Tag: glam rock

New Video: Introducing the Debaucherous Old School Rock Sounds and Visuals of NYC’s Cheena

Cheena is a New York based indie rock act, who specializes in a gritty and scuzzy old-school sound that draws from glam rock and punk paired with lyrics full of sleazy, rock ‘n’ roll mayhem and debauchery — or as the liner notes of a great EP by a now-defunct band once read these are “songs to fight and fuck for.” And with the release of their full-length debut, Spend the Night With . . . , the band has received both national and international attention for a sound that seems inspired by T. Rex, Thin Lizzy, Ziggy Stardust-era David Bowie and others, as you’ll hear on the anthemic, barn-burner “Stupor.” Frankly, just listening to this song reminds me of all the great dive bars I used to drink irresponsibly in — oh how, I miss them so!

Interestingly, as the band announced their first European tour, they also released the video for “Stupor,” a video that captures the members of the band, in tight jeans and leather, drinking beer, running around and shot on grainy VHS-style tape to give it that proper old-school, shitty feel

Last year while having excess free time on the road and an extraordinary burst of creativity, Yukon Blonde’s frontman Jeffrey innes started a solo side project, High Ends, which was a major sonic and aesthetic […]

The Los Angeles-based quartet of Dorothy, named after their founder and lead vocalist have become blogosphere sensations for a sound that employs elements of riff-heavy 60s and 70s rock, the blues, glam rock, hip hop […]

Ward White is probably best known as one half of the chamber pop duo, McGinty and White, which features former Psychedelic Furs keyboardist and founder of The Loser’s Lounge tribute series, Joe McGinty. Their debut […]

Formed back in 2011, the Melbourne, Australia-based trio of Pearls quickly developed a reputation for crating a shimmering (at times kind of noisy) pop-based sound. And as a result they gained the attention of their […]

The San Francisco, CA-based quintet of Scissors For Lefty have quickly won over the segments of the blogosphere for a sound that employs elements of 70s glam rock, 80s synth rock and synth pop with […]

“Inamorata” is the first single off the Los Angeles, CA-based (via Detroit) band the Singles’ forthcoming effort Look How Fast A Heart Can Break, slated for an April 1st release. And although the band has quickly […]

“Black Light” is the first single from J. Roddy Walston and the Business’ soon-to-be-released album, Essential Tremors which ATO Records will release on September 10th. The trio of vocalist/guitarist Billy Grordon, vocalist/bassist Logan Davis and  drummer Steve […]