Armory. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/09/29/t... @artsatthearmory.bsky.social @boweryboston.bsky.social

While Jordan Jensen makes her debut at the famed venue, stand-up veteran Kathleen Madigan returns for another round at The Wilbur in 2026. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/09/04/j...

New Sounds: The latest from London's Wyldest dances in our headspace with delicate ease and heavy grandeur, reflecting how DIY guitar-pop used to sound in the age before streaming. vanyaland.com/2025/08/21/w... @michaeloc.bsky.social

As he effectively closes a huge chapter in his career on the Cape this week, appearing live at Cape Cod Melody Tent, Seattle native Adam Ray is already looking forward to what's next. vanyaland.com/2025/08/06/a...

‘Ballerina’ Review: Just get to the action already 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/06/06/b... As seen in its full title, 'From the World of John Wick: Ballerina' has its priorities in the wrong order, but is still plenty of fun. 📸 Murray Close/Lionsgate @enh-jay.bsky.social

New Sounds: Dropkick Murphys rise to the occasion with ‘Who’ll Stand With Us?’ 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/06/04/d... Along with a new album announcement, the legendary punk band asks the tough questions with a hasty new single. 📸 Riley Vecchione @dropkickmurphys.com

This Show Is Tonight: LIGHTS is ‘(A)LIVE AGAIN’ in Allston 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/06/03/t... The Canadian synth-pop artist delivered new album 'A6' last month, and returns to town to play Brighton Music Hall this evening. 📸 via XRP @michaeloc.bsky.social