The Roulettes

The Roulettes are "well-versed in the classics but they make it their own, sometimes even serenading their listeners in the style of the Supremes as they play a punk chord in the background. These girls are true innovators and even if they take inspiration from older styles, their music is far from an imitation." -- The Deli Magazine, NYC Fronted by two native New Yorkers, the Roulettes grew up playing basement and living room parties in Oberlin, OH. After moving to Portland, OR, the band met up with label Lucky Madison to record the first ever LM release, their self-titled EP, at Portland's Jackpot! Studios, with engineer Larry Crane (Sleater-Kinney, Stephen Malkmus). Later, unreleased Roulettes tracks saw them moving into darker territory with songs like "2:1," "Do it Again," and “Snow Day 2004/Moon Over Miami” (their meditation on volcanoes, gentlemen, and WMDs). But the band continued to pay tribute to nights at Chopsticks karaoke bar, the Fred Meyer Can-Do Machine, and the ever-popular montecristo sandwich. Long ago and far away, the Roulettes graced the cover of the Willamette Week and played all over their beloved Portland, from Ash Street to Slabtown to the original Rock’n’ Roll Camp for Girls, and in New York at the long gone Meow Mix. The Roulettes are back in NYC, where they played at CMJ in 2009 and at venues such as Knitting Factory, Cakeshop, Santos Party House, Union Pool (w/Class Actress), Bruar Falls, and Bowery Electric. They spent late 2010 organizing a sold-out benefit at Knitting Factory for the Kathleen Hanna documentary produced by Sini Anderson. The band is writing and recording new material and working on pre-promotion for their "Hot Ticket" video. Look for video spots with writers, bands like Duty Free, a stray ship’s captain, and you? BROS ICING BROS