Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Song: Wilco - Impossible Germany [download here ] What's so good? I somehow stumbled upon Wilco's "Impossible Germany" this morning, and it couldn't have been a more appropriate song! There's something about it that's so relaxing and calm, yet [...]
Anyone remember Voxtrot? The Austin-based group hit the indie-pop scene around 2003 and drew comparisons to bands ranging from The Smiths to The Strokes. “The Start of Something” is a stellar track off their 2005 debut EP, Raised by Wolves . Lead singer Ramesh Srivastava’s sensitive, somewhat fragile voice complements melancholy and lovelorn lyrics. The fact that this comes with upbeat, delicate background instrumentation brings to mind another intimately whimsical band, Belle & Sebastian. Although Voxtrot is no more (they split up in 2010), at least we can remember them with tracks like [...]
Det tyvärr ganska okända och nu dessutom splittrade amerikanska indiepopbandet Voxtrot släppte 2005 sin debutskiva Raised by Wolves och på denna gömde sig The Start of Something, en generationsöverskridande popskatt! The Start of Something är en otroligt medryckande låt redan från första sekunden. Voxtrot blandar 2000-talets indiepop med starka influenser från 60- och 80-talets pop och landar i ett sound som liknar till stor del liknar The Smiths musik. Den svängiga basen i kombination med piano och popigt lekfulla gitarrer ger låten värme och gör det omöjligt att sitta still. Men det som verkligen får låten att stå ut [...]
[Photo: Aubrey Edwards] In our attention-deficient indie rock universe, where "flavor of the month" has devolved into "flavor of the day," music fans all too often encounter artists willing to sacrifice aspects of their art to the hype machine. Afflicted acts evince over-confident songwriting, album-leak scatter shots and hackneyed imagery. It's gotten to the point that when a band invests completely, humbly into their art alone, the audacity of such an act makes them stand out. Which brings us to Austin-based dream pop heroes She, Sir . The act first caught Clicky Clicky's attention five [...]
Ah yes, the Hypecast, so called because some of the discussion on the Chvrches thread made me think about what it is I really dislike about the concept of hype, and why I mistrust it. It's an area where I struggle to be consistent, honestly. I abhor hype, but I seem to recall being very much caught up in the mystery and excitement around Silver Columns, for example. And I spend most of the Rough Guide to Self-releasing an Album exhorting bands to be more prepared and more organised, and yet I get funny when bands are too [...]
If you've been a long-time reader of FensePost, you know I'm a pretty big fan of Voxtrot . The obsession began upon the release of the band's debut EP, Raised By Wolves . I quickly snapped up the 7-inch singles for the EP's title track as well as the epic "The Start Of Something", both of which have now been long out of print and are quite hard to find. It continued with their subsequent EPs and their self-titled full length. Right up through their last [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Sea of Bees, Ramona Falls, Lower Dens, Voxtrot Song: Spinto Band - The Living Things [download here ] What's so good? [...]
Ramesh Srivastava , former lead singer and songwriter of Voxtrot, is back with a new EP. It's the first new music Srivastava has released since Voxtrot split up in 2010. He's made "The King" available for free download (although you do need to register for a RCRD LBL account in order to do so). Digital copies of the EP are available here . Srivastava's music has always had a bittersweet quality that few of his peers can match, and "The King" is no different in that respect. As I said in a retrospective I [...]
I haven't had much time of late to write. The house project of repainting walls, painting trim, pulling up carpets, and laying down bamboo has absolutely dominated my time. That and working on my BMW, which in the past few weeks has received a full tune-up (with exception of replacing points and cleaning the carb). I'm hoping that come mid-week, I'll be back in my normal post routine. As time has been limited, I thought "Desert Island Picks" would be a good topic for the week. Unfortunately, I left off [...]
Today’s song of the day is a tribute to the ephemeral state of good indie music. Today I simultaneously discovered Harlem Shakes and mourned their passing…apparently back in 2009. This awesome alt rock band formed in 2006, released its first, very well received, album, Technicolor Health (a great name for an album), in 2009 and then disbanded that same year. There’s nothing worse than discovering a great new artist, googling them and then finding the following statement on Wikipedia, “(insert band name here) WAS an American indie rock band…” This knowledge unfortunately also comes on the heels of my discovering [...]
Sad times are upon us my friends. Emos has begun to close its doors; it even made big waves with the people over at Pitchfork. As we near the closing of the original Emos, we culled our favorite memories of the venue, and we hope you'll share your favorites with us as well. Emos has long been a staple on 6th Street, and as it moves to Riverside, we truly wish the best for the venue and its future endeavors. Still, we have to face the truth, Emos will never [...]
