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”.
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@LightheadedBand review continued in the comments)
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