Redd Kross is back and the record release party for Researching the Blues was thrown at The Roxy. Redd Kross plays FYF in September. Check out our feature on the home page.

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Taking us on a bizarre ride back to the golden era of hip hop, the party was on from the start at “Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde: Live” on May 23. Fatlip, Slimkid3, J-Sw!ft and L.A. Jay brought it hard at the sold-out Roxy show celebrating the 20th anniversary of one of the most influential [...]

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Yep, that McCartney. So it was no surprise there were much older fans lining up at The Roxy sporting Beatles’ t-shirts. However, James McCartney brings his own style of music to the stage. With a solid band performing with him, the soft spoken musician writes songs that are very personal, including “Wings Of A Lightest [...]

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The guys and girl of Warner Drive are always fun to see rock an intimate venue like The Roxy.  Its audience seems to be one of all ages and demographics, but from age 10 to 35, they all knew the words and joined in.  I spoke with the band before the show and it was thrilled to [...]

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She Wants Revenge came to The Roxy on May 23, 2011 to celebrate the release of their third album, Valleyheart.  Justin Warfield and Adam Bravin, who titled this album after their treasured hometown in the San Fernando Valley, were met with unanimous crowd approval for their new material.  Their sound continues to evolve, using less [...]

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Reunited and it feels and sounds so good. Mick Jones, Don Letts, Dan Donovan, Leo Williams, Greg Roberts are back together as Big Audio Dynamite (B.A.D.) and performed a gig at the intimate Roxy for the lucky few that snatched up tickets. The energy in the room was electric and the band is as tight [...]

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Like an overcast Sunday or a poorly-timed stiff drink or the process of filling out the paperwork for a loved one’s emergency orotracheal intubation, Eric Lindley’s songs have the power to infuse the stretch of time they occupy with a sadness that’s incidental but devastating. He sings with a hushed, almost guarded apprehension, as though he’s trying to keep from bothering someone.

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The Refugee All Stars laid elements of all of those different genres out in front of us and traded instruments and microphones in a manner that seemed less choreographed and more driven by the immediate feelings of the performers, who exuded tremendous delight as they shimmied and caterwauled to an audience that was full of the spirit and ready to dance from the moment that the band walked into the Roxy.

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