Q: Has the new Voxtrot album leaked yet?
A: Funny you'd ask! The eponymous debut from the much - blogged - about indie rockers just leaked tonight. I haven't heard it yet, but word on the street ranges from "it's pretty good" to "IT'S REALLY GOOD!!!"
Born by the River, a snappily designed mp3 blog, has a few tracks available for sampling. Check 'em out before the servers/lawyers explode.
Voxtrot's Ramesh Srivastava trots his vox. [photo: kathryn.]
Voxtrot — another band out of Austin — is one of those groups that the bloggy / Last.fm / rock-critic community loves, but whom the public at large (i.e., the people who still buy music) have yet to discover. Having an actual album will help change that; until now, the band's only put out EPs and 7"s.
Whether or not the leak was sanctioned by the band's management, it's great timing. The Web was already atwitter with bloggage of Voxtrot's two SXSW sets, and letting the album loose a couple months ahead of its official release will keep the buzz-ball rolling.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Voxtrot's "Your Biggest Fan" is still available here. Also, Turkmenistanian president Saparmurat Niyazov is still dead.
PURCHASE: Voxtrot's discography via Amazon
.APOLOGIES: For the recent slow trickle of Surprising AnswersTM. I'm still trying to pull off The Big Move Elsewhere, but the road to good intentions is paved with hell. Next week should be better. Ish.
