Voxtrot

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Voxtrot
Voxtrot, October 2006
Voxtrot, October 2006
Background information
Origin Austin, Texas, US
Genre(s) Indie pop
Indie rock
Years active 2003(?) – Present
Label(s) Cult Hero Records, Beggars Group
Website www.voxtrot.net
Members
Ramesh Srivastava
Jason Chronis
Mitchell Calvert
Matt Simon
Jared Van Fleet

Voxtrot is an indie pop rock band from Austin, Texas, USA. The quintet is fronted by Ramesh Srivastava and also includes Jason Chronis, Mitchell Wayne Calvert, Matt Simon, and Jared Van Fleet. Their first EP, a self-made CD-R, was produced in 2003 and sold at a few independent record stores in Austin.

Despite not having released a full-length album until recently, Voxtrot has received praise and mention from online and print publications, such as SPIN.com and Pitchfork Media. For instance, SPIN.com noted that Raised by Wolves, the band's first official EP, is "...a stunning mini-collection of John Hughes-heyday paeans, twitchy pop, and surging, Strokes-y dancefloor fillers."[1]

A five-song EP, Mothers, Sisters, Daughters & Wives, arrived in stores on April 4, 2006. Voxtrot also released the EP Your Biggest Fan on November 7 of the same year.

On December 12, 2006, Ramesh announced on his blog that they are working on a full length album[2]. The self-titled album was released on May 22, 2007. The first single from Voxtrot is the album-closer "Blood Red Blood".

Contents

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] EPs

[edit] US singles

  • The Start of Something 7" b/w "Dirty Version" (2004) Cult Hero Records / The Bus Stop Label
  • Raised by Wolves 7" b/w "They Never Mean What They Say" (2005) Magic Marker Records

[edit] UK/Europe singles

[edit] Compilations

  • "The Start of Something" featured on Bang Crash Boom Little Teddy Recordings, 2005 (Germany)
  • "Warmest Part of the Winter" featured on Little Darla Has a Treat for You, vol. 24 · Darla Records, 2006 (US)

[edit] Videos

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Voxtrot: Artist of the Day. Spin magazine. Retrieved on September 27, 2006.
  2. ^ At Long Last. The Voxtrot Kid. Retrieved on December 12, 2006.

[edit] External links

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