My second new favorite indiepop band is Voxtrot. Youthlarge randomly saw them play at a hair salon/ art gallery at South by Southwest and came home raving about them. They have one five song EP out and it is pretty good if not occasionally a wee bit twee. However, seeing them live takes the cake. Youthlarge and I saw them at Magnetic Field the other night and they blew my mind. I felt like I was 19 again watching this merry band of indiepop marauders. Imagine Holiday with more balls or the Housemartins updated for the My Space generation and you can begin to imagine the fun. Plus, they clap their hands a hell of a lot more than Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.
PD Heaton loves Voxtrot!
It is nice to have favorites - sort of gets you through when you need a lift and these bands are so much more entertaining than following the indie boredom crowd!
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I am so impressed at your ability to continue to effortlessly search out hip new sounds to get your groove thing working, even at your (our) relatively advanced age, while I find myself listening to the same Pulp album from 1996 over and over again.
Can we look forward to these bands on Listmaker II?
at least clap your hands say yeah.
but i can't take any credit for the fact that youthlarge brings home most of these cds.
since weasel mentined listmaker II, might I add how much i love listmaker I. a non stop party and a wonderful time capsule i will enjoy when i'm 70 in my hyperbaric chamber eating food in capsule form.
i don't listen to twee shit. voxtrot is a bit fey, but they ain't twee. where is that CYHSY picture from? it's great.
i found the picture from google images.
i heard voxtrot on a podcast and was won over. good stuff. and i second the listmaker mix kudos. brilliant from start to finish. well, except for the black mountain song.
oh gothamist, always first on the scene.
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