Available 8/18 – 8/25 – Sister Crayon “Souls of Gold”

Like a lot of bands we’re into, Sister Crayon hail from California – up Sacramento way to be exact. Initially the band consisted only of Terra Lopez playing classical guitar over pre-programmed beats at house parties. Eventually she recruited Dani Fernandez, Genaro Ulloa, and Nicholas Suhr to round things out. After months of performing up and down the coast, their singles are starting to generate major buzz and anticipation for the release of their debut EP Enter Into Holy (Or)ders is high.  The band’s infectious beats, burbling keyboards, and smart female vocals scream “Roxy girl” to us. Are you feeling it??

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Our friends at Activision extended an invite to us to their annual kick-off to the E3 party held on June 14th, 2010 at the Staples Center. The morning of the party, blogs were already buzzing with rumors of who would be performing. Would it be Lady Gaga? Would it be Beyoncé? For the record, neither of those performed. However, the line-up they DID have didn’t disappoint, despite the fact that we wouldn’t see a Te-te-te-le-phone live performance.

The line-up included amazing performances by Usher, Black Eyed Peas’ Will.I.Am, David Guetta, Deadmaus, N.E.R.D. (We LOVE Pharrell!), Jane’s Addiction (Hello Dave Navarro!), Chris Cornell, a drop-in from Tony Hawk, Travis Barker, and oh-have-you-heard-of Eminem? Just when we thought the show literally could not get more exciting, Activision previewed some of their most anticipated video games to the accompaniment of real-life pyro effects and explosions. The entire Staple Center gasped, ooed and aahed. Finally, Eminem brought out his special guest Rihanna. The two performed the new single “Love The Way You Lie”, and their performance was electric. Eminem brought the hyped crowd to its feet while closing his show with “Lose Yourself.”

Talk about an exciting night. See some of our pix below.

Available: 6/9-6/16 The Young Veins “Change”

Take a Vacation!, the debut album from The Young Veins, was released this week, and as we steam full speed ahead into summer, its title doubles as an excellent piece of advice. You might recognize Young Veins frontman Ryan Ross as the former songwriter, guitarist and singer in Panic! at the Disco. After two successful albums with that band, Ross wanted to try something new, so he and Panic! bassist Jon Walker moved to LA and formed what is now The Young Veins. Take a Vacation! was released by One Haven Music, and it’s full of high energy, beach-worthy, sing-a-long songs. Download the single “Change” and tell us what you think!

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Album Title: Mirros
Featured Tracks: “Mirrors”
Record Label: Unsigned
Website: http://www.myspace.com/geminiclub

Bio: In sweaty loft parties, packed dance clubs, rock n’ roll joints and virtually anyplace with speakers you’ll find Gemini Club, who UR Chicago called ‘Chicago’s rising-star indie-electro act’.  Formed in March of 2009, the trio comprised of Tom Gavin, Daniel Brunelle, and Gordon Bramli have wasted no time in making their presence felt not only in Chicago, but across the U.S., and the rest of the world.  Generating buzz almost immediately after they released their debut EP Future Tidings in August of 2009, Gemini Club truly has the makings of an act destined to make the big break in the music industry.

The desires of the band are simple:  Create brilliant dance music, and have fun doing it.  But, there is more to these guys than the enjoyment of creating music.  The trio has spent countless hours developing a live rig that is designed to successfully fuse the energetic and precise aspects of DJing with live vocals, synthesizers, guitars and bass.  While the desires are simple, the objective is clear:  Redefine what a “live” performance means.  People have been talking, and the talent buyers have been listening: Gemini Club has already managed to share the stage with Hercules & Love Affair, Voxtrot, Solid Gold, Hey Champ, Tigercity, French Horn Rebellion, and DATABASE, with shows to come with DJ Falcon, Juan MacLean, and Depressed Buttons.

Given the massive attention Gemini Club has received since they released their EP, it should come as no surprise that Gemini Club’s first-ever remix, of The Vanish’s “Hold On”, hit #5 on the Hype Machine Charts; any aspiring producer would kill to receive that much attention on a first-effort.  Gemini Club plans to keep that momentum going with remixes on the way with the likes of Housse de Racket, Hey Champ, and Moneypenny, as well as releasing their long-awaited – and highly lauded – single “Ghost”.  Given all of this production work, and all of the work spent on configuring a cutting-edge live rig, it should come as no surprise that Gemini Club is a busy group.  The trio wouldn’t have it any other way.

