go Hovvdy go ✨ i love my friends ❤️

Ekko Astral’s (Ekko Astral) ‘pink balloons’ uses cultural references and online language to champion solidarity—all while railing against violence, capitalistic parasitism and the gendered normativity of Americana with a clenched fist and an open heart. pastemagazine.com/music/ekko-ast…

From NYC indie rock to Baltimore hardcore, these are our rising artists to know this month — featuring English Teacher, DOUBT, Halima, Been Stellar, The Ophelias, and Ekko Astral
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This week's Best New Releases!

B I G▐ B R A V E, Cloud Nothings, Bbymutha, Couch Slut, High On Fire, Lord Spikeheart, Ekko Astral, Cavalier and Infinite River

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Listen to Hazel Cills and I enthuse about #TTPD @taylor — and as important, about new albums by ✨NIGGALY NUNN✨ claire rousay my homies Pearl Jam Stephanie Lambring Ekko Astral Tei Shi Bill Frisell npr.org/2024/04/19/119…

really enjoyed speaking with Ekko Astral's Jael Holzman about their riveting debut LP, 'pink balloons'🎈

.Ekko Astral spoke with Post-Trash's Giliann Karon (@lethalrejection) about their new album 'Pink Balloons' (out now via topshelf records), DC, community, and 'mascara moshpit music'. post-trash.com/news/2024/4/17…

Spent hours wandering the imperial core with Jael and Sam from Ekko Astral, talking about their phenomenal new record and the unique potential of DC bands to influence culture and politics. Highlight of my year so far:

With the album out today, Ekko Astral took us track by track through “Pink Balloons,” citing how everything from Lankum to Vonnegut helped shape the LP’s “fucked-up hands-across-America image” of queer solidarity in an upside-down world

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pink balloons from Ekko Astral is noisy post-punk designed to fuel a mascara moshpit. Guest writer one armed sza reviews the group’s debut album. swimintothesound.com/blog/2024/4/17…

DC post-punks Ekko Astral on how Arctic Monkeys, Charli XCX, Jeff Rosenstock & more influenced their debut LP 'pink balloons' brooklynvegan.com/ekko-astral-on…

.@EkkoAstral released their debut album pink balloons today and I reviewed it for Pitchfork. It's noisy, cheeky, unstoppable DC punk that picks up where Black Eyes and Priests left off, which is another way of saying I can't stop listening to it 🎈 pitchfork.com/reviews/albums…

ekko astral x ted leo: the interview

Talkhouse

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New UPROXX indie column is here!

I wrote abt Microwave, Teens in Trouble, Ekko Astral, Dazy, Mdou Moctar, Hovvdy, Local Natives, ᵀᴿᴱᴬᴺᴺᴱ, diiv, and Been Stellar
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Each week, I write about the 8 Tracks that I can't stop thinking about for NPR:

🇧🇷 Sonhos Tomam Conta lua 🇵🇸
🌸Fuubutsushi
🥰ILLIT
🦩Ekko Astral
👻Alejandro Escovedo
🪩Liv.e
🚌The Ophelias
📼Pedro The Lion

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The 5 best songs of the week, starring FUTURE/FREEBANDZ x Metro Boomin x Kendrick Lamar, Jessica Pratt, Ekko Astral, ellis, and El Alfa x MALUMA x NLE Choppa x Donaty stereogum.com/2257417/the-5-…

thanks for including Ekko Astral ~ topshelf records ✨💕