London artist Nilüfer Yanya releases her sophomore album PAINLESS today. The album see’s Nilüfer at her most direct and open yet. The title comes from a grown understanding that pain isn’t always a negative thing, while also experiencing a freeing kind of joy while making this record. The 12-track album features the previously released singles “the dealer,” “anotherlife,” which arrived with a music video directed by Molly Daniel in Sri Lanka, “stabilise” and “midnight sun“, which Nilüfer will be performing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon airing March 11th.

Along with the release of PAINLESS, Nilüfer Yanya embarks on her 2022 world tour next week with the UK and Irish dates starting in Glasgow on 10^th March and ending with London’s Electric Brixton on 16^th March. A full run of European dates follows closely behind, with the North American leg kicking off with Coachella in April. Tickets are on sale now HERE and full tour routing is listed below.

PAINLESS is the follow-up to Nilüfer Yanya’s renowned 2019 debut album Miss Universe, which fully established her as a singular artist and a distinctive voice that simply has to be heard. The critically acclaimed Miss Universe – a widescreen concept record that took a tongue in cheek swipe at the most self-involved corners of the health and wellness industry – was followed last year by the three song EP Feeling Lucky?, which further explored Yanya’s fascination with ‘90s alt-rock melodies and drew on themes of resentment, her fear of flying, and the concept of luck. Pitchfork summed up Feeling Lucky? and her now peerless songwriting aptitude best: “Nilüfer Yanya’s melodies have a pull so strong they almost necessitate their own law of physics.”

Upcoming Live Dates
*Month/Day
*= with Altin Gun

03/10 – Glasgow, UK @ St Lukes
03/12 – Dublin, IE @ Whelans
03/14 – Manchester, UK @ Band On The Wall
03/15 – Bristol, UK @ Trinity
03/16 – London, UK @ Brixton Electric

03/20 – Paris, FR @ Trabendo
03/22 – Zurich, CH @ Bogen F
03/23 – Munich, DE @ Ampere
03/24 – Vienna, AT @ Grelle Forelle
03/26 – Berlin, DE @ Säälchen
03/27 – Hamburg, DE @ Nochtspeicher
03/28 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Noord
03/30 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique Orangerie

4/16 – Indio, CA @ Coachella
4/20 – San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
4/21 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy*
4/23 – Indio, CA @ Coachella
04/26 – Austin, TX @ Antones
04/28 – Nashville, TN @ Basement East
04/29 – Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Festival
04/30 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
05/01 – Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle
05/03 – Washington, DC @ Black Ca
05/04 – Philadelphia ,PA @ Underground Arts
05/06 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
05/07 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
05/09 – Montreal, QUE @ L’Astral
05/10 – Toronto, ONT @ The Axis Club
05/12 – Detroit, MI @ El Club
05/13 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
05/14 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
05/17 – Boulder, CO @ The Fox Theatre
05/18 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Commonwealth
05/20 – Vancouver, BC @ Fortune
05/21 – Seattle, WA @ Crocodile
05/22 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom

06/11 – Copenhagen, DK @ Syd For Solen Festival
08/11-13 – Gothenburg, SE @ Way Out West Festival

Purchase tickets here

Pachyman, the LA-based multi-instrumentalist Pachy García, shares his new single “All Night Long” today. The mesmerizing and traditionally inspired dub track features vocals from Brazilian singer Winter describing the tenderness and aching that the late night gives way to. “All Night Long” will also be released physically on a 7-inch vinyl. Available for purchase HERE.

Speaking about the new single, Pachyman says, “Lately I have been inspired by a lot of lovers-rock tracks. There is some sort of modern feel to this subgenre of reggae, maybe because of its immediate influence from disco and soul that spoke to me in a different way than roots or rub a dub. The fusion of electric pianos or synthesizers on acoustic reggae always struck me as futuristic and something that needed further explorations and lovers-rock did it right. The combination of those worlds with a female vocal is magical. I wrote the whole tune inspired by the likes of Jennifer Lara & Sonia Ferguson. I called up my Brazilian friend and amazing vocalist and songwriter Winter to put her touch on the music. She gave her own twist to it, singing in both English and Portuguese in a dreamy manner that gave the song its own unique sound.”

“All Night Long” marks Pachyman’s first offering of 2022 and follows his third studio album The Return of Pachyman, a release inspired by the old-school Caribbean reggae García fell in love with while growing up in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The song precedes a run of North American tour dates beginning in New York at the end of March with stops in Philadelphia and Boston and continuing on through April with Altin Gün. Grab your tickets here.

