New Sounds: Canadian duo Lonely Little Kitsch deliver a soaring alt-rock anthem that's a true sign -- and sound -- of the times. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/12/01/l... @lonelylittlekitsch.bsky.social @michaeloc.bsky.social

Film Review: Thanks to stellar work from Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller and Callum Turner, David Freyne's 'Eternity' sweetly sticks its landing. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/27/e... @enh-jay.bsky.social

Film Review: Rian Johnson's 'Wake Up Dead Man', the latest installment in the 'Knives Out' series, is much better than 'Glass Onion'. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/26/w... @enh-jay.bsky.social

The V List: November was soundtracked by new and notable efforts from Scarlet Nicole, City Builders, Grade 2, Glixen, and HIGHDRIVE. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/25/t... @michaeloc.bsky.social

Bringing their latest show back to the area, all-star comedian and LGBTQ+ icon Jonathan Van Ness returns with a new message, and lots of laughs to be had at The Wilbur. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/21/m...

Film Review: John M. Chu's follow-up to 'Wicked' can't clear the low bar that the first one set, though we doubt folks will care too much, writes Nick Johnston. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/21/w... @enh-jay.bsky.social #wicked

It's a V3 Weekend and we're dancing with Couch at Roadrunner in Brighton, vibing with the Bends at The Sinclair in Cambridge, and shopping with parasites via 'Black Friday at Cinema Salem. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/21/v... @michaeloc.bsky.social

Directed by the creator of 'We Bare Bears,' 'Hoppers' stars what might be the world's cutest robotic beaver. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/20/w... @enh-jay.bsky.social

Now is the winter of 'The Moment,' made glorious brat summer by Charli XCX, A24, and director Aidan Zamiri. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/20/w... @enh-jay.bsky.social

New Sounds: English fivesome HIGHDRIVE arrive with perhaps the most consuming and encompassing guitar tone we've heard in a hot minute. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/19/h... @warmthagency.bsky.social @michaeloc.bsky.social

After a near-death experience, feel-good comedy vet Ryan Sickler returns to the stage in his new special to bring highlights to the low lights. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/19/r...

In #comedy: While Dorchester native Sam Jay plans her return to The Wilbur, Zarna Garg and Jim Breuer are making plans of their own for stops at Chevalier Theatre. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/19/s...

New Sounds: Phoenix foursome Glixen get loud ahead of appearing at Boston's Something In The Way Fest this winter. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/18/g... @michaeloc.bsky.social

Daniel Craig once again leads an all-star cast in Rian Johnson's 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,' hitting theaters later this month. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/17/w... @enh-jay.bsky.social

Comedy icon "Weird Al" Yankovic returns to the road in 2026 with 90 fresh dates to mark his biggest and weirdest shows to dates. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/17/w... @tdgarden.bsky.social

New Sounds: Northampton's Winterpills' first album in nine years is an audacious, expansive work, yet somehow also trancelike. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/17/w... @winterpills.bsky.social @vickiwasylak.bsky.social

Mic'd Up: Worcester native and former school teacher Orlando Baxter brings his viral short-form series to The Comedy Studio, packed full of steaming hot tea. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/17/m...

Film Review: No hype required here: After the first scare, Osgood Perkins' mysterious Keeper will make you regret getting that large soda, writes @enh-jay.bsky.social 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/14/k...

Film Review: Edgar Wright's adaptation of 'The Running Man' is a good time, with a scene-stealing Michael Cera performance to boot, writes @enh-jay.bsky.social. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/14/t...

It's a V3 Weekend and we're rocking out in Pawtucket with Dangerous Toys at THE MET; laughing it up with Iliza Shlesinger at Chevalier Theatre in Medford; and experiencing the afterlife with 'Enter The Void' at Cinema Salem. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/14/v...

How many times can one writer use the phrase 'Wuthering Heights' in one three-hundred word trailer post? Find out here! 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/13/w... @enh-jay.bsky.social

The 2026 edition of Green River Festival is slated for June 19 through 21 at the Franklin County Fairgrounds. Here's the full lineup. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/13/f... @vickiwasylak.bsky.social @greenriverfest.bsky.social

This weekend, Emerson alum Iliza Shlesinger brings a new batch of material to Chevalier Theatre after a busy year in that included a hit new special. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/13/m...

In #comedy: Before Daniel Sloss returns in the summer of 2026, both Modi and Donnell Rawlings are planning their springtime returns to The Wilbur, as well. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/13/d...

New Sounds: English punk band Grade 2 deliver another hard-charging ripper with old school fury and modern-day piss n' vitriol. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/12/g... @michaeloc.bsky.social

Stand-up vet and Amherst native Josh Wolf returns for the first time in a long time to bring a fresh weekend full of stories to Laugh Boston in the Seaport. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/12/m...

