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Glam Rock Now
I never understood why the word "glam" got attached to LA metal in the eighties. For all the teased hair and scarves, it wasn't pushing anyone's buttons, and it certainly didn't seem glamorous in the high-fashion sense.
And while mid-nineties band like Suede and Spacehog got the preening right, their sound was too dense and layered to really evoke what made Glam rock such a kick: the blend of early rock and roll and camp theatrics. The key to T Rex and Bowie were how they blended the drama-queen arrangements of Gene Pitney and Lee Hazelwood with simple rockabilly riffs fuzzed out on Gibsons.
Glass Candy and the Shattered Theatre really get the look and attitude down. The sound is punky, but the disco drum machine here puts in the tinsel. And in this song, the singer pushes her Debbie Harry purr into the yelp that defines this kind of rock.
The Snitches are Canadian band who put out the gem below a few years ago. It was on their website for a long time, but now the website has disappeared. This afternoon, it seems to be redirecting to Universal Music. So maybe they got signed. But this blog has posted the song and gives more information on them. This isn't representative of the Snitches sound, which tends towards more pop-punk, but points towards their versatility.
If you sign up for their mailing list on the Atomiks' hard-to-navigate website, they'll let you in to their mp3 archives. But how will you ever know how great they are? They're from Nevada, and from what I can tell they've moved from greaser rock and roll to something much more mixed-up and charming. The singer has a great voice. His strains remind me of the Psychedelic Furs at points, but the simple go-go cage beats keep this raw.
Glass Candy and the Shattered Theatre - Love Love Love
The Snitches - Right Before My Eyes
Atomiks - Dance of Fools.
posted by bendy @ 6/09/2005 12:38:00 PM [permanent link]
Blackstrap is a rockpunk band that was formed in 2002 by several
disgruntled music fans. Some had played in bands for years, some had
never been involved in music. All of us were upset with the
direction the USA was moving. As you can tell, our impact on all that
has been overwhelming.
We broke up in 2004, just before releasing a debut EP. We still feel
bad about messing up 307 Knox Records
like that. We got back together in
2005. We might drive each other crazy again, so no promises.
We're a band that doesn't have many options as far as
money and time and touring and all those other thing that could make a
band be your life. The web is the main way we promote
ourselves. We figured out we should share what meager knowledge we have
obtained.
RESOURCES
or "Promoting Your Music as the Music Industry We Know and Dislike Dies...."
Websites are a lot of work to figure out, and don't work any magic
on their own. Most people who view your website are already going to know you exist.
Just having a website doesn't mean anyone is going to visit. So don't
worry about securing an Internet domain right away. Stick some
music on MySpace,
and then participate in sites that might actually drive interested
listeners to your music. Blackstrap gets more hits from our link
on ncpunkonline.com than from
higher-profile sites where we get lost in the shuffle.
There are advantages to having your own custom built website and
domain name, but it's only as useful to the extent that it gets linked to.
Here are some sites that are important and help to get noticed. They aren't all music sites, specifically. Alot of them require participation. But hey, you wanted to be on stage, right?
JUST HEARD
WEEKLY FAVS
LOOKING AT...
what else?
DISCLAIMER: I try to find MP3 which are linked to official sites for artists I admire. Other MP3's are up for a limited time and are for sampling purposes only. Music posted here is posted to encourage people to buy CDs, not with the intention to profit or to violate copyright. If you are the creator (or copyright owner) of a song, excerpt, essay, graphic or photo posted on this blog, please send email to the address on the CONTACT page if you want to comment on the selection or wish to have it removed.
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