<p>The world is always a slightly better place when there’s a new King Tuff record to get lost in, and this past Friday (January 27) we received a good one via Sub Pop in Smalltown Stardust. Described by Brattleboro native Kyle Thomas as “an album about love and nature and youth,” Smalltown Stardust was co-written and co-produced by SASAMI, and is led by one of the smoothest damn songs of this early 2023, a melodically rich and textured gentle pop-rock cruiser […]</p>
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Geoff Rickly of Thursday has announced that he will be releasing his first book. It is called Someone Who Isn’t Me. The description of the book reads, ”Geoff Rickly’s debut novel Someone Who Isn’t Me is a feverish journey through the psyche of someone who no longer recognizes himself. When Geoff hears that a drug called ibogaine might be able to save him from his heroin addiction, he goes to a clinic in Mexico to confront the darkest and most destructive versions of himself. In this modern reimagining of the Divine Comedy, survival lurks in the darkest corners of Geoff’s brain, asking, will he make it? Can anyone?” Someone Who Isn’t Me will be out July 25 via Rose Books.

<p>Romanticizing the past is nothing new, especially when it comes to spaces and places that time somehow forgot. But the divide between real and fantasy running parallel to before and after is blurred beyond recognition in the pandemic age, and now Dust Bowl Faeries are taking us back to a place we long to return, without truly knowing if we were ever there in the first place. The New York State dark-vaudeville goth cabaret collective unveiled their time-portal EP Carnival […]</p>
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Punk Rock Bowling has announced that the Adolescents will be replacing T.S.O.L. on the festival stage. T.S.O.L will instead be playing a club show with Punk Rock Karaoke, Spider, and Infirmities on May 29 at the Fremont Country Club. Punk Rock Bowling will take place May 26-29 in Downtown Las Vegas.

The Pomps have released a new song. It is called “Liquidator 2023” and is off their upcoming album Bottom of the Pomps which will be out February 17 via Bad Time Records. The Pomps released Drums & Liars in 2019. Check out the song 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. I know that at some point within my time writing here, I’ve complained about the “cozy catastrophe” sci-fi genre, especially as it relates to the kind of tech dystopia that has become the stuff of our […]</p>
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Philly based punks Timeshares is playing a few dates next month, see below. The band just released Limb in September 2022.

Los Angeles based Raised on TV have released a new song. It is called “Mr. Blue” and is off their upcoming album Strangers in Pictures which will be out later this year via Sell The Heart Records. Raised on TV released their Around the Sun EP in 2022. Check out the new song below.