<p>Editor’s Note: Anyone who says there isn’t good music coming out these days — and quite literally, every day — simply isn’t paying attention. Vanyaland’s compilation feature The V List highlights the best in new music, both homegrown and national, over the past month, pulling together the sounds that have soundtracked the website in recent weeks. It’s all the stuff we’re bumping here at Vanyaland HQ, one new bop at a time. Total Wife, ‘make it last’ For some, there was something so erotic about those early, sound-shaping […]</p>
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Nova Twins strike a perfect balance between the nonstop chaos and beauty of life on their third album Parasites and Butterflies. The UK-based duo know that finding this balance is a journey full of ups and downs and something that can only be achieved with openness and honesty. Everything about these twelve tracks, from the lyrics to the instrumentation to the vocal delivery, is a testament to the incredible strength of vulnerability and the indomitable spirit of Georgia South and Amy Love.Parasites and Butterflies will be out everywhere on August 29 via Marshall Records. You can pre-order a copy here or here. Nova Twins will be playing at a handful of record stores across the UK starting tomorrow and will be touring Europe and the UK starting in September. Punknews editor Em Moore caught up with lead vocalist and guitarist Amy Love and bassist Georgia South to talk about the new album, embracing vulnerability, unleashing chaotic energy, and so much more. Read the interview below!This interview between Em Moore, Amy Love, and Georgia South took place over Zoom in July 2025. What follows is a transcription of their conversation that has been lightly edited for length and clarity.

<p>Editor’s Note: “Boston Thriving” is an ongoing series from Vanyaland highlighting and honoring the national and global success of Boston- and New England-based bands and artists. We’re still waiting for the song of the summer to reveal itself, but the NFL has officially locked in the “sounds of the season” — thanks in part to Clark D. The “Boston-made” rapper and producer contributed one of the nine songs on the league’s new playlist, which is meant to soundtrack the upcoming […]</p>
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Pig Destroyer is going down to OZ. Wormrot opens. The tour runs the first half of September. You can see the dates below.

<p>Honestly, it makes a ton of sense that Yorgos Lanthimos would remake Jang Jun-Hwan’s Save the Green Planet. Not only is it perfect for Lanthimosian comedy, but that 2003 South Korean sci-fi comedy was prescient in a way that very few films are lucky enough to be. We live, after all, in an era where its plot wouldn’t seem particularly out of place on the New York Times front page — a conspiracy theorist kidnapping a CEO because they think […]</p>
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Traidora will release a new album. It's called Una Mujer Trans Sin País and it's out September 26 via La Vida Es Un Mus. The lead single is "Disforia Eterna." You can check it out below.

Bunuel the band fronted by Eugene S. Robinson of Oxbow has a European tour scheduled. There are two August dates scheduled and then a string of October shows. You can see the dates below.

The Members have released an archival live album. It is a recording of the band's original lineup in 1978 at the Coach House. That's out now via Cadiz music.

<p>There’s no script for how to approach selling out one of the most legendary comedy venues in the country – but as we’ve already seen from Jeff Arcuri, going unscripted is no problem at all. Per an announcement earlier this week, the critically-acclaimed comedian has added two additional shows to his largely sold-out run at The Wilbur as part of his Unscripted tour, adding a 10 p.m. show on December 5 and a 9:45 p.m. show the next night, on […]</p>
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Julia, Julia, the solo project of Julia K of The Coathangers, has released a new single. It's called "I know" and that's off Sugaring a Strawberry, out September 9 via Suicide Squeeze. Check out the tune below.