{"id":2332154,"date":"2026-03-16T22:24:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T22:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2332154"},"modified":"2026-03-16T22:24:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T22:24:31","slug":"18-years-after-its-last-album-voxtrot-returns-with-new-music-and-socal-tour-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/18-years-after-its-last-album-voxtrot-returns-with-new-music-and-socal-tour-daily-news\/","title":{"rendered":"18 years after its last album, Voxtrot returns with new music and SoCal tour \u2013 Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Before indie-pop band\u00a0<span style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2022\/09\/13\/how-reoccurring-dreams-led-to-indie-rock-band-voxtrots-reunion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voxtrot\u00a0<\/a>reunited<\/span> in 2022 after a dozen years apart, vocalist and songwriter Ramesh Srivastava had some hesitation about restarting the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoing a reunion tour had come up many times before, and I was of the opinion that we shouldn\u2019t do it,\u201d Srivastava said on a video call. \u201cIt was only worth doing if we were also going to make new music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the Austin-based group reunited for a tour to promote their remastered two albums, \u201cEarly Music\u201d and \u201cCut From The Stone: the B-Sides &amp; Rarities,\u201d which contained never-released material. But it wasn\u2019t exactly new.<\/p>\n<p>That changed last month when Voxtrot released \u201cDreamers in Exile,\u201d marking its first new album in 18 years. The band is hitting the road once more with stops at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2026\/02\/11\/more-than-a-venue-how-pacific-electric-aims-to-feel-like-home-in-la\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pacific Electric in Los Angeles<\/a> on March 26 and The Constellation Room in Santa Ana on March 27.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to just being back in that rhythm, because when we did the reunion tour in 2022, I realized how much I actually love being on tour,\u201d Srivastava said. \u201cThat\u2019s sort of my preferred existence, and we always look forward to California; it\u2019s just one of the best places for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-slideshow\" id=\"mng-gallery-5cf13a377a49ffb3076dcca6209a9538\"><button class=\"icon-close mng-gallery-fullscreen-close\" aria-label=\"Close fullscreen slideshow\"\/><\/p>\n<ul class=\"mng-gallery-initialized mng-gallery-slider\"><button id=\"mng-gallery-prev\" class=\"mng-gallery-prev mng-gallery-arrow\" aria-label=\"Previous\" type=\"button\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"mng-gallery-list draggable\">\n<div class=\"mng-gallery-track\">\n<li data-index=\"1\" class=\"mng-ge mng-gallery-active\" id=\"mng-ge-0\" aria-hidden=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<p>Jason Chronis, Ramesh Srivastava, and Matt Simon of Voxtrot will hit the road for a tour promoting their first new album in 18 years. Voxtrot will stop at Pacific Electric in Los Angeles on March 26 and The Constellation Room in Santa Ana on March 27. (Photo by Annie Gunn)\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><button id=\"mng-gallery-next\" class=\"mng-gallery-next mng-gallery-arrow\" aria-label=\"Next\" type=\"button\"\/><\/ul>\n<div class=\"caption mng-gallery-information-container\"><button class=\"caption-expand mng-gallery-caption-expand\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-label=\"Show caption\">Show Caption<\/button><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"current mng-gallery-current-image-number-display\">1<\/span> of <span class=\"total\">1<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jason Chronis, Ramesh Srivastava, and Matt Simon of Voxtrot will hit the road for a tour promoting their first new album in 18 years. Voxtrot will stop at Pacific Electric in Los Angeles on March 26 and The Constellation Room in Santa Ana on March 27. (Photo by Annie Gunn)\n<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\"><span>Expand<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the early 2000s, Voxtrot was characterized as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/culture-desk\/the-warm-glow-of-the-blog-rock-era\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog-rock<\/a>, a term applied to indie rock bands making waves in online forums and independent blogs. Voxtrot thrived in that era of the internet, its indie-pop melodies tinged with lyrics of hope, romance, and a yearning for a life ready to be lived. Those themes aligned with the early days of the web\u2019s promise of a more connected and unified future.<\/p>\n<p>The group disbanded in 2010, but during the hiatus and reunion tour, new fans were posting videos of the band\u2019s music and showing off their Voxtrot tattoo inspirations, which was enough to motivate Srivastava.