- Ménage à Twang
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Menage a Twang Years active 2005- Website http://www.menageatwang.com/Home.html Members Jessica Del Vecchio, Rachel Levy, Emily Moore Ménage à Twang is an all-female music trio from Brooklyn, New York who have been described a humorous "lady country trio."[1] The New York Daily News profiled the band in early 2010, interviewing the band and detailing their songs, which are about aspects of New York City life not usually covered.[2]
The band is 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 teacher, and singer / songwriter / arranger / guitarist Rachel Levy, who works in TV.[3][4] One of the group members attended Yale and two of the three members attended Princeton.[5] They have released one album,[6] which includes the song Dan Smith Will Teach You Guitar. They have also released a video for the song Listen Sister, Don't Date A Hipster which also appears on their debut album.[7][8][9]
Contents
First album
They have a self titled first album.
Track listing
- 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
References
- ^ Haris, Lynn (21 October 2009) Feminist wedding controversy: The song!, Salon.com, Retrieved November 2, 2010
- ^ Lazarowitz, Elizbeth (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
- ^ (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
External links
Categories:- American country music groups
- All-female bands
- Musical groups from Brooklyn
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