Story by: Kurt Johnson Photos by: Kurt and Linda Johnson Videos by: Kurt Johnson On Friday and Saturday the 15th and 16th October 2021, the Huichica Music Festival took place at the Gundlach Bundschu Winery located in Northern Califonia’s world famous Sonoma Valley. The Huichica festival (Pronunciation: Wha-Chee-Ka) is a music, wine and food festival that has been a leader within the realm of the new “Micro-Festival”concept. The idea is that wine, food and music situated in a beautiful and relaxing outdoor location where all visitors enjoy an intimate and warm setting. Combined with musical selections that are particularly chosen for just such an atmosphere, Gundlach Bundschu Winery provides the…
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Dead Meadow Halloween Psychedelic Stoner Rock Experience
Keeping the spirit of psychedelic San Francisco alive is the Chapel and Dead Meadow with world class liquid light shows. Skilled and far-out psychedelic rock blasted over an audience of vampires, pirates, witches and dominatrix’s with masks on and drinks in hand.
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Glöbia & The Cosmic Dead beg the question, do we need rocket ships to explore space or is there another way?
This is an intergalactic hyperspace exploration using sound and inner vision brought to you by Glöbia from Italy and Scottish heavy psych band, The Cosmic Dead. Both these bands ride the cosmic waves of in-the-moment inspiration and thrive in warm analogue tones using a classic progressive rock line-up with guitars, drums, bass and synth, keyboards and or organs.
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Kundalini Genie
Kundalini Genie Half In, Half Out Kundalini Genie Half In Half Out will be released on October 29th 2021 from Little Cloud Records (USA) and Space Ranch Records (EU) on colored vinyl. Scotland is the home of the six member psych-shoegaze-rock band, Kundalini Genie. Their upcoming release Half In Half Out is a shoegaze psychedelia garage rock experience. Scotland is the home of early shoegaze band The Jesus and Mary Chain and has a long history of post-rock, psychedelic folk, shoegaze and pop music. Kundalini Genie emerged with their first album Reverberation in 2017. These ambitious lads have released a new album every year since, the latest is Half In…
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The New Earth Farmers World Premiere of “Into the Great Unknown”
The New Earth Farmers “Into the Great Unknown” The New Earth Farmers “Into the Great Unknown” POW Magazine is proud to premiere the new music video from The New Earth Farmers. “Into the Great Unknown” is the title track from the latest EP released in April 2021. The song features classic folk rock with silky smooth production and catchy songwriting. Their charming sound is constructed around 12 string electric guitar, acoustic strumming and an electric slide guitar for a full bodied tone. The vocals by Paul Knowles and Nicole Storto are soothing and use tight harmonies and melodies that draw on their 70s folk rock inspirations. “Into The Great Unknown”…
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PORTLAND’S LOSE YR MIND FEST
Story, photos and videos by: Kurt Johnson Lose Yr Mind Fest 7 is a Portland, Oregon produced music festival that promotes and supports both local and national artists. The fest accomplishes this by partnering with companies based in Oregon. The idea is to cultivate the artistic and musical communities in multiple venues and showcasing some of Portland’s favorite musical talents. Advertised as a two-night event, it actually involved four nights from Thursday night, September 16th through Sunday night, September 19th, 2021. On Thursday night, the fest began with a Kickoff Party at the KEX media studio restaurant and bar, Dottir featuring the bands Roselit Bones and the Silver Triplits. On…