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething about Covid and having the time to remember things and see those people on the internet and social media showing that they really care about Voxtrot, just flipped something, and then I felt like it was right,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Voxtrot - My Peace (Official Music Video) | New Song 2026\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zq_kKs5Qu3g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some of the hopeful themes from their earlier work are present in \u201cDreamers in Exile,\u201d in a way that feels both fresh and nostalgic.<\/p>\n<p>When the band first started, Srivastava\u2019s background\u00a0wasn\u2019t at the forefront of his songwriting. But things have changed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow I feel like it is important to speak to the unique reality of being half-Indian, gay and existing here in Texas in this completely insane time in which we live,\u201d he said. \u201cThat actually does have meaning and is worth expressing with my experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The album opens with \u201cAnother Fire,\u201d which includes a verse where Srivastava sings, \u201cThey judge the brown skin like birth was my sin\/A culture on the wire, divided within\/The spirit knows why, but the body knows how\/Defining our world by who we are now,\u201d evoking a more outspoken lyrical approach.<\/p>\n<p>Other songs on the album, such as \u201cFighting Back,\u201d in which Srivastava, now in his 40s, two decades after the band\u2019s first run, sings, \u201cI still wrestle with the vices of a teenage punk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musically, Voxtrot continues to incorporate orchestral keyboards, violins and horn ensembles, but it also ventures into new territory. Songs such as \u201cQuiet Noise\u201d offer a somber, heartbreak country ballad, while \u201cMy Peace\u201d flexes a Western guitar jingle blended with the anthem-fueled choruses that are part of Voxtrot\u2019s signature sound.<\/p>\n<p>While much has changed in the world in the last 18 years, the positivity in Srivastava\u2019s songwriting remains true and best spotlighted in the lyrics of \u201cNew World Romance,\u201d where he belts the chorus, \u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful world, can I please stay in it?\/Life it goes by in a New York minute\/There\u2019s wild roses still blooming in me.\u201d The singer said he wanted this album to be hopeful while acknowledging that reality doesn\u2019t always feel that way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want Voxtrot to be a positive force and to get people to feel their emotions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a fine line when artists are just overly positive without stirring in some reality. For it to really have depth, it has to be truthful about what\u2019s really happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Voxtrot<\/h4>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong> 8 p.m. Thursday, March 26.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> Pacific Electric, 1729 Naud St., Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tickets:<\/strong> $37.15 at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/kcrw-presents-voxtrot-los-angeles-california-03-26-2026\/event\/09006381EA23A8D2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ticketmaster.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also:<\/strong> 8 p.m. Friday, March 27, The Constellation Room, 3503 South Harbor Blvd., Santa Ana. $39 at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/voxtrot-santa-ana-california-03-27-2026\/event\/090063799E858A24?_gl=1*19b15v5*_ga*MTIyMDc2MDcyOC4xNzcxOTY4ODQ2*_ga_C1T806G4DF*czE3NzMyNzUxMTgkbzIkZzAkdDE3NzMyNzUxMTgkajYwJGwwJGgw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ticketmaster.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related left\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.dailynews.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before indie-pop band\u00a0Voxtrot\u00a0reunited in 2022 after a dozen years apart, vocalist and songwriter Ramesh Srivastava had some hesitation about restarting the project. \u201cDoing a reunion tour had come up many times before, and I was of the opinion that we shouldn\u2019t do it,\u201d Srivastava said on a video call. \u201cIt was only worth doing if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2332155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[22691,22693,344421,21800,344422,309766,355037,22482],"class_list":["post-2332154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-california","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-music","tag-music-concerts","tag-orange-county","tag-santa-ana","tag-things-to-do"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/18-years-after-its-last-album-Voxtrot-returns-with-new.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2332154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2332156,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332154\/revisions\/2332156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2332155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2332154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2332154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2332154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}