July 2011
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WatchRoxy Melrose & Fairfax Street Artist of the Week:
Free Humanity is one of LA’s most prolific street artists. He recently caused a stir in Los Angeles when a piece of his—an apple with a grenade stem, shut down the 5 freeway and triggered the LAPD bomb squad to come out and ‘diffuse’ it. It was a big deal and was covered by all the major news outlets. Well, Free...
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Bad Idol Auditions are Still Awesome
It’s true - they are. Rewatch the best 3 right here!
America’s favorite karaoke superstar William Hung
The instant classic “Pants on the Ground”
And the best of them all, Renaldo Lupaz “We’re Brother’s Forever” (and eva!)
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Warm Up to SSMF with a Pool Party!
The Sunset Strip usual suspects are gathering to get you excited for the Sunset Strip Music Festival by having a pool party at The Standard Hollywood August 13!
The Roxy, The Comedy Store, The Standard, House of Blues Sunset, Key Club, Soundcheck Hollywood, and more will be parking at the pool for the day with giveaways including tickets, merch, and all kinds of goodies to keep you rockin and...
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10 Soul Songs That Let The Light In →
The music that inspired Amy Winehouse is made of laughter and freedom as much as blood and tears. This collection of songs features soulful women who stood up and shouted their happiness, their refusal to stay down or their sassy self-love.
Photo: Labelle in the early 1970s.
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Weekend Homework
Win a pair of tickets to the PRIVATE Famous, Stars, & Straps Inauguration: Jeremy “Twitch” Sternberg’s X Games party! This will feature Paul Wall and a very special performance by Travis Barker & Mix Master Mike with DJs Kev E Kev and DJ Spider! July 27 will be a party you do not want to miss as the Famous & X Games crew take over The Roxy and they want you & a...
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Play Your Song at The Roxy!
Heading to a show here? Get ready to view The Roxy’s playlist & play the song you want to hear between bands!
On your phone, head to playmysong.com & sign-in with Facebook. Click on “The Roxy” and choose the song you want to hear! It’s that easy.
If you want to make it even easier, download the PlayMySong app & keep everything stored on your phone.
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VINTAGE: Jane's Addiction interview (1988)
Jane’s Addiction Get More: Jane’s Addiction, MTV Hive
It’s an unedited, young, mischievous, just stepping onto the scene, version of the Jane’s Addiction we’ve all come to idolize. Check out the raw footage of an interview of the guys back in 1988 covering topics like how they came up with their name and what kind of young rock n’ roll trouble they’ve...
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LIST: The 20 best wingmen in pop culture
Batman & Robin? Chewbacca & Han Solo? Paste magazine rounds out the 20 best wingmen in pop culture, the men who have looked out for their best buds in all things adventurous, epic battle-winning and even lady-winning
Check out the list and see if your epic duo made the cut! Any other wingmen you can think of?
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FREE download: Nirvana tribute album
20 years have passed since three guys from Seattle picked up their instruments, created Nirvana, and released an album that changed everything.This month Spin Magazine’s August issue is dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the release of Nevermind and what the iconic album still means today.
Spin’s gift to all of us Nirvana heads old and new is a free download of the...
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Buckcherry hits the Roxy Stage on Friday, August...
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WatchThe Beastie Boys teamed up with Director Spike Jonze for their epic new video “Don’t play no game that I can’t win” featuring Santigold!
The video features the action figure versions of everyone, and if you ask us, it’s definitely worth the watch!
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Semi Precious Weapon’s Empire will be at The...
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Warner Drive takes The Roxy stage August 20th for...
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We've relocated...to Miami! Fake Sunset Strip in...
If you’re in the Miami area and were casually walking one day, you might have been thrown off by the pretty accurate replicas of The Roxy Theatre and the Sunset Strip! No, we haven’t really relocated to Miami to work on our tans, the street sets for the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Rock of Ages are complete and ready to commence shooting!
Check out 15 photos from the...
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Free Download from Otherwise
Get a free track from Otherwise & see them LIVE with Trapt, Abused Romance, and Boy Hits Car on July 16 at The Roxy!
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WatchThin Lizzy vs. The Pixies mashup! Seriously, watch this. It’s awesome.
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Are We Breaking Up?
Silverlake’s “I knew them when” darlings Rilo Kiley have officially called it quits. Guitarist, singer & Camp Anawanna resident, Blake Sennett told Spinner:
“I just felt like there was a lot of deception, disloyalty, greed and things I don’t really want to submit myself to. I had related that frustration to music but I just thought, ‘I’m not going to put myself in that...
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A Day in the life of Erykah Badu: exclusive photo...
Photographer Doug Seymour has spent time with artists that aren’t generally in the public eye too much for his A Day in the life of series, photo journals that capture what really goes on during sound check, backstage, and gives you a glimpse of the private moments in between. This time around, Seymour spends a day with recent Roxy performer Erykah Badu at the House of Blues in Atlantic...
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My Morning Jacket cover the Muppets
With the new Muppets movie on the way, Disney will be releasing a new Muppets tribute album, The Green Album, and among the featured artists is My Morning Jacket with their cover of “Our World”. The track was first featured in the Muppets special “Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas” and Spin has the exclusive premier of My Morning Jacket’s rendition of the...
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FREE album stream/download: Nick Diamonds "I Am an...
Part of Indie super-group Mister Heavenly, Nick Diamonds releases his solo album, “I Am an Attic”, and has made all 11 tracks available for a free download because he loves his fans that much
Check out the album in its entirety below!
<a href=”http://nickdiamonds.bandcamp.com/album/i-am-an-attic”...
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Dave Grohl Kicks A-Hole Fan Out Of Show →
Listen to Dave Grohl take charge at their show in Camden by getting rid of that guy fighting in the crowd. Who starts a fight at a show anymore? Go back to Limp Bizkit in 1999.
