<p>Editor’s Note: This review originally ran as part of our coverage of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, and today we’re re-publishing it with the film’s wider release. Check out our extensive review slate of TIFF 2024, and revisit our official preview and complete archives of prior editions.  Perhaps the most frustrating trend of “intellectual” populist cinema trickling down from the most prominent Hollywood hits of the ‘10s is that it frequently mistakes myopia for mass appeal. For every Jordan Peele, who can nail both the […]</p>
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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: Karina Rykman at The Sinclair Before we get to next week’s 2024 Year in ReView series, we’re gonna revisit one of the best songs of 2023 that we (unfortunately) totally slept […]</p>
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Danbert Nobacon has released the first physical version of his newest album, Kochtopus's Garden. That's out now and you can hear it below.

California's Christmas will release a new album later this month. It's called Fear of Romance and the vinyl version of the release is out via No Time Records. You can hear the lead single below.

Fucked Up have released a guitar version of their latest album, Someday. This version is just the isolated guitar tracks from the record. It's only available for 24 hours and is digital only. The band stated: "Someday (guitar) is the first iteration of the album “Someday” after the initial 24 hour recording period between Mike and Alex Gamble. Like “One Day” and “Another Day” before it, Someday was written, arranged and recorded on guitar on the spot in studio, over three 8 hour tracking sessions. Done in the last week of September 2022, five months after the guitar sessions for “Another Day,” these guitar-only tracks are the product. Over the next few years between tours, drums and bass were added, lyrics were conceived and written, and vocals were finally tracked in spring 2024. A final layer of synths were added during mixing, and the album was mastered and released November 1 2024."

<p>I know it’s a cardinal sin for a critic to imagine What Could Have Been, but after watching Kyle Mooney’s Y2K, I couldn’t help but wonder what its high-concept logline might have looked like in the hands of someone like Joseph Kahn. It’s a fun one: pairing the “everything connected to the internet winds up turning on humanity” plot of Lord and Miller’s The Mitchells vs. The Machines with some old-fashioned late ‘90s aesthetics. Does it make any sense that […]</p>
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<p>For Joe DeRosa, the significance of another show at Crystal Ballroom is a special one indeed, but this time, he has his sights set on squealin’ and dealin’ with a little yuletide spirit while he’s at it. With his return to the comfy Davis Square music venue, dubbed Piggy Christmas To You!, which kicks off his Joystick tour on Saturday (December 7), DeRosa is planning for his second engagement with a Somerville crowd to be a night fueled by his […]</p>
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the Coathangers have released a new flexi-disc. The track is a remix of "Perfume", which was originally on Nosebleed Weekend from 2016. the new version was remixed by Scott Montoya. You can hear it below.

Today, we are psyched to debut the new tune by Sekunderna! On Friday, Dec 6, Bloated Kat Records is releasing a new four-way split lp featuring Heavy Lag, Sekunderna, Teenage Bigfoot, and TV Cop. The idea for the split came from a tour all the abnds went on last year. They had such a blast that they decided to make a combo-attack album! Sweden's Sekunderna turns in a cover tune… except it's a cover of a cover… and if you read Punknews you'll know it right away. The tune was recorded last year by Jeff Burke (Marked Men) during a day off on Sekunderna's first American tour. Guitarist and singer Lars shared these thoughts about the experience: "To meet, record, and hang out with Jeff was really cool. A living legend. His bands have been such an inspiration over the years. Touring the east coast was different from Sweden. But the punk community was much alike. We look after each other." You can pre-order the new LP right here and check out the new tune below, right now! Sekunderna is currently readying their second full length record and will presumably be playing in all sorts of places in Europe to support it next year.

In 2025, Integrity and Earth Crisis will release a split 12-inch. Neither band released a track list, but the record will be out on Holy Mountain in early 2025. We'll keep you updated.