Formation

Musical couple Alex Toth (trumpet, band leader) and Kalmia Traver (vocals, saxophone) first met at the University of Vermont where they were both enrolled as music majors. Upon graduating in 2006 they joined the reggae group John Brown's Body

John Brown's Body

"John Brown's Body" is an American marching song about the abolitionist John Brown. The song was popular in the Union during the American Civil War. The tune arose out of the folk hymn tradition of the American camp meeting movement of the 19th century...

 and began touring the United States.

Alex had been developing a dance band that merges psychedelic indie rock, upbeat dance and left field arrangements. In June 2007 the pair met percussionist Craig Myers at an art opening and party in the old Hood Milk plant in Burlington, VT. The music that was improvised that night would later be arranged and elaborated by Alex and become the first contributions to band's repertoire.

Career

In March 2008 Rubblebucket self-released their debut album, "Rose's Dream" under the name Rubblebucket Orchestra and began to tour full time.

In 2009 the band embarked on three national tours and was featured in  Relix Magazine's "On The Verge: 5 Artists You Should Know." Additionally they were chosen by SPIN Magazine as a "Must-hear artist from the 2009 CMJs." On October 13 they released their second studio album, self-titled, and officially changed their name to Rubblebucket. In December they won a Boston Music Award for Live Act of the Year. 

In March 2010 Rubblebucket relocated to Brooklyn, NY and continued to tour nationally through the summer with appearances at festivals such as High Sierra

High Sierra

High Sierra is an early heist film and film noir written by W.R. Burnett and John Huston from the novel by Burnett. The movie features Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart and was directed by Raoul Walsh on location at Whitney Portal, halfway up Mount Whitney.The screenplay was co-written by Bogart's...

, All Good Music Festival

All Good Music Festival

The All Good Music Festival and Camp Out is a weekend-long event held annually in July. Since its inception in 1997, it has been held at venues along the Mid-Atlantic, including Masontown, West Virginia and locations in Maryland and Virginia...

, and the Liberate Music and Dance Festival. On October 19, 2010 they released their Triangular Daisies EP which included a cover of the Beatle's "Michelle

Michelle

Michelle is a given name, originally the French feminine form of Michel. It is now extensively used in English-speaking as well as French-speaking countries...

" which Paste Magazine named on their list of 50 Greatest Beatles Covers of All Time.

In Spring 2011 Rubblebucket released their third full length album Omega La La. It was recorded at DFA studios and produced by Eric Broucek (LCD Soundsystem

LCD Soundsystem

LCD Soundsystem was a prominent American dance-punk band from New York City. It was fronted by American singer-songwriter and producer James Murphy, co-founder of record label DFA Records...

, !!!, Holy Ghost) & mastered by Joe Lambert (Animal Collective

Animal Collective

Animal Collective is an experimental psychedelic band originally from Baltimore, Maryland, currently based in New York City. Animal Collective consists of Avey Tare , Panda Bear , Deakin , and Geologist...

, Dirty Projectors

Dirty Projectors

The Dirty Projectors aka David Longstreth includes Amber Coffman , Angel Deradoorian , Brian McOmber , Nat Baldwin , and Haley Dekle during live performances...

, Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock

Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...

). On April 4, 2011 the band released it as a free download via their website preceding an official physical release on June 21 through MRI Distribution.

Band Members

• Alex Toth - trumpet, background vocals, bandleader
• Annakalmia Traver - lead vocals, tenor and baritone saxophones
• Adam Dotson - background vocals, trombone
• Darby Wolf - Hamomnd B3, Juno, Moog, Clavinet, 
• Craig Myers - n'goni, woodblocks, percussion
• Ian Hersey - guitar, background vocals
• Dave Cole - drums
• Jordan Books - bass

Former: Mark Stewart, John Rogone, Andreas Brade, David Sleininger, Derek Beckfvold, Ari Diaconis, Russ Flynn, Geza Carr, Maria Christina Eisen, Dan Durham

Discography

• Rose's Dream (March 7, 2008)
• Rubblebucket (October 13, 2009)
• Triangular Daisies EP (October 19, 2010)
• Omega La La (June 21, 2011)