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: hey, nothing at Brighton Music Hall
Atlanta duo hey, nothing roll out on a headlining tour in a few short weeks, and they have a simple message for those planning on attending: “happy birthday clams! we’re going tour this spring. Absolutely no freakin glitter at these shows.” Uh-oh. We’ll have to ask Tyler Mabry and Harlow Phillips about all that when they bring The 33° Tour to Allston’s Brighton Music Hall this evening (April 18). The tour is named for the new single from the duo, its moniker a reference to The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and here’s what they have to say about it: “’33°’ is the tragic tale of a young boy who, emotionally plagued by modern society, embarks on a reckless journey to the center of a rapidly melting lake. His behavior, driven by his parent’s recent divorce and their lack of ability to properly communicate, leads to the demise of him and his older brother, Tommy. The story is a dive into the turbulent minds of young people as they face contemporary traumas from the perspectives of parents, siblings, and themselves and how each of those perspectives interact with each other.”
HEY, NOTHING – THE 33° TOUR :: Friday, April 18 at Brighton Music Hall, 158 Brighton Ave. in Allston, MA :: 7 p.m., all ages, sold out :: Event info
Music: Bright Eyes at House of Blues
Turn around Bright Eyes, Conor Oberst has a lot of stuff going on. The enduring emo project is off on an extensive 2025 tour that takes makes its way to Boston’s House of Blues this evening (April 18), and we first got hyped for the show last summer with the unveiling of “Rainbow Overpass.” It’s another track from Bright Eyes’ record Five Dice, All Threes, which dropped in the fall. The punchy new tune features some horns and gang vocals from Alex Orange Drink of The So So Glos. “[AOD is] kinda like my hype man, getting a little Beastie Boys on the shit!” Oberst says. “They grew up on punk rock and the Beasties, so there are a lot of little bursts of other voices. I like that. It creates energy. Sometimes music can feel flat until you get into a live situation, when there’s adrenaline and raw energy. Instead of working in reverse, where that happens as we tour, I was trying to get some of that energy onto the record.” Check it out below.
BRIGHT EYES :: Friday, April 18 at House of Blues, 15 Lansdowne St. in Boston, MA :: 7 p.m., all ages, $54.50 to $79.50 :: Event info
Music: Lucy Dacus at MGM Music Hall at Fenway
It seems like only yesterday we were interviewing Lucy Dacus at Boston Calling, but so much has happened in the near-decade since. The Virginia-born singer-songwriter, guitarist, record producer, and boygenius member has become one of the most beloved voices in indie and folk, and now presents us with her fourth studio album, March’s Forever Is A Feeling. “I got kicked in the head with emotions,” Dacus says about it. “Falling in love, falling out of love.” A North American tour aligns with the record, and Dacus brings her delicate new tunes to Boston’s MGM Music Hall at Fenway for a pair of shows this holiday weekend, Sunday and Monday (April 20 and 21), with Katie Gavin and jasmine.4.t solidifying the evenings’ mood. Forever Is A Feeling welcomes an immense roster of guest talent, including Hozier, fellow boygenius collaborators Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker, and Blake Mills, Bartees Strange, Madison Cunningham, Collin Pastore, and others — and it makes sense because when Dacus calls, everyone answers. Check out recent single “Ankles” and embrace the melancholy.
LUCY DACUS + KATIE GAVIN + jasmine.4.t :: Sunday, April 20 and Monday, April 21 at MGM Music Hall at Fenway, 2 Lansdowne St. in Boston, MA :: 6:30 p.m., all ages, $44 to $186 :: Event info