Album Title: Ry Cuming EP
Featured Tracks: “Some Kind Of Love”
Record Label: Jive
Website: http://www.myspace.com/rycuming

Bio: Born in the small coastal Australian town of Angourie, Ry grew up with a surfboard under one arm and his Dad’s record collection under the other. He quickly developed a love for many different styles of music from Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder to The Beatles and The Police. His voracious appetite for music grew while his wide and varied tastes began to mold the sound and style that is uniquely Ry Cuming.
Armed with an acoustic guitar and undeniably soulful voice, Ry’s professional music career began to take shape as an 18 year-old traveler and surfer in Costa Rica. One fateful afternoon while playing in the hallway of a hotel for some female pro surfers (Ry is an avid surfer himself), Ry met a young film producer from LA who was taken by his talent and happened to have some very good connections. He became the catalyst for Ry’s journey into the LA music scene, introducing him to a network of musicians that were starting to gain momentum in the area at the time…namely Maroon 5, Phantom Planet, and Rooney. Ry was now in the very good musical company he deserved. He was quickly noticed by major label JIVE records, where he recently signed an exclusive recording contract. To be clear, Ry is no rookie. He has already won two of Australia’s Dolphin Awards for Best Pop Song and Best New Artist, was recently featured on NBC’s EXTRA and MTV’s LAGUNA BEACH: The Real OC, has been seen in the pages of Vogue Magazine, AND been featured in two films including a Quicksilver production about the Mentawai Islands, and alongside Maroon 5 and Jimmy Buffett in the motion picture HOOT. Look for two songs from his debut album to be featured in the upcoming film “Beautiful Boy,” starring Michael Sheen (The Queen) and Maria Bello (History of Violence). He has collaborated with LA-based musicians from Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals, to Incubus, Maroon 5, Rooney, and Phantom Planet. He tours regularly as a solo artist as well as in support of such major acts as Maroon 5 and One Republic. In short, this is an artist poised to break, with talent and experience well beyond his 22 years. Sarah Bareilles and Jessie of Maroon 5 appear as special guests on his Jive Records debut album, with production by the legendary John Alagia (Jason Mraz, Dave Matthews, Mandy Moore, Ben Folds Five) and all songs penned by Ry himself. Look and listen for it in spring 2010. Ry Cuming is about to make some BIG waves in the US and around the world!!!

Roxy and Schick ® Quattro for Women ® are inviting you to unleash your inner fashionista and design your very own Roxy bikini.  One lucky girl gets her winning look made into an actual swimsuit to wear! AND $5,000 IN HER POCKET!  This is your chance to dream big and be creative –

what could be better?

And to get your mind on the appropriate WAVE length, beginning this week, we will be providing you with all the deets necessary to get bikini-ready for summer including interviews with ROXY swimwear and boardshort designers, judges for the contest, ROXY athletes, style secrets and much more.

Check back daily to get your fill! And of course, don’t forget to check our special Design a Bikini website starting May 3rd to enter your dream design.

Take a look at this amazing contest featured by our friends at Fabsugar, and you might just nab a piece from our Cynthia Rowley for ROXY Collection. When you’re done, be sure to check out the collection that was inspired by a shared love between Cynthia Rowley and ROXY for surf, sand, and fashion here!

The Bravery being interviewed at Roxy Chicken Jam

This year’s Roxy Chicken Jam free concert featured The Bravery and N.A.S.A. We had a chance to sit down and talk with our friends The Bravery, before they went snowboarding with Torah Bright.

We found out these guys were active, love Journey and Prince, enjoy nature and want to award Torah a gold medal in dancing. This indie-rock band proved that they didn’t need their city digs to have a good time.

ROXY: First things first, what do you think of Mammoth so far?

TB: Cold!

ROXY: Besides being cold, seeing you guys are from the city, how do you like playing this venue?

TB: Our favorite shows are those we can do right next to activities that we like to do. If we’re playing on a mountain, we can go snowboarding. If we are playing on the beach, we  can right after.

ROXY: What’s been the most unreal, most memorable venue you’ve played?

TB: Times Square, hands down. You can’t top playing, while looking down on 1 million people.

ROXY: How was your last album “Stir The Blood” different from making your previous two albums?

TB: For our last record “Stir The Blood”, we kind of went back to a lot of the aesthetics of the first record. It was a little more do it yourself. We recorded a lot on the road again, used laptops, and we kind of made things more electronic, a little bit darker than things we were putting out right before that.  Now it’s shooting up the charts!

Lastly, we asked The Bravery the most important question of all.  Mariah Carey or Beyoncé?

The answer was a resounding “Beyoncé!” from the group, except Tony. He prefers Mariah. “I just love her voice!”