[1] The band has released six studio albums: Melodica, Cabaret, Mountains Beaches Cities, Daybreaker, and Let the Record Play,[2] and Silver Dream.

Trevor Terndrup and Tommy Putnam attended high school together in Vestavia Hills, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, and played in a bluesy rock group known as Apex during their junior and senior years.

Upon graduation in 2002, the two moved to Nashville, Tennessee where they met fellow student and guitarist Spencer Thomson, and drummer David Swan, shortly after their arrival at Belmont University.

[10] Together with Thomson, a native of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Swan of Atlanta, Georgia, the quartet jammed in freshman dorm rooms, quickly landing a gig as the backing band for a local rap duo.

Moon Taxi commissioned drummer Tyler Ritter, also of Vestavia Hills, in fall 2006, and the quartet began writing and recording songs for a debut studio release.

[18] The group won the inaugural Music City Mayhem Contest for "Common Ground",[15] which awarded them several songs in brief rotation on Nashville's WRLT Lightning 100.1 FM.

[19] During their touring schedule in support of Live Ride, Moon Taxi opened for Gov't Mule,[20] Umphrey's McGee,[21] Matisyahu,[20] and The New Mastersounds.

Cabaret was mixed by Grammy Award-winner Vance Powell (The Raconteurs) at Sputnik Sound in Berry Hill, Tennessee and mastered by Richard Dodd.

The track "Square Circles" features a guest appearance by hip-hop artist Matisyahu and rock n roll legend Mclain Reese.

[28] "For their third album, Mountains Beaches Cities, indie rock quintet Moon Taxi explored new landscapes by amping up the speed and turning up the volume," wrote USA Today.

[30] Rolling Stone noted: "Over the last few years, Nashville's Moon Taxi have worked their way up from Bonnaroo buzz-band to something approaching Kings of Leon country, playing a pleasingly cross-bred rock.