@topshelfrecords.com knows ball and co-founder Kevin Duquette joined me to celebrate 20 years of the label and talk Celtics, Hornets, and come up with NBA comps for a few artist on the label.

pod.link/1541571311

We can no longer support Ekko Astral and will not be releasing their album 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. This includes the end of in-house PR service from the label. Refunds for pre-orders will be issued within 5-10 business days.

hell yeah: ekkoastral.bandcamp.com/album/the-be...

Liam Hughes and Jael Holzman of Ekko Astral

Ekko Astral announce new album 'The Beltway is Burning' & shows, share "lil xan goes to washington" www.brooklynvegan.com/ekko-astral-...

How Lil Xan taught me to love an end to all things. On the lead single for “the beltway is burning,” Ekko Astral’s second album.

Yesterday Ekko Astral announced our second album with a lead single called “lil xan goes to washington”

Today I reveal why we wrote a story about Lil Xan: it was a nickname I went by with my close friends before I transitioned.

Here is the most vulnerable thing I’ve ever written. Hope you read.

the beltway is burning repeated over and over

only a few tickets left for our babys all right show w agriculture saturday

come hear new stuff and new versions of old stuff

www.eventim.us/event/agricu...

For folks in the DMV area! @ekkoastral.bsky.social release day in-store performance at @byrdlandrecords.bsky.social! Gonna be special.

Though we do insist you visit your local record store irl, you can pre-order the D.C.-exclusive LP variant through them ~ shop.byrdlandrecords.com/ekko-astral-...

Ekko Astral - "lil xan goes to washington" [Official Music Video] YouTube video by Ekko Astral

Y'all thought Ekko Astral was just a noisy punk band... behold, Ekko Astral in its obtuse Talking Heads bag. youtu.be/NLNIO0BRL0c?...

Ekko Astral - "lil xan goes to washington" [Official Music Video] YouTube video by Ekko Astral

Today Ekko Astral is unveiling our second album “the beltway is burning” will be out on April 22 (earth day if you even care).

The lead single “lil xan goes to washington” is available on all platforms now. Watch the video to enter the world we’re building…

@topshelfrecords.com

Ekko Astral announce new album, the beltway is burning - Treble Hear "lil xan goes to washington"

@ekkoastral.bsky.social have announced a new album, 'the beltway is burning', via @topshelfrecords.com

Hear "lil xan goes to washington"

www.treblezine.com/ekko-astral-...

We are incredibly excited to announce we’ll be touring with the amazing @ekkoastral.bsky.social in support of their brilliant new LP The Beltway Is Burning!

5/29 - Kingston NY
5/30 - Burlington VT
5/31 - Portland ME
6/3 - Boston MA

@ejrc.bsky.social @topshelfrecords.com @safesuburban.bsky.social

<3!!!!

Listen to the beltway is burning by Ekko Astral Where pink balloons was written to uplift, the beltway is burning is meant to remind you of the stakes. On penultimate track “blood mountain,” Holzman asks “if I don’t know what’s wrong / how can it b...

these noisy, absurd caricatures abound on 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘸𝘢𝘺, whose anchors are simultaneously heavier, poppier, and more complex than on predecessor 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘴.  

this record IS absolutely "batshit" to quote @consequence.bsky.social this morning, it's so good, do not sleep! www.topshelfrecords.com/beltway

Ekko Astral - "lil xan goes to washington" [Official Music Video] YouTube video by Ekko Astral

on surrealist single "lil xan goes to washington" the titular character travels to D.C. to lobby for addiction assistance legislation before succumbing to the cartoonish horror that is K Street (where all major lobbying firms are) ultimately becoming a sellout himself www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLNI...

D.C. photo / insert image shot by John Lee

each song plays out like a vignette, with @ekkoastral.bsky.social beckoning listeners into their fictionalized version of The Beltway (the area within I-495), in which Adam Sandler is a god-president + the DMV has become a demilitarized zone, a wasteland run by butt rockers and Soundcloud rappers.

D.C. photo / single art shot by John Lee

over a year after the release of searing debut 𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘴, Trump took office + deployed the National Guard to D.C. recorded immediately after the '24 U.S. General Election, Ekko's 2nd album 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘵𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 was always intended as a real-time historical document in the form of a dark comedy.

Ekko Astral's album cover for new record ‘the beltway is burning’ a photo of the I-495 bridge shot by John Lee & edited by Jael Holzman

ANNOUNCING: 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘉𝘌𝘓𝘛𝘞𝘈𝘠 𝘐𝘚 𝘉𝘜𝘙𝘕𝘐𝘕𝘎, A NEW ALBUM BY EKKO ASTRAL OUT APRIL 22 🔥

hear first single "lil xan goes to washington" & watch its absurd! incredible! video: youtu.be/NLNIO0BRL0c

pre-orders are up & the records are stunning, get one: www.topshelfrecords.com/beltway

@ekkoastral.bsky.social 🌪️

yea same

periodic reminder that your creative and artistic work has ripple effects beyond your field of view, and that it's good for your soul and happiness, and yes that's important. please keep going, keep making and sharing, especially when it's grim. don't ever stop, we need you

LIL XAN EKKO ASTRAL WEDNESDAY FEB 11 written on top of a ghostly image

lil xan. ekko astral. wednesday feb 11. @topshelfrecords.com

🌀 it’s bandcamp friday ~ ! head to topshelfrecords.bandcamp.com to support your favorite TSR artists of the last 20 (😳) years. we’ve put out some really incredible records recently and we’re stocked up on long awaited represses you’ve been asking for too 💫

NYC pals, have you gotten your tickets to this yet? here: tinyurl.com/3jab595p

@ekkoastral.bsky.social opening for Agriculture alongside Peace Thru Strength on feb 14, HOW ROMANTIC

also, heads up ~ the band will be playing 3 headline gigs in Austin, Denton and Milwaukee around the tour. don't miss it 🖤

go see Knifeplay on this insane tour! tickets on sale at knifeplaymusic.net 🎟️

The soundtrack to the new Elephant Gym documentary 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 is now available on all streaming platforms. Listen here ~ www.topshelfrecords.com/297 💌

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