Austin’s Voxtrot might very well be the hardest-working indie band in Texas. Thanks in part to frequent touring around the country, the quintet recently signed to Austin’s Peek-A-Boo label, and its two EPs are distributed all around the globe. The band’s bouncy and jangly beats are just plain delicious. And the extremely buoyant, happy/sad lead singer, Ramesh Srivastava, puts the whole thing over the top. His onstage emotional and vocal range suggests the innocence of a boy and the weariness of a man. But whatever mind-set he may be channeling, Srivastava ย and his smokin’ band ย will have you shakin’ it. Spain Coloured Orange and Bo Jones open.
Sat., April 1, 8 p.m.
This article appears in Mar 30 – Apr 5, 2006.