The Foxx

Gary Glitter goes girl group? Juliet Legend, late of Teenbeat garage popsters the Rondelles, gets together with former roadie Izzy Bonnell, and a bouncing baby critter of the urban, prancing, platform-shod variety is born. Reared in the wilds of Albuquerque, N.M., outfitted in candy-colored metallics and boogie-woogie bounce, and all set to strut down Sunset Boulevard, the Foxx cross high T-Rex skank and quasi-Bowie swank with guitar solos that stop for quick tumbles at "Hotel California" along the way. And that's just the first two numbers on their new self-released seven-inch, Instrument. The Cuts and Sam Keener also perform. - SF Bay Guardian

The world's a moonage daydream for Albuquerque act the Foxx, who are studious followers of the Thin White Duke on their four-song debut. Listening to tracks like "Come to Japan," you can almost see the glitter flying off the drum kit with every star-strutting beat and imagine the eyeliner and platforms lining the dressing room. Male/female vocalists mix things up a bit, and there are plenty of pop hooks to be found in this band's garage aesthetic. They're playing the Funhouse on day three of the bar's annual Punklife fest (a play on the nearby Folklife); the fun starts at 1:00 p.m., featuring both local and touring bands. JENNIFER MAERZ - The Stranger

Foxx, the - Instrument/Come to Japan, 7"

The latest release from the Foxx finds the garage/glam junkies in total throwback '70s classic rock mode. They get it so right, I'm really starting to wonder if maybe these two songs aren't obscure Bowie or T. Rex tunes that I'm unaware of. Awesome anthems, any way you cut it. Catchy with a capitol "C." (AJ) Vinyl Countdown, www.the-foxx.com - Punk Planet

The Foxx hails from Albuquerque, New Mexico, and represent what I hope is a burgeoning movement in the rock revival world -- the return of glitter rock. On this self-titled debut, the Foxx, comprised of Juliet Legend (formerly of the Rondelles) and Izzy Bonnell on shared vocal-guitar duties, Zac Webb on bass, and Ryan Rail on drums, draw on the sound of 70s glam rock (think Mud, T. Rex) to create foot-stomping, pop anthems.

While the Rondelles were often described as a punky, 60s girl group, the Foxx seem based in the 70s, creating sophisticated guitar numbers that make you think the Rondelles were only hinting at Juliet's talent on the guitar. Izzy sounds like what David Bowie would if he decided to sing "Happy Together," and Zac and Ryan provide a dynamite rhythm section.

The girl/boy vocals make the Foxx infinitely more interesting and just a lot more fun than all the recent male-fronted garage revival bore. "Bands (Don�t Want Me To Dance)�"makes you want to bop around your living room while "Sad Desperation" is reminiscent of a Holly Golightly ballad. I can't figure out what makes the Foxx sound so unique; perhaps the Albuquerque isolation has kept the Foxx from becoming part of current music trends. Hopefully the quartet will start their own trend -- originality and the return of the pop anthem. - Venus Zine

The Foxx guitarist/vocalist Juliet Legend has found her niche. After several recordings and tours with the Rondelles, she's proceeded to co-front a band that perfectly blends campy 60s pop and the kind of trashy 70s glam rock that exploded out of Alice Cooper and the New York Dolls. Garage guitars and a strict Romantics groove lend themselves perfectly to dual, male/female vocals and syrupy-but-sincere lyrics, mostly about the boy-girl stuff that makes the world go round. "Ready to Go" is a hit waiting to happen, and my current favorite song, period. The next band signed out of Albuquerque? Very likely. - The Weekly Alibi

The Foxx hails from Albuquerque, New Mexico, and represent what I hope is a burgeoning movement in the rock revival world -- the return of glitter rock. On this self-titled debut, the Foxx, comprised of Juliet Legend (formerly of the Rondelles) and Izzy Bonnell on shared vocal-guitar duties, Zac Webb on bass, and Ryan Rail on drums, draw on the sound of 70s glam rock (think Mud, T. Rex) to create foot-stomping, pop anthems.

While the Rondelles were often described as a punky, 60s girl group, the Foxx seem based in the 70s, creating sophisticated guitar numbers that make you think the Rondelles were only hinting at Juliet's talent on the guitar. Izzy sounds like what David Bowie would if he decided to sing "Happy Together," and Zac and Ryan provide a dynamite rhythm section.

The girl/boy vocals make the Foxx infinitely more interesting and just a lot more fun than all the recent male-fronted garage revival bore. "Bands (Don�t Want Me To Dance)�"makes you want to bop around your living room while "Sad Desperation" is reminiscent of a Holly Golightly ballad. I can't figure out what makes the Foxx sound so unique; perhaps the Albuquerque isolation has kept the Foxx from becoming part of current music trends. Hopefully the quartet will start their own trend -- originality and the return of the pop anthem. - Venus Zine