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Ménage à Twang is an all-female music band from Brooklyn, New York who have been described as a humorous "lady country trio."[1] The New York Daily News profiled the band in early 2010, interviewing the members and detailing their songs, which are about aspects of New York City life not usually covered.[2]
Menage a Twang | |
|---|---|
| Years active | 2005- |
| Members | Jessica Del Vecchio, Emily Moore, Elizabeth Whitney |
| Past members | Rachel Levy |
| Website | http://www.menageatwang.com/Home.html |
The band was originally composed of singer / songwriter Emily Moore, a poet and English teacher at Stuyvesant High School, singer / songwriter / guitarist Jessica Del Vecchio, a feminist scholar and theater professor at James Madison University, and singer / songwriter / arranger / guitarist Rachel Levy, who works in TV and left the band in April 2012.[3][4][5] Elizabeth Whitney joined the group in early 2013. One of the group members attended Yale and two of the three members attended Princeton.[6] They have released two albums including their self-titled debut in 2008,[7] which includes the song "Dan Smith Will Teach Me Guitar", and the album We Don't Judge in 2011. They have also released a video for the song "Listen Sister, Don't Date A Hipster," which also appears on their debut album.[8][9][10]
First album
editThey have a self-titled first album.
Track listing
edit- 1. Let's Share a Studio and Temp 3:52
- 2. Listen Sister, Don't Date a Hipster 2:54
- 3. The Key to Your Apartment 3:09
- 4. One Night Stand 2:35
- 5. Secret Conservative Side 3:10
- 6. I'll Only Support Your Art for So Long 2:31
- 7. Dan Smith Will Teach Me Guitar 3:11
- 8. Weekend Service Changes 3:25
- 9. Good Face / Bad Art 3:16
- 10. Back Burner Love 3:41
- 11. Survivor 3:40
- 12. When Your Day Job Becomes Your Career 4:07
- 13. Never Again 2:55
- 14. We are who we are 3:55
References
edit- ^ Haris, Lynn (21 October 2009) Feminist wedding controversy: The song!, Salon.com, Retrieved November 2, 2010
- ^ Lazarowitz, Elizabeth (9 March 2010). Female trio Ménage à Twang sings in twangy style to tell tales of everyday life and love, Daily News (New York)
- ^ Gindler, Masha (7 March 2008). The Moore Singing The Better, The Stuyvesant Spectator
- ^ Greenman, Ben (7 April 2008). Poet, Teacher, Rocker, The New Yorker, Retrieved November 2, 2010
- ^ "New lineup, new horizons". Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2012-04-27.
- ^ (12 May 2009) Ménage à Twang, Princeton Alumni Weekly
- ^ Shapiro, Gregg (8 October 2009). Listening to lesbians, Bay Area Reporter, Retrieved November 2, 2010
- ^ (23 February 2010) Nothing But a BK Twang, Brooklyn Based, Retrieved November 2, 2010
- ^ Jackson, Josh (1 July 2010) "Listen Sister, Don't Date a Hipster" video by Ménage à Twang, Paste (magazine), Retrieved November 2, 2010
- ^ (2 July 2009) Ménage à Twang sing "Listen Sister, Don't Date a Hipster", Brooklyn Vegan, Retrieved November 2, 2010