Ménage à Twang

Menage a Twang
Years active 2005-
Website http://www.menageatwang.com/Home.html
Members Jessica Del Vecchio, Emily Moore, Elizabeth Whitney
Past members Rachel Levy

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]

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 one album,[7] which includes the song "Dan Smith Will Teach Me Guitar." 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

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
  • 14. We are who we are 3:55

References

  1. ↑ Haris, Lynn (21 October 2009) Feminist wedding controversy: The song!, Salon.com, Retrieved November 2, 2010
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ Gindler, Masha (7 March 2008). The Moore Singing The Better, The Stuyvesant Spectator
  4. ↑ Greenman, Ben (7 April 2008). Poet, Teacher, Rocker, The New Yorker, Retrieved November 2, 2010
  5. ↑ http://ymlp.com/z1Z7Nb
  6. ↑ (12 May 2009) Ménage à Twang, Princeton Alumni Weekly
  7. ↑ Shapiro, Gregg (8 October 2009). Listening to lesbians, Bay Area Reporter, Retrieved November 2, 2010
  8. ↑ (23 February 2010) Nothing But a BK Twang, Brooklyn Based, Retrieved November 2, 2010
  9. ↑ Jackson, Josh (1 July 2010) "Listen Sister, Don't Date a Hipster" video by Ménage à Twang, Paste (magazine), Retrieved November 2, 2010
  10. ↑ (2 July 2009) Ménage à Twang sing "Listen Sister, Don't Date a Hipster", Brooklyn Vegan, Retrieved November 2, 2010
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