Vixens is the name of at least two bands.

1. A hardcore punk band from Halifax, Nova Scotia.
"Vixens are one of those bands you keep hearing about before you actually get to see them. Their brand of quick, venomous hardcore punk seems to leave people dumbfounded. Josie Stephens, Rosie Davis, Bridget Robins and Julia Tufts first met while attending all-ages shows and bonded over a mutual desire to “sound like a bunch of 15-year-old boys from the ’80s,” says Stephens. However, the most interesting thing about the Vixens is their sense of assurance, which is both precocious and radical. Like a quartet of poison dart frogs, they appear young and beautiful, but if you stand too close, they will fuck up your life and maybe make you go blind."

2. A band from England.
Vixens were formed in 2008 by guitarists David Freeman and Danny Crane-Brewer who met in their first week at Oxford Brookes University. They were soon joined by fellow students Chris Knollman (bass) and Jonathan Clarke (vocals) and the foursome began writing music. After a year of rotating drummers the line-up was completed when Brent Harbron-Wade, an Oxfordshire local, joined the band and they began honing their sound.

Drawing on a lineage of alternative music including Joy Division, Sonic Youth, Gang of Four, The Cure and more recently Bloc Party, The National, The Maccabees, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead and Mogwai; Vixens’ music is by turns dark, uplifting, epic, aggressive and multi-layered, with baritone vocals, throbbing bass and pounding drums underpinning distorted, echoey guitars.

In April 2010 Vixens released their debut EP “Mirrors”, a four track release of dark and atmospheric rock. Recorded at Earth Terminal studios in Hampshire with Lewis Childs (whose production credits include Hope of the States) the band’s songs have already received radio play from BBC Introducing and praise from national publications.

"Mirrors, Vixens’ debut EP, follows in the strong traditions of British punk, dark and atmospheric with strong vocals punctuating heavy sliding guitars and for a debut effort it has a well polished sound. Vocalist Jonathan Clarke has the voice Faris Badwan wants, gloomy but still strong enough to carry the lyrics over the strong guitar riffs. The lyrics themselves are dark and a little bit illusive, which works well." - Common-People Magazine

"A billowing, barnstorming chunk of gothic power-pop from Vixens here, leading their debut EP with the song ‘These Hearts They Cannot Love’. It’s a great mix of artiness and pure yobbish noise" - Nightshift Magazine

"Dark atmospherics from this Oxford band, they’re reminiscent of a time gone by but still strangely remarkably fresh sounding" - Vacuous Pop

"...on these four tracks alone Vixens may be a band to check out now before the queues start forming." - God Is In The TV Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.