It’s time to crown the best local DC band of 2025! 🐦🎶 Cast your vote in @ParklifeDC’s annual awards poll + shout out your favorites: @colorpalettedc, @ekkoastral, @amtvband, @shaedband, @ohhedead, @mendbanddc, or others!
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December 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It’s time to crown the best local DC band of 2025! 🐦🎶 Cast your vote in @ParklifeDC’s annual awards poll + shout out your favorites: @colorpalettedc, @ekkoastral, @amtvband, @shaedband, @ohhedead, @mendbanddc, or others!
parklifedc.com/2025/12/08/p...
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This shit RIPS, and the story behind it (Jael Holzman, the band's vocalist and bassist was a beltway reporter) is worth reading if you're as weary of the state of news media as I am.
www.tumblr.com/ekkoastral/7...
youtu.be/gCEUQYZm33Y
www.tumblr.com/ekkoastral/7...
youtu.be/gCEUQYZm33Y
Ekko Astral - "horseglue" [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by Ekko Astral
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October 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This shit RIPS, and the story behind it (Jael Holzman, the band's vocalist and bassist was a beltway reporter) is worth reading if you're as weary of the state of news media as I am.
www.tumblr.com/ekkoastral/7...
youtu.be/gCEUQYZm33Y
www.tumblr.com/ekkoastral/7...
youtu.be/gCEUQYZm33Y
“𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙜𝙡𝙪𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮. 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮. 𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 1% 𝙩𝙤𝙤."
Essay by @jael.bsky.social: www.tumblr.com/ekkoastral/7...
Essay by @jael.bsky.social: www.tumblr.com/ekkoastral/7...
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💬 0 🔁 1 ❤️ 3 · the story of "horseglue" · Heyyy, it's Jael from Ekko Astral. This is the story of our new song “horseglue” ... and how I used to be a piece of beltway media shit.
I want to prefa…
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October 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
“𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙜𝙡𝙪𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙮. 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖 𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮. 𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙧𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 1% 𝙩𝙤𝙤."
Essay by @jael.bsky.social: www.tumblr.com/ekkoastral/7...
Essay by @jael.bsky.social: www.tumblr.com/ekkoastral/7...
October 17, 2025 at 1:34 AM
October 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
we are playing Lawrence Kansas tonight
@ white schoolhouse
all trans bill with yae and vicar amelia
tix are cheap, show all ages
and the tickets are PINK BALLOONS
last minute ticket link here: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
@ white schoolhouse
all trans bill with yae and vicar amelia
tix are cheap, show all ages
and the tickets are PINK BALLOONS
last minute ticket link here: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
October 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
we are playing Lawrence Kansas tonight
@ white schoolhouse
all trans bill with yae and vicar amelia
tix are cheap, show all ages
and the tickets are PINK BALLOONS
last minute ticket link here: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
@ white schoolhouse
all trans bill with yae and vicar amelia
tix are cheap, show all ages
and the tickets are PINK BALLOONS
last minute ticket link here: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
if you know a single soul in…
• the Kansas City metro area
• the St. Louis metro area
• the Indianapolis metro area
• the Nashville metro area
@ekkoastral.bsky.social is playing a few impromptu shows on our way back to DC
tomorrow thru friday
our last shows of the year!!!!
linktr.ee/ekkoastral
• the Kansas City metro area
• the St. Louis metro area
• the Indianapolis metro area
• the Nashville metro area
@ekkoastral.bsky.social is playing a few impromptu shows on our way back to DC
tomorrow thru friday
our last shows of the year!!!!
linktr.ee/ekkoastral
October 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
if you know a single soul in…
• the Kansas City metro area
• the St. Louis metro area
• the Indianapolis metro area
• the Nashville metro area
@ekkoastral.bsky.social is playing a few impromptu shows on our way back to DC
tomorrow thru friday
our last shows of the year!!!!
linktr.ee/ekkoastral
• the Kansas City metro area
• the St. Louis metro area
• the Indianapolis metro area
• the Nashville metro area
@ekkoastral.bsky.social is playing a few impromptu shows on our way back to DC
tomorrow thru friday
our last shows of the year!!!!
