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Voxtrot
(And now for another entry in our All-Austin-All-The-Time run, as Last Girl to the Party offers up some choice words on Voxtrot.)
I don't know much about Voxtrot besides the fact that I really like them. And that Ramesh Srivastava's name is more fun to say than Davendra Banhart's is. And also that Voxtrot might be the most exciting of Austin's cadre of local bands appearing at SXSW this year, possibly because they don't play live all that often. Rumor has it that Mr. Srivastava is living a trans-Atlantic existence, so the paucity of Voxtrot on the Austin Showlist just might be excusable. Maybe.
It's been said before that Voxtrot have "one foot in the library and the other on the dancefloor," and no description could be more apt in regards to their clever pop stylings. Like the lost offspring of the Smiths and the Pale Saints, Voxtrot, like the Dears, offer a hefty production, laden with multiple guitars, occasional strings, and the sweetest vocals since the early '90s brought twee delights and adolescent angst fresh from English towns.
Plainly stated, Voxtrot are a rich vocabularied romp in the school playground and feel as wholesome as a run through rain for the perfect cup of tea. But don't be fooled that they're naive or sugar-spun, because Voxtrot just might have teeth. And I aim to find out.
Voxtrot - The Start of Something
Voxtrot - Missing Pieces
Voxtrot - Raised by Wolves
Voxtrot's website. Grab their 7", The Start of Something, through Cult Hero Records through The Bus Stop Label.
Posted by Last Girl to the Party at 03.04.05 at 9:58 AM
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VOXTROT :: SXSW 2005
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WEDS 16 - Austin TX @ Emos [2pm slot/ inside stage]
Emo's day party w/ Mono, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, Shearwater, Bloodthirsty Lovers
THUR 17 - Austin TX, Green Potato Ventures' Rock Out Cookout @ John Mueller's BBQ [2pm slot]
w/ Dirty On Purpose, AM Syndicate, America Is Waiting, etc.
THUR 17 - Austin TX @ Habana Calle 6 [9pm slot]
w/ I Am Kloot, The Morning After Girls, Hotel Lights, Irving
SAT 19 - Austin TX @ Red Scoot Inn [2pm slot]
w/ Ida, Friends Of Dean Martinez, Solidad Bros.
SAT 19 - Austin TX, North Loop Sound System day party @ Pink Salon [6pm slot]
w/ The Double, Psychic Ills & Uncut
Posted by: James at 03.10.05 at 2:43 AM
voxtrot are an amazing band and are nice guys too. check ou my interview with the band here...
http://www.drop-d.ie/archive/article.asp?article=221
Posted by: jason at 05.02.06 at 11:09 AM
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