If you lay on your arm too long it falls asleep. You can hit it and you feel pins and needles. This is caused by a lack of blood flow and it can result in the eventual loss of a limb. This takes days and you shouldn’t worry about it. But, what if that happened to you brain? If you wake up in the middle of the night with two numb arms are shoot up and shake them awake. But what if it happened to your brain? Your thoughts plunging without proper fuel. You might be inclined to receive electric shock therapy. Impuritan is a three piece comprised of Alex…
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Brume-Rooster
Brume are a Psychedelic Doom band from San Fransisco who’ve been embarking upon bringing their bleak message to anyone dark enough to endear listening. Their first album Donkey laid the blueprint design of the monster they were crafting. While Rooster lets the monster smash anything in its path. Rooster starts with “Grit and Pearls”. Like dense storm clouds rolling onto an unexpected city it consumes everything Susie’s vocals and bass are drenched with pain. The glacial pace of Jamie’s guitar constantly collapsing. The festering drums of Jordan are almost attempting to keep everything contained until the halfway point comes and what sounds like a war between riffs and percussion takes…
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The Next Gathering of The Tribes music and art festival in the works – May 4, 2017
For the second time in almost two-years, Dennis Gonzales, the founder of Pow Magazine is curating another San Francisco psych rock festival for the Summer of Love 50th Anniversary. This grand endeavor has been a labor of love since he returned from England after Liverpool International Festival Of Psychedelia. Dennis explained,“Since we didn’t have a festival in 2016, I knew we had to have another fest for the summer of love. The tribe is coming back.” Pow Magazine will once more be involved in recruiting volunteers, over seeing operations plus booking bands for The San Francisco Great Society or S.F.G.S, a music community of musicians, artists and sponsors. Press release…
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POW Magazine Reviews New EP by The Love Dimension- “Acceptance”
For nearly a decade, The Love Dimension has been a part of the San Francisco music scene. Known for having a unique and amorphous lineup, The Love Dimension defines themselves as a musical collective and has featured as many as 80 musicians throughout their existence. Every evolution brings new variants to the group’s sound, making for a diverse discography that can’t be placed into any one genre. This March sees the release of Acceptance, a new 5-track EP that showcases The Love Dimension’s wide range of influences and musical abilities.