Begun in the early 1990S by founding members Rob Myers and Elisha Wiesner, Kahoots debuted with a series of self-produced cassettes featuring both members on acoustic guitars.

      After various additions and subtractions of talent, the band currently features, in addition to Mr. Myers and Mr. Wiesner, recording engineer Charlie Esposito on keyboards, Nina Muekerheide on viola, Jon Larsen on bass, and J.J. O'Connell on drums. The acoustic sounds have gone electric, and the sound has evolved into a pastiche of harmonic guitar chords and dissonant modal progressions.