Here's a headline equation: A Mario catchphrase plus 'new trailer' equals success. Do as we say, not as we do. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/12/h... @enh-jay.bsky.social

Timothée Chalamet plays a ping-pong hustler with championship dreams in Josh Safdie's 'Marty Supreme,' hitting theaters on Christmas Day. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/11/a...

Comics Come Home, the annual star-studded fundraiser for The Cam Neely Foundation, rocked TD Garden this past weekend, when Conan O'Brien, Michelle Buteau, and others brought the heat. Here's comedy editor Jason Greenough with a recap and performer interviews. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/11/c...

New Sounds: Toronto project City Builders drops a throbbing electro beat on the chaotic kind of all-night revelry we used to have. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/10/c... @michaeloc.bsky.social

Film Review: This new take on Mary Shelly's icon doesn’t even come close to equaling James Whale’s masterpiece. It barely beats Branagh, even. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/10/21/f... @enh-jay.bsky.social

Fast Tracked: Providence band Wooll deliver 19 minutes of seasonally-appropriate shoegaze with their latest project. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/06/w... @vickiwasylak.bsky.social

Alternative headline idea: "Antoine Fuqua's 'Michael' wants to be starting something with its first teaser." 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/06/s... @enh-jay.bsky.social

Comics Come Home, the longest-running comedy fundraiser in the game, boasts big names once again at TD Garden for the 29th year of kicking cancer's ass. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/06/m...

In #comedy: Matteo Lane wants to catch up with us at Boch Center's Wang Theatre. Plus, a flurry of new shows from James Acaster, George Lopez and Rob Anderson hit The Wilbur, while Brandon Wardell preps for Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/06/m...

Film Review: Viewers might not come away from 'Predator: Badlands' with a trophy worth putting on the mantle, but it is a pretty fun time at the movies. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/05/p... @enh-jay.bsky.social #filmreview #predator

Fast Tracked: Florida-born, Los Angeles-based artist Scarlet Nicole draws us into her shadow world with a haunting dark electronic composition about shifting power. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/05/s... @michaeloc.bsky.social

617 Q&A: Men at Work frontman and veteran songwriter Colin Hay discusses his career, MTV, Vegemite, pasta, and Ringo Starr ahead of appearing this week at Chevalier Theatre. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/04/6... @michaelchristopher.bsky.social

Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson are a Neil Diamond cover band in Craig Brewer's 'Song Sung Blue,' hitting theaters on Christmas Day. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/04/h... @enh-jay.bsky.social

The V List: October was soundtracked by new and notable sounds from Taleen Kali, RIVER, Kim Petras, Away Fans, and Erin LeCount. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/11/03/t... @michaeloc.bsky.social

Ghostface is back for another round in 'Scream 7,' joined by Neve Campbell and writer and director Kevin Williamson. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/10/31/h... @enh-jay.bsky.social

Fast Tracked: Boston's Fai Laci make their debut on Easy Eye Sound with the breezy Dan Auerbach-produced track. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/10/31/f... @vickiwasylak.bsky.social

“The Pats are winning, the leaves are absolutely gorgeous even if the skies are grey, and there’s still a ton of great movies to see at IFFBoston’s second weekend of Fall Focus titles.” Check out @vanyaland.bsky.social’s picks for this weekend: vanyaland.com/2025/10/30/i...

Tonight, Halloween at the movies. Saturday, a proper holiday bangover. And Sunday, some 'Girl Violence' courtesy of King Princess. It's a V3 Weekend. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/10/31/v... @michaeloc.bsky.social

The Daily Show star Jordan Klepper makes his way to Boston's Wilbur for a little pre-election pallet cleanser to help us stay at least a bit less insane. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/10/30/m...

Film Preview: IFFBoston's Fall Focus returns for another installment at Brattle Theatre, so here are 5 films to check out this weekend and beyond. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/10/30/i... @brattletheatre.bsky.social @enh-jay.bsky.social @iffboston.bsky.social

In #comedy: Adding to the greatness that Tracy Morgan is sure to bring to the city, Michael Carbonaro returns to The Wilbur with a new bag of wonders. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/10/30/t...

Bill Skarsgard leaves the sewers for Gus Van Sant's 'Dead Man's Wire,' a fantastic true-crime dark comedy hitting theaters this winter. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/10/29/b... @enh-jay.bsky.social

Iconic frontman Glenn Danzig turned 70 this year, so to celebrate Halloween we rank the best tracks from his extensive catalog, from Misfits to Elvis. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/10/29/h... #danzig #misfits #Halloween @michaeloc.bsky.social @michaelchristopher.bsky.social

"Greer’s latest work is a practice in radical honesty, revealing the often-unspoken weight that comes with inking razor-sharp rallying cries (and putting them to work)." Read @vickiwasylak.bsky.social's writeup on AMAB/ACAB for @vanyaland.bsky.social. i feel seen <3 vanyaland.com/2025/10/27/e...