I wondered what happened to Ramesh , formerly of Voxtrot . Personally, his songwriting was always really affecting, so I am glad to see he's getting back out there. Floating around the Internet is his EP 1, which you can stream right HERE for your own listening pleasure. It's still got that soft quality of pop that you came to expect from his old group. Not sure if he's still writing from Austin, but I'm going to claim him as one of [...]
Voxtrot: [ Real Life Version ]
The Black's gritty garage-Americana is like a slightly rusted saw that still works, cutting deep into whatever needs cleaved — in this case starry-eyed romance and not a little bit of rock ’n’ roll history. The Austin quartet, featuring Matt Simon (ex-Voxtrot) and Dave Longoria (ex-Trail of Dead) along with Bryan Mammel and Amy Hawthorne, channels the vintage sounds of the ’50s and ’60s (a little bit of the Band, a little bit of Elvis' swagger), keeping it stripped down for the roadhouses and whiskey joints that we know are still out there, and still work too. [...]
Every now and then I have the daring curiosity to seek music from outside of my iPod's playlist. You see, I have a 32 GB version with most of it filled-up. Though, I almost never listen to half of what's on my entire playlist titled "Annihilation." The only reason to explain the name of the playlist is that I would die without the tunes in said playlist. The other half of the iPod is filled with countless tunes that I have downloaded, enjoyed, and forgotten. I absolutely hate that I forget about good music. But, it's not entirely [...]
Over the past few years plenty of bands have broken up or called it quits. Of all the bands that have done so, there is only one that I can say I was legitimately sad to hear about: Voxtrot. That music soundtracked hundreds of college memories and their songs are scattered across countless mix CDs I have laying around. Luckily, when young band members move on it often means another band begins. This is the case with International Waters fronted by Mitch Calvert of Voxtrot. Their tag on bandcamp is 'jangle pop' which sounds about right. You can [...]
International Waters is an indiepop band from Austin, Texas, led by Mitch Calvert , formerly of Voxtrot . They have recently released their debut-album "19943. You can listen to the whole album on the band's Bandcamp -page. The band lists artists like Felt, Aztec Camera, The Smiths, Orange Juice, Girls and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart as references of their sound.
Rising from the ashes of Voxtrot, Austin's International Waters is building speed on the strength of their just-released full-length, curiously entitled, 1994 . The video for Green Lights is kinda all over the map, but the song suggests that 1994 is a record to be hunted down and digested at length. International Waters - Green Lights Forever from Michael Koshkin on Vimeo .
![SWEATY SUMMERTIME 2K11 [PLAYLIST]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/3573353_lg.jpg)
Summer time is really in full swing! With the oppressive heat also come things like BBQs, beaches, picnics and summer jams. We made a playlist of some of our favorite summer music, the songs to cook burgers too, to swim to, and to make out under the bleachers to (summer turns us all into 15 year olds again, it’s a scientific fact). We've done you the service of creating a YouTube playlist for continual listening and posted all the legal MP3s we could. 1. "On Land" - TV Girl [...]
materfamilias (MEY-ter-fuh-mil-ee-uhs) -noun 1. The mother of a family TRACKS Jack Savoretti - Mother [album:Harder Than Easy 2009] Leaf - Motherfucker [album:Lifes A Beach 2007] Usher - Mother's Luv [album:Sex Appeal 2007] Dr. Hook - Sylvia's Mother [album:Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Greatest Hits (And More) 1990] [...]
indie shuffle
The Rotation
tram7.se
:: clicky clicky music blog ::
Song, by Toad
Fensepost
Given and Taken in Ink
The Panic Manual
Austin Town Hall
Buzz Bands
Dear Song In My Head
New Music Collaborative
Eardrums Music
My Old Kentucky Blog
the WILD honey pie
ONE WORD TRIGGERS
Boards of Canada - Reach for the Dead (from Tomorrow's Harvest)
Julia Holter - World (Official Video)
Washed Out - Paracosm (Official Album Trailer)
She & Him- I Could've Been Your Girl
Action Bronson - "Strictly 4 My Jeeps" (Official Video)
Achtung Baby!
HAERTS: “All The Days”
Today I Feel I’ve Sprung A Leak
‘Live With Kelly & Michael’ Talks Daft Punk, Dance With Their Own Helmets