linktr.ee/ekkoastral
Clicky the follow thingy pleasey and thanky www.instagram.com/ekkoastral/
October 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Clicky the follow thingy pleasey and thanky www.instagram.com/ekkoastral/
Reminder that @ekkoastral.bsky.social has a few midwest headline dates coming up in mid-October after their tour with PUP and Jeff Rosenstock ends 🔥
If you're in Lawrence, St. Louis or Indianapolis, get to the gig ~ tickets here: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
If you're in Lawrence, St. Louis or Indianapolis, get to the gig ~ tickets here: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
October 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Reminder that @ekkoastral.bsky.social has a few midwest headline dates coming up in mid-October after their tour with PUP and Jeff Rosenstock ends 🔥
If you're in Lawrence, St. Louis or Indianapolis, get to the gig ~ tickets here: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
If you're in Lawrence, St. Louis or Indianapolis, get to the gig ~ tickets here: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
Damn look what came in the mail today #ekkoastral
September 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Damn look what came in the mail today #ekkoastral
If you ever find yourself entirely doubting the goodwill of humanity like I do seemingly daily, go find a couple thousand of your local punks (or former ska kids). Or even better, a couple dozen at a local diy show. #PUP #JeffRosenstock #EkkoAstral
September 16, 2025 at 4:39 AM
If you ever find yourself entirely doubting the goodwill of humanity like I do seemingly daily, go find a couple thousand of your local punks (or former ska kids). Or even better, a couple dozen at a local diy show. #PUP #JeffRosenstock #EkkoAstral
Watch PUP, @jeffrosenstock.bsky.social, and @ekkoastral.bsky.social cover the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" together in Brooklyn
PUP, Jeff Rosenstock, & Ekko Astral Cover The Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" Together In Brooklyn: Watch
Listen alla y’all: Pop-punk giants PUP and Jeff Rosenstock are currently out on a big co-headlining tour with opener Ekko Astral, and it looks lit as fuck. Those gigs all end with a big “Double Band” ...
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September 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
been chatting with @jael.bsky.social on the side about how fucking grim engagement has been on x, which is why I dipped (in addition to it becoming an algorithmic hard veer into fascism).
in my last months I’d post stuff there to crickets. here and IG always killed by comparison + it wasn’t close.
in my last months I’d post stuff there to crickets. here and IG always killed by comparison + it wasn’t close.
July 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
been chatting with @jael.bsky.social on the side about how fucking grim engagement has been on x, which is why I dipped (in addition to it becoming an algorithmic hard veer into fascism).
in my last months I’d post stuff there to crickets. here and IG always killed by comparison + it wasn’t close.
in my last months I’d post stuff there to crickets. here and IG always killed by comparison + it wasn’t close.
a story of censorship on instagram, told in three parts (via my band @ ekkoastral)
tl;dr they’re censoring news coverage of los angeles posted by the LA TIMES
tl;dr they’re censoring news coverage of los angeles posted by the LA TIMES
June 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
a story of censorship on instagram, told in three parts (via my band @ ekkoastral)
tl;dr they’re censoring news coverage of los angeles posted by the LA TIMES
tl;dr they’re censoring news coverage of los angeles posted by the LA TIMES
east coast tour with bartees strange starts next week. 🤘
will we see you there? 🥹
if you’d like a ticket… ✨
click this thing: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
will we see you there? 🥹
if you’d like a ticket… ✨
click this thing: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
April 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
east coast tour with bartees strange starts next week. 🤘
will we see you there? 🥹
if you’d like a ticket… ✨
click this thing: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
will we see you there? 🥹
if you’d like a ticket… ✨
click this thing: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
do you have tickets yet for our tour this month with bartees strange?
we’re coming to:
• boston
• nyc
• baltimore
• philly
• durham
• nashville
• atlanta
come hang we have such a special set planned 🥹
click here: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
we’re coming to:
• boston
• nyc
• baltimore
• philly
• durham
• nashville
• atlanta
come hang we have such a special set planned 🥹
click here: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
April 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
do you have tickets yet for our tour this month with bartees strange?
