<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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No Trigger has announced a handful of tour dates for the UK for this June. Sam Russo will be joining them on all dates. No Trigger released Dr. Album in 2022. Check out the dates below.

Exeter-based Shit Present has released a new song. It is called “Fuck It” and is out now digitally via Specialist Subject. Shit Present will be re-pressing their 2015 self-titled EP and their 2016 EP Misery + Disaster both of which will be out in mid-March via Specialist Subject. The band has a handful of shows for the UK coming up next month. Check out the new song and dates below.

<p>Earlier today we hyped Charlotte Sands’ new empower-pop single “Alright”, and noted how the homegrown artist was currently on tour in Europe with fellow Massachusetts alt-pop powderkeg PVRIS. Well, turns out the project from producer, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Lyndsey Gunnulfsen has a new banger of her own hitting the streams today (January 26). It’s called “GODDESS,” and it’s a gritty and elastic twirl of impassioned electro-rock ambition that’s said to channel female rage, power, confidence, and autonomy. “It’s a celebration of […]</p>
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The Darts have released a new song. It is called “Intersex” and is off their upcoming album Snake Oil which will be out March 17 via Alternative Tentacles. The Darts released I Like You But Not Like That in 2019. Check out the song below.

Today we are stoked to bring you the premiere of the new video by German punks Melonball! The video is for their new song “Sicker” which will be on their upcoming debut album Breathe. The video was filmed at Filmhaus Nürnberg in Nuremberg, Germany, and was directed by Manuel Wieslhube. The band had this to say about the song, ”Certainly the most personal song for Oli. It is about the fact that family (for many it means support and positive aspects) for some does not always bring only positive aspects. A heritage or origin can also bring a lot of burden that you carry with you throughout your life.” Breathe will be out March 31 via Thousand Island Records & Lockjaw Records and you can pre-order it right here. Melonball will also be touring Europe and the UK this spring. Watch the video and check out the dates below!