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<p>It’s been nearly a decade since Asif Kapadia’s Amy hit theaters and caused the collective culture to stop and ponder exactly what they’d said about Amy Winehouse over the course of her short career. If not the first crack in the dam, it did cause its collapse and flooded our collective memories with rivers of uncomfortable guilt. Almost overnight, every person who, at some point over the course of the late-aughts, had uttered some kind of mean-spirited gag about Winehouse’s […]</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://vanyaland.com/2024/05/17/back-to-black-review-amy-winehouse-deserves-better/">‘Back to Black’ Review: Amy Winehouse deserves better</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://vanyaland.com">Vanyaland</a>.</p>

<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: Ripplefest at The Middle East Unleash the riffs. At a time when a lot of larger music events around town have gone pop, California label Ripple Music and local promoter Grayskull Booking have […]</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://vanyaland.com/2024/05/17/v3-weekend-ripplefest-boston-erin-maguire-babylon/">V3 Weekend: Ripplefest Boston, Erin Maguire, ‘Babylon’</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://vanyaland.com">Vanyaland</a>.</p>

<p>Editor’s Note: In addition to our ongoing preview coverage, Vanyaland and Boston Calling are teaming up once again to showcase the homegrown bands and artists that help shape the local flavor of the city’s most vital music festival. Boston Calling’s ’24 headliners — The Killers, Ed Sheeran, Tyler Childers — and its remarkable undercard are well-known and established; but over the next few weeks, keep it locked as we profile the New England talent that decorates the lineup like few other […]</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://vanyaland.com/2024/05/17/boston-calling-2024-homegrown-artist-profile-fleshwater/">Boston Calling 2024 Homegrown Artist Profile: Fleshwater</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://vanyaland.com">Vanyaland</a>.</p>

<p>When Rilla Force imagines his fans tuning in to his latest work, he wants the process to be as simple as pressing play. No logins, no seven-day free trials, and definitely no credit cards — just a pair of headphones and the music, like when he used to listen to mixtapes by Wiz Khalifa and Lil Wayne in the 2000s and 2010s. So when the Boston producer and DJ mulled over how to release his new project, KAWAII GIANT, only […]</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://vanyaland.com/2024/05/17/rilla-force-separates-songs-and-subscriptions-with-kawaii-giant/">Rilla Force separates songs and subscriptions with ‘Kawaii Giant’</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://vanyaland.com">Vanyaland</a>.</p>

T.S.O.L. have released a video for their new single "Darker my Love." The video is directed by Gavin Holmes and it's off a 12-inch EP out via Strange Club Records. The release date is June 21 and the track list is: "A Darker My Love (2004 Version): :White American (New Version)"; "Politics (The Damned)*; "Perfect day (Lou Reed)". You can see the video below.

Bad Religion is heading across the ocean. They'll be in Europe in late June and for most of July, hitting most western continental countries and a few central euro ones. Death Lens opens. You can see the dates below.

<p>“They say ‘Time waits for no one’; they couldn’t be more wrong. Time is patient like a hunter, waiting for you to come along.” — “Tattoos” The sad and deflating finality of Steve Albini, musical artist and recording engineer, passing away at the age of 61 last week felt like someone muscling their elbow onto a record running on a turntable, emitting a gnawing audio gash that temporarily silenced the cynical and savvy until cooler heads could reset the record […]</p>
<p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://vanyaland.com/2024/05/17/on-steve-albini-and-musics-expression-of-intention-from-artist-to-listener/">On Steve Albini, and music’s expression of intention from artist to listener</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://vanyaland.com">Vanyaland</a>.</p>

Guided by Voices have released a new tune. It's called "Cavemen running naked." That's off Strut of Kings, due June 28 via GBV Inc. You can check out the tune and tour dates below.