Upcoming Live Dates

* = w/ Genesis Owusu

^ = supporting Altin Gün

2/10 – Leuven, BE @ Het Depot

2/11 – Maastricht, NL @ Muziekgieterij

2/12 – Utrecht, NL @ Footprints Festival

2/13 – Nijmegen, NL @ Merleyn

2/15 – Antwerpen, BE @ Trix

2/16 – Angers, FR @ Joker’s Pub

2/17 – Beauvais, FR @ L’ouvre-Boîte

2/18 – La Rochelle, FR @ La Sirène

2/22 – London, UK @ Oslo Hackney

2/23 – Bristol, UK @ The Crofter`s Rights

2/24 – Leffinge, BE @ De Zwerver

2/25 – Lille, FR @ L’Aeronef

3/2-5 – Riviera Cancun, MX @ My Morning Jacket’s One Big Holiday

3/30 – Brooklyn, NY @ Baby’s All Right

3/31 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts*

4/2 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom*

4/3 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair*

4/4 – Montreal, QE @ Le National

4/5 – Toronto, ON @ Axis Club (f.k.a. Mod Club)

4/7 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall

4/8 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity

4/9 – Madison, WI @ Majestic

4/12 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre

4/13 – Seattle, WA @ Crocodile

4/14 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall

8/27-28 – Los Angeles, CA @ This Ain’t No Picnic Festival

Today, Grace Cummings releases her sophomore album Storm Queen. The album is a body of work with its own unruly climate, governed only by the singular force of her devastating vocals. Over the course of 11 feverishly composed folk songs, the Melbourne-based singer/songwriter explores a vast and volatile emotional landscape, approaching each track with both exquisite control and unfettered abandon.

In the recording process, Cummings captured the bulk of Storm Queen’s songs in the first few takes, effectively amplifying the visceral quality of her spellbinding vocal presence.

Order the limited red vinyl and Heaven b/w Storm Queen 7 inch here.

This week, Grace put out a new music video for the single “Raglan”, directed and produced by Gil Gilmour. Cummings said this about the new song:

“I’m not sure a party is a party unless somebody has chucked Dylan on when the sun comes up. My dear friends live in Raglan street… I ride my bike there over the hill…This song really makes me smile. A lot of memories came out of that place.”

CONGRATULATIONS TO BLACK PUMAS, SOJA, and RODRIGO Y GABRIELA!

ATO Records is thrilled to have received nominations for the 2022 GRAMMY Awards and congratulates Black Pumas, SOJA, and Rodrigo y Gabriela on their incredible achievements!

BLACK PUMAS

Best Rock Album (Capitol Cuts – Live From Studio A)

Best Rock Performance (“Know You Better (Live From Capitol Studio A)”)

In just a couple of years’ time, singer/frontman Eric Burton and producer/band leader Adrian Quesada turned their unplanned meeting into a Grammy-nominated act with songs that have racked up millions of streams and won overwhelming critical praise and multiple sold-out tours across North America and Europe. Capitol Cuts includes eight tracks recorded direct to acetate at the famed Capitol Studios in Hollywood, including an expansive and mind-blowing seven-minute rendition of “Know You Better”.

SOJA

Best Reggae Album (Beauty In The Silence)

For more than two decades, SOJA has elated audiences across the globe with their fresh yet timeless take on roots reggae, a sound born from their shared passion for making music that transports and inspires. On Beauty in the Silence—their first new album in four years—the band deepened that communal spirit by collaborating with artists from all corners of the reggae world, including the likes of UB40, Slightly Stoopid, Stick Figure, and Rebelution. Fueled by the sheer force of their connection and chemistry, Beauty in the Silence ultimately makes for a much-needed antidote to fractured times, infusing so much warmth and wisdom and unstoppable joy into each and every track.

RODRIGO Y GABRIELA

Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella (“The Struggle Within”)

Renowned guitar virtuosos Rodrigo y Gabriela have established themselves in the world of music as incredible powerhouses. They joined 52 other artists in covering a song from Metallica’s The Black Album for The Metallica Blacklist with their rendition of “The Struggle Within”. Rodrigo y Gabriela stayed remarkably true to the original track, trading its military-style intro snare rolls for expertly delivered percussive slaps and James Hetfield’s vocals for smooth, oft-slide-driven unplugged leads.

Allen Stone releases his new album APART, where he reimagines some of his most beloved songs to date, stripping each lavishly arranged track back to the very essence of its creation. It is not only an ideal showcase for his powerfully emotive voice, but the result is also a testament to the magic within Stone’s artistry: a profound understanding of music’s potential to imprint upon our lives, and a commitment to creating the kind of songs that endlessly impart wisdom and comfort and undeniable joy.

Featuring 11 songs culled from across Stone’s catalog—and one exquisite Bob Marley cover—APART kicks off with the dreamy rumination of his first break-out hit “Unaware.”

Order the Translucent Orange Vinyl.

One of the most breathtaking moments on APART is “Bed I Made,” as R&B star Alessia Cara joins him for a duet, watch this new single/video below.