New Music Friday: Why Cheena quit the downtown scene for Brooklyn

Courtesy of Facebook. A funny thing happens in a place like New York City. I mean, I guess it happens everywhere, but it seems to happen at an accelerated pace here: change. Nowhere is that change more apparent than in our music scene. As a New York City artist, you’re very likely to watch the scene change before your very eyes, like some very disappointing caterpillar emerging out of its dingy, DIY cocoon into a bunch of luxury condos. Clubs close down, bands stop playing, the cool stuff moves from Manhattan to Brooklyn (no complaints there). And that’s just over a few measly years. One band that has grown and adapted with these changes is Cheena. Cheena is a scuzzy punk band of New York City kids who have evolved from a bunch of cigarette-smoking high school kids attending house shows and hanging on St. Marks to… well … basically they’re doing the same thing, but… Read More

New Music Friday: Why Cheena quit the downtown scene for Brooklyn : Brokelyn