We last caught up CARV.R at the tail end of a lost 2021, when the Providence-based dark electronic-pop project of producer Cristian Carver teamed with Casey Desmond on the propulsive and visually engaging “Stuck.” CARV.R is adept at balancing the dark and light in their music, which often pairs heavy low-end industrial bass with glistening synth textures that glide across the surface for a sound that both pushes and pulls. And those elements dance in kaleidoscopic shadows on CARV.R’s dynamic […] The post CARV.R shifts a darker beat across a kaleidoscopic shadow on ‘Deflect’ appeared first on V ..read more

Faun Flora is helping us approach a difficult moment through a new lens of beauty and appreciation. The Phoenix artist recently unveiled her new single, a dream-pop synth lullaby titled “See You At The Funeral,” released October 29, and the atmospheric track explores the idea of death and relationships with the concept of funerals, and how we process them emotionally and mentally, as being a sort of rite of passage and portal to a more outer experience. “Written in July […] The post Faun Flora drifts into a dreamlike state on ‘See You At The Funeral’ appeared first on Vanyaland ..read more

We’ve been jamming out to UPSAHL joints over here for quite some time now, dating back a few years to the upbeat alt-indie pop pulse of V:Music fave “Can You Hear Me Now.” Since then the Phoenix native has rolled out her own barrage of alt-pop hits, and penned a few choice tracks for the likes of Dua Lipa, Madison Beer, and DREAMERS. But as she preps her debut full-length set for release in the fall, UPSAHL is taking time out […] The post It’s true that UPSAHL thinks you’re a ‘Douchebag’ — and she can prove that appeared first on Vanyaland ..read more

There’s an ongoing debate in certain circles lately about whether or not the music of 2020 should reflect the mood of 2020. And, if and when we look back 20 years from now (assuming we make it out of this), will the songs we were listening to actually complement how we were all feeling? For Phoenix electronic-pop duo MRCH, the year spent in quarantine and lockdown has produced a song that contradicts any perceived feelings about the year we’ve all […] The post MRCH find creative freedom in restrictive times on ‘No-Holds-Barred’ EP appeared first on Vanyaland ..read more

Fresh off throwing down “Borderline” on The Tonight Show a few nights ago, Tame Impala have announced rescheduled 2021 tour dates for North America. The 21-date run includes festival appearances at Outside Lands in San Francisco (August 8) and Las Vegas’ Life Is Beautiful (September 17), as well as a July 28 show at Phoenix’s Gila River Arena. Most of the dates — which you can read in full below and feel the fleeting joy and excitement of scanning concert […] The post Tame Impala unveil rescheduled North American tour dates for 2021 appeared first on Vanyaland ..read more

Last month, Purity Ring released their third album WOMB, and now today the Canadian electronic-pop duo have postponed their North American tour in support of it. Megan James and Corin Roddick unveiled the new 2021 “tour de womb” dates earlier today (May 28), and relative to our interests are a trio of shows: April 2 at The Rialto Theatre in Tucson; April 3 at The Van Buren in Phoenix; and April 24 at Boston’s House of Blues. All previous tickets […] The post Purity Ring postpone North American tour to Spring 2021 appeared first on Vanyaland ..read more

A drive-in rave is coming to the Phoenix area this weekend. Billed as “the first COVID-era festival in North America,” the inaugural Road Rave goes down this Friday and Saturday (May 29 and 30) at Wild Horse Motorsports Park at the Gila River Indian Community in Chandler, located about 20 miles south of downtown Phoenix. After Saturday night’s edition sold out well in advance, the Friday party was added. “The Road Rave is a drive-in concert with a social distanced […] The post Phoenix’s Road Rave billed as ‘first COVID-era festival in North America’ appeared first on Vanyaland ..read more

If not for the coronavirus outbreak, Thom Yorke would have wrapped up a handful of stateside solo dates this weekend at the Coachella Music & Arts Festival, with the Phoenix show this past Monday night at the Arizona Federal Theatre. Of course, his Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes shows, as well as Coachella, were postponed more than a month ago; now, new rescheduled dates have emerged. The Radiohead frontman’s solo stateside run now kicks off September 27 in D.C., with the new […] The post Optimistic: Thom Yorke unveils rescheduled North American dates appeared first on Vanyaland ..read more

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Quarantainment, Vanyaland’s new series on what to watch, what to hear, and how to deal as the world engages in social distancing to combat the spread of coronavirus, or COVID-19. We’re all at home, we’re all online, and we’re all in this together. #StayTheFHome It’s hard to not look at the concert calendar and daydream about how we would be spending our days if not for the ongoing pandemic. Youth Code, for example, would have played […] The post Quarantainment: Youth Code drop ‘Puzzle’, provide stems for reconstruction appeared first on Vanyaland ..read more