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Victoria Wasylak
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Music Editor, Vanyaland 📻
Music Columnist, Boston Globe 📰
✍️: NYLON, Paste, WBUR, GRAMMY.com, Under The Radar, Down East, MassLive
Award-winning journalist & Recording Academy member
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The 2026 edition of Green River Festival is slated for June 19 through 21 at the Franklin County Fairgrounds. Here's the full lineup.

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Fest Intentions: Green River Festival 2026 with Geese, Spoon, Charley Crockett
The 2026 edition of the Greenfield festival is slated for June 19 through 21 at the Franklin County Fairgrounds.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Fast Tracked: Providence band Wooll deliver 19 minutes of seasonally-appropriate shoegaze with their latest project.

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Wooll settle into a snuggly sound with new EP 'Frickish'
Fast Tracked: The Providence band deliver 19 minutes of seasonally-appropriate shoegaze with their latest project.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Fast Tracked: Boston's Fai Laci make their debut on Easy Eye Sound with the breezy Dan Auerbach-produced track.

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Fai Laci float on heavenly indie with 'Angels And The Others'
Fast Tracked: The Boston band make their debut on Easy Eye Sound with the breezy Dan Auerbach-produced track.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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"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

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Evan Greer shows the vulnerable side of the fight on 'AMAB/ACAB'
New Sounds: The new album from the Boston artist-activist is a practice in radical honesty in the face of today's most pressing issues.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Aw, thanks for this lovely and thoughtful writeup @vickiwasylak.bsky.social! So appreciate the deep dive into the record. I take "vulnerable" as a real compliment :-)
October 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Boston Thriving: Tunes from Leo the Kind and Lainey Dionne help soundtrack the ninth season's assortment of romances and messes on Netflix.

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Boston Thriving: Homegrown artists bring sparks to 'Love Is Blind'
Tunes from Leo The Kind and Lainey Dionne help soundtrack the ninth season's assortment of romances and messes on Netflix.
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October 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Fast Tracked: On her new single, Somerville artist Shandelle pledges allegiance to a budding crush -- and soul/R&B nostalgia.

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October 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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New Sounds: The six-track project finds Boston artist Clark D mid-move and revisiting his roots and his dreams.

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Clark D embraces change (and the comforts of home) on new EP ‘KURLAND’
New Sounds: The six-track project finds the Boston artist mid-move and revisiting his roots and his dreams.
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October 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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New Sounds: Celebrated Boston hip-hop group STL GLD tears open a portal to the 20th century with their first single from their fifth LP.

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STL GLD put a new spin on nostalgia with '80's Babies'
New Sounds: The celebrated Boston hip-hop group tears open a portal to the 20th century with their first single from their fifth LP.
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October 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Fast Tracked: ToriTori new tune is a shiver-inducing home run of a first (solo) release since the Boston artist's 2023 EP.

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ToriTori croons enchanting R&B on new single 'You Don't Know'
Fast Tracked: The new tune is a shiver-inducing home run of a first (solo) release since ToriTori's 2023 EP.
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September 29, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Fest Intentions: The 2026 lineup of Something in the Way Festival, returning to Roadrunner, is a complement to the inaugural Boston edition's slate of performers, gathering a mix of alt-rock, emo, and post-hardcore acts.

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Fest Intentions: Something in the Way Festival 2026 in Brighton, Massachusetts
The 2026 lineup is a complement to the inaugural Boston edition's slate of performers, gathering a mix of alt-rock, emo, and post-hardcore acts.
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September 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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New Sounds: The slash-and-burn single aligns three of metal's modern sirens, including Boston-born artist Poppy.

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Poppy, Amy Lee, and Courtney LaPlante thrash on new collab 'End of You'
New Sounds: The slash-and-burn single aligns three of metal's modern sirens, including Boston-born artist Poppy.
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September 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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New Sounds: Boston rock staple Juliana Hatfield's new tune is a dogged kernel of hope for anyone who's not thrilled with their odds.

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Juliana Hatfield mines for alt-rock luck on new single 'Scratchers'
New Sounds: The Boston rock staple's new tune is a dogged kernel of hope for anyone who's not thrilled with their odds.
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September 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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New Sounds: Astral B.itch's scorched earth single is a 'a rallying cry for youth frustrated by institutions beholden to corruption'.

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Astral Bitch tend to grungy 'Seeds of Hate' on new single
New Sounds: The Boston band's scorched earth single is a 'a rallying cry for youth frustrated by institutions beholden to corruption'.
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September 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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The collection of music, featuring Boston rapper Clark D's 'Locked In', will be used for in-game broadcasts and the NFL's social platforms during the 2025-2026 season.

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Boston Thriving: Clark D locks in for the NFL's 'songs of the season'
The collection of music will be used for in-game broadcasts and the NFL's social platforms during the 2025-2026 season.
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August 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Hey if people who love cracker barrel like it because of the mom and pop feel how about checking out real mom and pop places in their state that serve actual home cooked meals. help small businesses not a giant corporation
August 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Fast Tracked: Vermont singer-songwriter Ali McGuirk mixes catharsis and venom in the third single from her upcoming album.

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Ali McGuirk expels feminine rage with new single 'Exorcist'
Fast Tracked: The Vermont singer-songwriter mixes catharsis and venom in the third single from her upcoming album.
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August 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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The fifth edition of No Hype Fest, which heads to Harvard Square next month across from The Sinclair, appears to be the largest yet. Here's who is performing.

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Fest Intentions: No Hype Fest 2025 in Cambridge, Mass.
The fifth edition of the festival, which heads to Harvard Square next month, appears to be the largest yet.
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August 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Fast Tracked: The future's cancelled, and Boston's slow quit are leading its funeral procession. with Stygian, echoey shoegaze.

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slow quit narrate a decaying future on debut LP 'Fusion in Rupture'
Fast Tracked: The future's cancelled, and slow quit are leading its funeral procession. with Stygian, echoey shoegaze.
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August 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Writing is funny because both my biggest brightest dream and stomach churning dread is having people read my book.
August 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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You sure about this, Google?
A Google alert announces Chappell Roan concert tickets, but the image is of Weird Al
August 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Boston Thriving: FELIX!, the Brockton artist and member of VAN BUREN Records, appears among 77 songs on the new EA Sports Madden NFL soundtrack.

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Boston Thriving: FELIX! lands on the 'Madden NFL 26' soundtrack
The Brockton artist and member of Van Buren Records appears among 77 songs on the new video game's soundtrack.
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August 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Another amazing late night grocery shopping session spent dancing to David Bowie
August 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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New Sounds: Boston's Clara Kay's new song offers an idyllic snapshot of starting over in a garden variety New England town.

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Clara Kay mails away her worries on new single 'Postcard Town'
New Sounds: The Boston artist's new song offers an idyllic snapshot of starting over in a garden variety New England town.
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August 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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I hate being sick when the weather is beautiful. I could be frolicking right now.
August 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM