Voxtrot

last month

TOUR THROUGH MY EYES 👁️ Thank you so much to everyone who came to our DREAMERS IN EXILE U.S. + Toronto run! It was a truly wonderful experience. My biggest takeaway is how real and sustaining the love is for Voxtrot’s music… Through both victories and disappointments, I have learned so much in my career, and am grateful to have arrived at a place where I can see that the work is etched into people’s lives in a deep, meaningful way. That is honestly the greatest reward, and is something I take very seriously, so once again…thank you 🙏🏽 Big props to our tour managers @accordingtowolfgang + @the_auteur — we couldn’t have done it without you. We hope to see you in June, when we open for my great heroes @belleandsebastian at @acllive here in Austin, Texas. Then Europe in September… Also, look out for a beautiful new video next Tuesday from @anniegunn! Lots of love and more to come ❤️

2 months ago

April 10 @MusicHallOfWB, Austin, TX indie pop band @Voxtrot_ATX returned to the venue where I first saw them in 2007, on the last week of North American touring for their réunion LP Dreamers in Exile (a Europe + UK tour is slated for September), recorded by the original quintet, opening with the album's one-two punch start of “Another Fire” and “Fighting Back”, which matches the excellence of their sparkling early EPs and sole previous eponymous 2007 LP of hooky, literate songs by lead singer-songwriter @RameshInSpace that were heralded by the mid-2000s music blog scene. Voxtrot, with Jack Van Norman 🎹 🎤 filling in for non-touring original member Jared van Fleet (who joined in as a surprise guest for “Wrecking Force” and “Long Haul”) played a tight, rousing set of material from almost all of their releases, including a blistering build-up on debut LP standout “Kid Gloves” and the entirety of masterful 2005 debut EP Raised by Wolves, featuring bouncy fan fave “The Start of Something”, a powerful final encore of The Cure-like gem “Missing Pieces”, and the title track, which is a personal fave that captures the careening confusion of misdirected young love with raw honesty and rhythmic punch. Setlist: The Start of Something Another Fire Fighting Back Raised By Wolves (see earlier post for an additional extended clip) Berlin, Without Return... Kid Gloves Your Biggest Fan Steven Soft & Warm Raised By Wolves (“jazz odyssey” instrumental) Dreamers in Exile Babylone The Start of Something Wrecking Force Long Haul Missing Pieces Tour opener @Mennovers (of @Hollerado and supergroup @AnywayGangMusic w/ @SloanDude) played a short solo acoustic set in which he told stories about the songs he played from his 2024 solo debut LP, including the dark, but redemptive “A Light On In You”. (@LightheadedBand review continued in the comments) #GoodMusic #Voxtrot #MennoVersteeg #Lightheaded #IndiePop

2 months ago

Tour Diary… Loving NJ. NYC tomorrow 🍎 Fun fact: @nycmayor @zohrankmamdani is my second cousin once removed!

2 months ago

Half-way point of the tour. Back home ❤️ @voxtrot_atx

2 months ago

Tour Diary SF -> SEATTLE Enjoying the fruits of the Pacific Northwest 🐚🍒🌲 Loving life on the road, sometimes catching the frisbee ;) @neumos_ in Seattle tonight, @polarishallpdx in Portland tomorrow!

2 months ago

LOS ANGELES March 26th @pacificelectric.la Thank you @hollyister for these beautiful photographs! California, you’ve been amazing 🙏🏽🌹🙏🏽 Tonight we play San Francisco at @theindependentsf, then off to @neumos_ in Seattle. Tour rolls on….

2 months ago

Tour Diary PHX -> LA An amazing first night in Phoenix at Crescent Ballroom! Thanks so much for a warm welcome. This morning we make our way to California, which has been like a second musical home to us since our early days. 🏖️Tonight at @pacificelectric.la in LA, presented by @kcrwmusic 🐚 Tomorrow at Constellation Room @observatoryoc in Santa Ana (almost sold out!) ☀️ Saturday at @theindependentsf in San Francisco See you soon :)

2 months ago

Tour Diary TX -> AZ First show tonight at @crescentphx in Phoenix! Can’t wait🌹🌹🌹

3 months ago

DREAMERS IN EXILE is out today! Our first new album in 19 years, beautifully recorded by our bassist Jason Chronis, mixed by @deansatoshireid and mastered by @nomograph.mastering. In writing the songs, I was inspired by the Jazz Age, 70s fashion icons, spirituality and excess, personal history, Tinseltown ambition, and much more… But mostly I was inspired by returning home — to Texas, to Voxtrot, to myself. I now understand how fortunate we are to be shepherds of something that is meaningful to people of all ages, all over the world. I am so grateful to my bandmates, to our longtime manager James, to our brilliant friend and photographer Annie Gunn, and to the many other artists and filmmakers we worked with along the way. BIG thank you to all who have listened to and supported Voxtrot, from day one until now. Can’t wait to see you out on the road in just a few weeks. Time to celebrate! ❤️ Photo by @anniegunn Design by @matthew__j__ross

4 months ago

European Tour Dates Added! DREAMERS IN EXILE draws so much inspiration from Europe: Yves St. Laurent, the history of Berlin counterculture, Helmut Newton, Josephine Baker, British nightclubbing…the list goes on. The days when I lived in Europe (Scotland and Germany) feel like another lifetime, and our performance at Primavera Sound last year was my first trip across the pond in over a decade. I can’t wait for September, when we return to play a handful of concerts and I can be reunited with these beautiful old cities, which have meant so much to me both personally and artistically.