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L.A. Times Magazine

Voxhaul Broadcast will be featured in the upcoming June issue of LA Times Magazine as one of LA’s Best Indie Bands. Pick up a copy or check back here next month for the article.

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Voxhaul Broadcast at The Echo – Photos and Review

“Voxhaul Broadcast took the stage at The Echo on Dec. 22, 2009 as they opened up with Chief for Local Natives. You could totally feel the anticipation building for these guys. Ladies in the bathroom were gossiping about how excellent they are, and the rumors are all true! Voxhaul Broadcast delivers a delectable Motown punch with indie rock sensibilities.

You can tell Voxhaul Broadcast are having a great time up there, dancing around the entire stage and captivating the swooning audience. It’s hard to not wiggle your behind to their Doors-like bass lines. They finished their set with “The Backrooms,” a sultry song that ends in frenzied twist, showing off their punk rock roots. Upbeat songs are their strong suit and damn do they play it well, I can’t wait to see where they go.”

Words: Roxy Roknian

View some photos of Voxhaul Broadcast playing at the Echo HERE.

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Voxhaul Broadcast – Fact or Fiction

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“‘Fact or Fiction’ is taken from the fourthcoming Voxhaul Broadcast EP Fact Fiction and Turquoise. so fact or fiction?? this track does lots of things right. like The Walkmen done right. in affect, Otis Redding done right. maybe even rock and roll done right? hmmma, TCB baby, tcb.”

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WONGIE DISCOVERY: voxhaul broadcast – fact or fiction

“nothing like a california band that celebrates classic soul (james brown and al green are influences) with some good ol fashion rock n roll. the catchy guitar hook alone is worth a listen, throw in a raw vocalist and these guys have officially been placed on my radar.”

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California Soul-Pop-Rock

“I was in line at Milwaukee’s Summerfest last summer waiting to meet the members of Cracker… I remember thinking wtf am I going to say to this band… I really don’t give a shit. Standing next to me was the a shaggy haired bassist from a indie band Voxhaul Broadcast. I struck up a conversation telling him their set was impressive… Cracker meet and greet: not so impressive. Whatevs.

It turned out we had similar interests and gave the guys a place to party and crash out. Besides being fun lads the music is really good.”

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Voxhaul Broadcast, Live@Chessvolt Studios

“Outta the OC, Voxhaul Broadcast, flavored a whole lot like Cold War Kids and Kings of Leon, already moves with the poise of a well-embraced band, apparently settled comfortably in a working groove and enjoying their gig of life as successful rockers. Maybe they’ve had a look in a crystal ball. Let’s hope that forecast is accurate. The band’s general sound is psychedelic haze, heavy on sedative properties of dope or Robitussin, pavement inside your shoes when the wind’s gusting, or suspension in a vat of sticky warm molasses with your very special someone. I personally vote for the last of the three…an interesting dilemma that would take time to navigate. But I digress. Voxhaul Broadcast comes across wavy. Listening is satisfying at all levels of effort. From a nonchalant low-scale effort, the vibe is fuzzy with enough variation and effects to maintain the awareness of an interesting flow of appeasing music in the background. At a more engaged level, the song construction is far from lazy – each tune is spackled with hooks from great to small and doused with memorable, effective repetition. Lyrically, Voxhaul Broadcast’s songs call for an active stretch of the imagination: rather than feeding you the story, they ask you to make the story your own by connecting the dots and coloring in the background.

Voxhaul Broadcast’s lassez faire confidence goes a long way toward inviting listeners in for a spell. Seemingly prolific in writing, Voxhaul’s Davie comes up with new material so fast the band hasn’t had the time to affix name tags to the songs. We had three versions of Zowie when Voxhaul visited the studio for their live session, and one or more of the new songs was lyrically refined while the band was setting up their gear.

These guys are a big hit in our book. Fairly straight-forward, unpretentious indie musicians. The kind of guys you could dig hanging out with in a vat of molasses, some stinky living room with beers and pals, or at your own venue out by the walk on brown plaid thrift store furniture under a balmy city sunset.

The songs:

Hendrix flavored and heavy on the flowerchild sound, Fire and Sparks rocks out with a slinky echo of The Doors.

A terribly infectious guitar riff opens and threads the dreamlike storyline of Chain to Reason, dotted by adrenalin-invoking choruses.

Voxhaul’s repetition pays in Zowie 2, which treks through a burning, dessicated dreamscape, rehashing the story over and over until Davie goes insane – urgent and misunderstood. Like the story from a dream…”Woke up in the desert with a mouthful of dry sand……” Guitar simultaneously narrates the track like an aminated sign language interpreter in the same picture. The groove escalates until Voxhaul Broadcast sneakily lassoes in every last eardrum with their steady build. “Ooh la la la la la la…” will stick with you, hovering like a pair of frisky cherubs over either ear.

I Never Said That has a pop radio feel. It opens with bouncy, high guitars that continue through the quick paced song while the vocal lays low and suavely rough in appeal.

Loose Change wears like a favorite old jacket that’s come back around to style with a few modern updates – think CCR beneath a stormcloud, a little dark and edgy.”

An Interview With Voxhaul Broadcast on Rock Remedy Channel

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