I attended Psyched! Fest 2023 show at the Knockout on October 27th, one of multiple shows sponsored by Psyched! Radio SF. This was the sixth show in their series of shows in San Francisco. This was the smallest of all the shows, showcasing bands in a smaller and more intimate venue, where they could interact with the crowd in all their Halloween costumes. There was a DJ set by 13 Angels, playing some good standards like The Smiths and others, to set the mood of the show in between sets, “spinning melodic enchantments that will transport you to otherworldly dimensions,” but it’s also hard to hear the DJ at the…
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Music Box Presents – Kilowatt Bar 4.1.23
Everyone was on the guest list for this event, and it wasn’t just an April fool’s joke. Music Box Presents hosted an amazing night of psychedelic and new wave rock music at the Kilowatt Bar on this past April 1st , 2023. It’s amazing the amount of people that come out of the woodwork for a free rock show in San Francisco. Not only did lots of denizens of the SF psych scene make an appearance, lots of just average people going out on a Saturday night in the Mission District also got to be exposed to some really good original music from two really talented new bands. Alongside friends…
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“Life Is A Merry Go Round”- Live in Portland with The Zombies
Iconic British psychedelic pop legends The Zombies are back to celebrate their long-awaited Induction into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, with a new album in the works and their 2022 “Life Is A Merry-Go-Round” Tour. This tour feels like a well-deserved victory lap after some major wins for this hard working veteran band, who are truly in a class of their own. The band being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is certainly a significant event in the history of the Zombies, and one that was a long time in the making. After receiving their 4th nomination in 5 years, the support for The Zombies’…
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Return of the Bay Area Psychedelic Rock Scene
"As the sun set through the clouds over Haight street, the faint sound of a Turkish drum being played can be heard in the distance amongst all the tourists, hippies, and street bohemians of the neighborhood. The Milk Bar is hosting a modern psychedelic show with bands on the bill this evening, and things were shaping up to be a nice return to form for the Bay Area psych rock scene"
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TREEFORT 10 ROCKS BOISE
For the first time, POW MAGAZINE was able to travel to Boise, Idaho and bring the Treefort 10 Music Festival to our viewers. The festival ran for five days from Wednesday through Sunday, March 23-27, 2022. "
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ITALY’S NEW CANDYS POW INTERVIEW AT PORTLAND, OREGON’S MISSISSIPPI STUDIOS
"When you get new candy, you crave it and it's sweet and it's delicious! And so it was when POW MAGAZINE's Sheena Moore interviewed Venice, Italy's New Candys band at Portland, Oregon's Mississippi Studios and Bar on Tuesday 8, 2022. The New Candys are on tour supporting their newest release, "Vyvyd". It was a three band show with The Black Doors opening, followed by The Sun Atoms and with The New Candys headlining."