POW caught up Pat and Lety Beers November 17th at the final stop of The Schizophonics’ US tour, at the Twilight Cafe and Bar in Portland, OR. We try to uncover what the secret is to the endless, insane energy the band brings to every show, talk about their new album People in The Sky, and find out what’s ahead for the band in 2020- hint: world domination. Check out the interview below, and check out the photo gallery from the show at the bottom of the page. Read POW’s review of People In The Sky: https://www.powmagazine.org/powmagazine/nwnrschizophonics/ Check out the full gallery from the show below! All photos by Kurt…
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New Week, New Release: The Rosalyns “Outta Reach”
The Rosalyns, a supergroup of girls in the garage featuring Anja Stax (The Loons), Lori Sokolowski (Gloomsday), Lety Beers (The Schizophonics), Amy Gore (The Gore-Gore Girls), and Birdy Bardot, who has one of the most perfect “garage rock” vocals I’ve ever heard, seriously. “The Rosalyns first assembled six years ago to pay tribute to the “girls in the garage” sound of the 1960s- trailblazing bands like the Pleasure Seekers, the Liverbirds, The Clingers, the Daughters of Eve, the Ace of Cups, and the Belles- young women who took up guitars, basses and drums to make some rock n roll noise of their own in a field dominated by men. Swimming…
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POW x The Zags at Music Millennium
On Saturday afternoon, November 2nd, 2019, Portland, Oregon’s alternative rock garage band, The Zags gave an in-store performance at Portland’s famous Music Millenium music store to promote and support their new release “The Cliff”. Music Millenium is a nationally known music outlet with a vast assortment of all genres and formats of store-stocked music. They also host regular in-store performances of artists of all levels including local, national and legendary artists (such as Peter Frampton, Art Alexias and June Cash Carter). On this evening, the featured artists were Portland’s own, The Zags. The Zags are a three-piece, alternative/garage rock band and have three CD’s and an EP release. The Zags…
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Time to Testify! The Schizophonics’ “People In The Sky” is finally here!
Alright other bands, it’s time to pack it up and go home. The new Schizophonics album People in The Sky is here. I’m joking (mostly) of course, but there’s no doubt that this new slab of wax is 2019’s most raw, rockin release thus far. The second full length release from San Diego’s Schizophonics, People In The Sky starts off at 11 and doesn’t let go until the closes track ends. We’re talking pure, distilled, in your face rock n roll from start to finish. Distortion, fuzz, searing guitar solos, wild screams….it’s all there and it’s glorious. The album opens with “Something’s Got To Give”, a five and half minute…
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New Week New Release: Marshmallow Overcoat’s “Wait For Her” b/w “The Marshmallow Theme”
The Marshmallow Overcoat is a band who’s roots go back to the 1980’s Paisley Underground scene, and it’s clear from the first listen of this new 45 RPM single that they’re not new to making this kind of music. Both of these songs have an authentically late 1960’s feel, in the compositional elements of the songwriting as well as the quality of the recording. As the band’s name might suggest, this music brings to mind late 60’s psych-pop such as Strawberry Alarm Clock and the Electric Prunes. Side A, “Wait For Her,” is a delightfully catchy pop tune driven by jangly 12 string guitar and smooth background vocals that sit…
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Another PNW New Release: The Orange Kyte’s “Carousel”
Halloween may be over, but we’ve still got 1 treat for you this week. Vancouver BC’s The Orange Kyte have returned with Carousel, 10 tracks of glorious psyched up lo-fi garage out now on Little Cloud records. Carousel picks up where 2018’s The Orange Kyte Says Yes! left off, with the band’s signature lo-fi dirty garage psych sound and overdriven vocals. Carousel adds in some new grooves however, occasionally veering into post-punk, new wave, and even vaguely powerpop territories. Some of the album’s hippest grooves are the album opener “Masquerade” which is punked up garage cool with tinges of Roxy Music thrown in via the prominent sax, the uber catchy…