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.

Today, Neal Francis releases his sophomore record In Plain Sight, via ATO Records. The record is a body of work both strangely enchanted and painfully self-aware, unfolding in songs sparked from Greek myths and frenzied dreams and late-night drives in the depths of summer delirium. True to its charming complexity, the singer/songwriter/pianist’s second full-length came to life over the course of a tumultuous year spent living in a possibly haunted church in Chicago. The result: a portrait of profound upheaval and weary resilience, presented in a kaleidoscopic sound that’s endlessly absorbing

Order In Plain Sight on cherry-red colored vinyl here.

“When I started the process of writing these songs, I was so emotionally out-of-sorts and really kind of hopeless that I’d be able to come up with anything,” says Francis. “But then I sat down and started working, and embraced whatever inspiration came my way. Sometimes it felt like beating my head against a wall, but I tried to trust that it would lead somewhere. The whole thing was like a weird dream—this very strange time of terrible, wonderful isolation.”