 After a live performance on DJ Nic Harcourt's KCRW show, the band soon began playing shows across Los Angeles in venues like The Troubadour and Hotel Cafe.Harcourt championed the band, hailing them as his "favorite band of 2005", and began playing tracks from "Tally of the Yes Men" in heavy rotation ("Rewind", "Time Bomb", and "Friday").The band was founded by singer/songwriter Siddhartha Khosla.