we’re coming to:
• boston
• nyc
• baltimore
• philly
• durham
• nashville
• atlanta
come hang we have such a special set planned 🥹
click here: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
we’re coming to:
• boston
• nyc
• baltimore
• philly
• durham
• nashville
• atlanta
come hang we have such a special set planned 🥹
click here: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
surprise ekko michigan shö
april 4, just outside kalamazoo
let’s rock out in west mitten
tix: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
april 4, just outside kalamazoo
let’s rock out in west mitten
tix: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
March 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
surprise ekko michigan shö
april 4, just outside kalamazoo
let’s rock out in west mitten
tix: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
april 4, just outside kalamazoo
let’s rock out in west mitten
tix: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
“Stereogum” / “Ekko Astral - “Baethoven” Live @ Stereogum & Topshelf Austin Night Party 2024” (1 user) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v3iAyI7eH8 #ekkoastral
February 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
“Stereogum” / “Ekko Astral - “Baethoven” Live @ Stereogum & Topshelf Austin Night Party 2024” (1 user) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v3iAyI7eH8 #ekkoastral
As a dedicated iTunes user I don't get those lil wrapped videos so I made my own and put it on instagram.
If you are a user of that service you can go to watch the little reel I made for my own amusement or you can peruse the text lists and art grid 🤘
If you are a user of that service you can go to watch the little reel I made for my own amusement or you can peruse the text lists and art grid 🤘
February 7, 2025 at 1:01 AM
As a dedicated iTunes user I don't get those lil wrapped videos so I made my own and put it on instagram.
If you are a user of that service you can go to watch the little reel I made for my own amusement or you can peruse the text lists and art grid 🤘
If you are a user of that service you can go to watch the little reel I made for my own amusement or you can peruse the text lists and art grid 🤘
manhattan next friday 😘
with greg freeman and dari bey
playing a lot of new shit and idk stuff off an album called pink balloons or whatever
tix: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
💋💋💋💋💋💋💋
with greg freeman and dari bey
playing a lot of new shit and idk stuff off an album called pink balloons or whatever
tix: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
💋💋💋💋💋💋💋
January 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
manhattan next friday 😘
with greg freeman and dari bey
playing a lot of new shit and idk stuff off an album called pink balloons or whatever
tix: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
💋💋💋💋💋💋💋
with greg freeman and dari bey
playing a lot of new shit and idk stuff off an album called pink balloons or whatever
tix: linktr.ee/ekkoastral
💋💋💋💋💋💋💋
Today's find - Washington DC band Ekko Astral. They have rich, deep sound with a solid edge somewhere in the realm where Punk, Grunge and Emo meet. Remind me of Die Spitz, another band charting a new direction for female-fronted Punk bands. If #EkkoAstral is listening, please play Albuquerque.
"baethoven" by Ekko Astral (official video)
YouTube video by Topshelf Records
youtu.be
December 9, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Today's find - Washington DC band Ekko Astral. They have rich, deep sound with a solid edge somewhere in the realm where Punk, Grunge and Emo meet. Remind me of Die Spitz, another band charting a new direction for female-fronted Punk bands. If #EkkoAstral is listening, please play Albuquerque.
This was a #themeweek unlike any other for me on the #365Songs project. I spent the entire week writing about new music! You can read all 7 essays at "No Wrong Notes"
medium.com/no-wrong-notes
#LindaLindas #JackWhite #EkkoAstral #JonDryden #BellRays #Ministry #BigSpecial
medium.com/no-wrong-notes
#LindaLindas #JackWhite #EkkoAstral #JonDryden #BellRays #Ministry #BigSpecial
December 9, 2024 at 5:59 PM
This was a #themeweek unlike any other for me on the #365Songs project. I spent the entire week writing about new music! You can read all 7 essays at "No Wrong Notes"
medium.com/no-wrong-notes
#LindaLindas #JackWhite #EkkoAstral #JonDryden #BellRays #Ministry #BigSpecial
medium.com/no-wrong-notes
#LindaLindas #JackWhite #EkkoAstral #JonDryden #BellRays #Ministry #BigSpecial
We spoke to Washington, D.C.'s Ekko Astral (@ekkoastral) about their new single, “Pomegranate Tree,” which addresses the Israeli/Palestinian war. “So often people are trying to tell you how to feel. We're just trying to show people how people feel.” www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/e...
Ekko Astral on Their New Political Single “Pomegranate Tree”
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October 21, 2024 at 9:10 PM
We spoke to Washington, D.C.'s Ekko Astral (@ekkoastral) about their new single, “Pomegranate Tree,” which addresses the Israeli/Palestinian war. “So often people are trying to tell you how to feel. We're just trying to show people how people feel.” www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/e...