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<p>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: Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys at The Sinclair Three very long years ago, Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys gave us a reason to party with […]</p>
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the Dirty Nil have released a new tune. It's called "Fail in Time" and it's off the upcoming album The Lash out July 25. You can check it out below.

Planet Smashers will release a new album. It's called On the Dancefloor and it's out August 22 on Stomp Records. Ska legends Neville Staple (The Specials), Charley “Aitch” Bembridge (The Selecter), and Sara Johnston (Bran Van 3000) all contribute to the record, as well. You can hear the new single below.

Today marks the release of Kansas City-based Flooding’s new EP, object 1. The EP features four dynamic tracks that are filled with the band’s signature mix of noise rock, post-hardcore, and post-punk. We caught up with guitarist and vocalist Rose Brown to hear the stories behind each of the tracks. Listen to object 1 and read the track-by-track breakdown below!

Dead Milkmen have released a new single. The a-side is "Where Billionaires Go to Die" and the b-side is "Engine Flameout." You can hear it below.

<p>“Love songs need some more love in it,” Oompa wrote in an Instagram post earlier this month. So when sketching her next serenade, the Roxbury artist pulled a second soul — and voice — into the mix. Enter “BETTER,” Oompa’s new single featuring Rhode Island’s Lily Rayne, released earlier this month (July 1). The track, which arrived with instrumental and clean versions, serves as a bridge between sounds and cities. Sultry R&B flows alongside Afrobeats, just as the Boston- and […]</p>
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<p>Chances are, anyone reading this is burnt the eff out. Grind culture is a scam, and now we’re all caught in a daily cycle that’s left us lifeless, listless, and feeling less than before. Weakened Friends are feeling this shit too, and now the Maine trio deliver an alt-rock banger to help us break free in “Tough Luck (Bleed Me Out),” a dizzying and cathartic anthem for all our real-world woes. Check out the Jim Gilbert-directed video below, which features […]</p>
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