For a time, the Austin-based band Voxtrot only existed during summer breaks -- that was when frontman Ramesh Srivastava would come home from studying in Scotland and share his notebook of songs with his bandmembers: Jason Chronis, Mitch Calvert, Matt Simon and Jared Van Fleet. The band's sprightly Smiths-meets-Housemartins jangle pop made enough noise to convince Srivastava to forgo his studies for a year and give Voxtrot a chance. The highly influential Bus Stop label fell in love ...  [+]