<p>One of our highlights of last year was witnessing Charlotte Sands hold court at Boston Calling, a short marathon run from her hometown of Hopkinton. This week, the Nashville-based alt-pop artist flips the switch and brings Massachusetts to the masses, hitting the road with PVRIS for a UK and European tour that stretches into next month. And she’s doing with with a healthy dose of empower-pop via an emphatic new single called “Alright.” The track is said to chronicle a […]</p>
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<p>For as long as he’s been ripping it up behind the mic, the name of Marc Maron’s game has been expertly crafted jokes and stories balanced with a hearty serving of darkness and cynicism. With his latest project, however, it may be safe to assume that things are about to somehow get even darker. Announcing his fifth stand-up special on Wednesday (January 25), which premieres at 10 p.m. local time on February 11 on HBO in the form of From […]</p>
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Fall Out Boy have released a video for their new song “Heartbreak Feels So Good”. The video was directed by Whitey McConnaughy and features a cameo from Rivers Cuomo of Weezer. The song is off their upcoming album So Much (For) Stardust which will be out March 24 via Fueled By Ramen Records / DCD2. Fall Out Boy released Mania in 2018. Check out the video below.

Miesha and The Spanks have released a video for their new song “It’s My Year”. The video was filmed and edited by Sebastian Buzzalino of Unfolding Creative Photography. The song is off their upcoming album Unconditional Love in Hi-Fi which will be out April 14 via Mint Records. Miesha and The Spanks released their Singles EP in 2021. Check out the video below.

ARXX have released a video for their new song “Ride or Die”. The video was directed by Rosie Powell. The song is off their upcoming debut LP of the same name which will be out March 31 via Submarine Cat Records. ARXX also announced tour dates for the UK for this spring. The band released their EP Wong Girl, Honey in 2019. Check out the video and dates below.

<p>Editor’s Note: Vanyaland Film Editor Nick Johnston is back in Utah covering the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, and the premieres are already flowing. Scan through our full coverage of Sundance reviews from this year’s festival as they are published, and check out our full archives of past editions. It’s amusing that, in an era in which conversations over “banned” books are returning to the forefront of the popular consciousness, we are essentially still litigating the same books we were the last time around. Sure, […]</p>
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<p>Editor’s Note: Vanyaland Film Editor Nick Johnston is back in Utah covering the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, and the premieres are already flowing. Scan through our full coverage of Sundance reviews from this year’s festival as they are published, and check out our full archives of past editions. Forgive me for going Indiewire here, but what would you get if the BBC hired early Spike Lee (think She’s Gotta Have It, etc.) to direct a modern update of Richard Lester’s The Knack (and How […]</p>
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Fluff Fest has announced the first wave of bands for this year’s festival. Scowl, Gag, A Place to Bury Strangers, No Man, Powerplant, Faim, Glars, Ohyda, Oust, Diploid, Shooting Daggers, Doldrey, Janpalach, Vole, Slutbomb, Koridor, Sukob, Yperitiff, Kurvy Cesi, ParneparMizerija, Shallow, Lovegun, Sullyedo Vilag, 2 Manky Hookers and A Racist Dwarf, Statico, Terminator X vs. Lilixelbe, and Fuck It…I Quit! will be playing. Fluff Fest takes place July 27-29 at Airfield Rockycany in Rockycany, Czechia.

Today we are thrilled to bring you the premiere of the new track by Swedish powerviolence band Xiao! The song is called "Xtra Hard (8 BIllion)" and will be on their upcoming EP Burn. The song is also the first to feature new vocalist Emelie Johannesson. Speaking to Punknews, guitarist Daniel said of the song, "When we set out to write our new EP BURN, we knew we wanted to go even further towards our initial band philosophy —stupid riffs over smart drums, and caveman moshpits. When we first played the final version of "Xtra Hard", we started laughing immediately at how stupidly hard it is. When our drummer Sam started riding the bell in the opening of the song, we doubled over and that's how we knew this was it." Vocalist Emelie also said of the song, "This song has an extra cynical vibe in these unchill times." Xiao's new EP Burn will be out March 31 via Quarantined Fanzine & Records. Listen to the song below!

<p>The final hour is upon Watch City Studios, according to a Facebook post from Jack Younger, owner and operator of the Waltham-based recording studio. On Sunday (January 21), Younger shared on both his personal page and the studio’s page that Watch City is closing after 13 years of providing musicians with analog gear to record and preserve “tomorrow’s vintage — today.” Younger says he’s shuttering Watch City due to a sudden, significant spike in rent costs at 32 Charles St., […]</p>
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