The Little Ones/1990s/Voxtrot
The Middle East (Cambridge)
Voxtrot is one of those bands that upon hearing them for the first time, went out and learned as much about them as humanly possible (which at the time was only that they were from Austin and had the first three songs off thier EP on thier Myspace), tried to show the EP to everyone I knew, and finally motivating me to follow the band’s releases. I was excited when they followed that initial EP with two others. I was excited when the s/t LP came out. I was excited when I heard they were playing in Cambridge. I was depressed when I thought I had missed that show.
I was fucking eccstatic when I realized I hadn’t.
Thus we took an outbound train to Cambridge. The show opened with The Little Ones, a band I had heard almost nothing about, who, with the help of possibly the happiest bassist ever, put on an extremely tight, extra bitchin’ set. Between sets I stopped over at the merchtable only to realize that I was face to face with Voxtrot’s frontman, Ramesh. Apparently he went to my college. Apparently he liked my jacket. Apparently he had recently gotten an operation on his leg. He introduced me to the girl on the cover of Your Biggest Fan. Once again, this only cements my opinion that the Middle East is in fact the best venue in Boston. Back to the show. Glaslow-alumnis 1990s played a much looser set, which really only makes sense with their loud, fast, bang-it-out style of rock n roll. I also appreciated it when the three on stage would quickly and completely unintelligably babble in thier obscenely thick scottish accents.
Voxtrot opened aptly with “Introduction,” moving into “Kid Gloves” with some help from the Little Ones. The energy was indescribable and the entire show was amazing, but the highlights were definitely the now anthemic songs from the Raised by Wolves EP. The show closed with “The Start of Something,” a song that for most people, introduced them to Voxtrot and became the quintessential indie love song. The stage was rushed by the Little Ones, as well as what seemed to be every single person backstage. The song itself was epic–what came off as mellow on record was an anthem on stage. Yeah, that was awesome.
The Little Ones – Cha Cha Cha
1990s – Thinking of Not Going
Voxtrot – The Start of Something
Voxtrot – Raised by Wolves/You Can Hide Your Love Forever <—ridiculous unreleased track
