A few weeks ago, the Washington, DC punk band Ekko Astral announced their sophomore album the beltway is burning and the second edition of Liberation Weekend, their trans-rights music festival. They ...

Earlier this week, Topshelf Records said they’d no longer be releasing Ekko Astral‘s second album, The Beltway is Burning, sharing a statement that read, “We can no longer support Ekko Astral and will ...

“We gave [Washington City Paper] an opportunity to report the facts, and they disregarded all of them,” said Ekko Astral co-founder Liam Hughes. “The inaccuracies and omissions in this story resulted ...

Update: Ekko Astral shared a longer statement with Pitchfork on February 25, claiming the Washington City Paper inaccurately reported the dispute between Ekko Astral and Miri Tyler, thereby forcing ...

D.C. punk band Ekko Astral announced their upcoming sophomore album, The Beltway Is Burning, on Wednesday, Feb. 11. By Friday, frontwoman Jael Holzman was standing in Montgomery County District Court ...

On Monday evening Feb. 23, Topshelf Records announced the label would be dropping Washington D.C. punk rockers Ekko Astral. Band frontwoman Jael Holzman said they would instead be independently ...

Last month, drummer Miri Tyler announced that she's leaving Ekko Astral, citing her own mental health as well as her other projects. At the time, the parting seemed amicable, and the band said that ...

DC punks Ekko Astral are ready to return with their sophomore album. Their new LP, dubbed The Beltway Is Burning, comes out April 22 via Topshelf. Leading the record is the single “Lil Xan Goes to ...

UPDATE: Ekko Astral have now shared a lengthy response. Ekko Astral‘s second album, The Beltway is Burning, was scheduled to come out via Topshelf on April 22, but the label has announced they will no ...

Ekko Astral have shared that they will release their upcoming second album the beltway is burning independently, following Topshel's announcement that the record will not be put out on the label.

In a statement shared on Instagram and X, Topshelf Records has announced that it’s parting ways with Washington, D.C. punk band Ekko Astral. “We can no longer support Ekko Astral and will not be ...

Miri Tyler (left) publicly announced her exit from Ekko Astral on Jan. 28. Credit: John Lee “All of these events, and more, have irreversibly impacted our ability to continue working with this band or ...