What makes L.A. Witch unique is underneath that firecracker and smoke appeal therein lies the complex layers of melancholy (echoes of Spacemen 3) that haunts and stays with you. They capture that transient spirit of Los Angeles fairly well.
-
-
Suicide Squeeze released ‘Under The Spell of Joy’ October 2, 2020
Death Valley Girls fourth coming album ‘Under The Spell of Joy’ invites you to follow their psychospiritual mantras and melodies to transcend your worldly woes and embrace the glorious power that is manifesting JOY. Energetically, DVG captured that spirit with liberating chants, haunting choirs, saxophonic melodies, organ lines, fuzzed out/hypnotic guitar, throbbing bass, and booming drums. The album title comes from the text on a band t-shirt that Bonnie Bloomgarden(vocals/organ) wore while touring for five years straight from San Diego heavy psych rockers ‘Joy’. DVG took that maxim and built upon it to help guide you through this hallucinatory spell of an album. The ritual opening track ‘Hypnagogia’ envelopes the…
-
Nico and The Nights new Video Premiere – “Black Swell”
POW Magazine premiering Nico and the Nights latest video. Fresh tunes for your Monday drive. Cruise and take the long way home.. #nicoandthenights #powmagazine #videopremiere #blackswell #rockandroll #venice #losangeles #localbands #silverlake #rockandroll #jimmorrison #vibes #mellow #surf #psychedelic
-
Evolve with Egrets on Ergot
Daniel (right) Echo Park Rising (2017) Catching up with Egrets on Ergot. Group based out of Los Angeles consists of: Atom (Vocal/Sax), Crow Jane (Guitar/Vocal), Matt (Drums), Daniel (Bass/Vocal) Interview/photos by Grace Dunn. G: Adam, we have met briefly at Echo Park Rising and your set every time thereafter is so reviving to me. Each member commands the space with their unique sound, but can we get a background on each member? Introduce yourselves please! Atom: feeling trapped, unstimulated, unchallenged, without money or discipline for school, I relocated myself from st. louis to california in 2005 and formed a psychobilly band (think the Deltas and the Ricochets). Working in nothing but food…
-
Catching Up with CAT SCAN!
Interviewed by Grace Dunn for Pow Magazine: January 5, 2017 G – Cat Scan just formed this year, but you have been playing in various projects beforehand. What was the inspiration for the name Cat Scan? David – Cats can but can we? Quincy – Rock Paper Scissors Jeff – I was out of the country Ian – I think medical puns are cool G – Quincy, you were in one other project when I met you (Future Shoxxx) and currently in another (The Bomb). Can you let us in on your previous background with music that has led up to this point? Quincy – I don’t have…
-
TWIN TEMPLE INTERVIEW
Pow Magazine Interview with Twin Temple! Catching up since their performance and Ritual on Halloween Night at The Black Rabbit Rose in Hollywood. Interviewed by: Grace Dunn G: Been meaning to talk about the Ritual that occurred Halloween night. Has Kansas Bowling been back to you with visions of Lilith or any sort of occult vitalization? T T: Initiation of Neophytes is an intimate relationship, and Kansas has sworn her undying allegiance to Twin Temple, Satan, Glorious Lucifer, and Glorious Lilith. This includes oaths of secrecy to thee Coven, or she would have her tongue ripped out, and her flesh burned, her throat cut, and her heart impaled, and would…
