The Love Dimension, San Francisco, Photo by Ellie Doyen for Pow Magazine Check out their latest album, Dream Decibels. With a complete, cohesive flow from start to finish, Dream Decibels takes you through the spectrum of human experience, to the stars and cosmos beyond, and then gently carries you back down to earth with their final song “Back Home.” Every song on this album has its own purpose and intent. The songs vary dramatically to give you different energetic vibes and feelings. They flow together seamlessly, making for a complete e(ar)-xperience. Kicking it off with “Faster Than the Speed of Light”: like the name implies, it’s a high-powered anthem that…
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POW x The Reverberations
Editor Sheena Salazar sat down with The Reverberations in Portland OR to talk about their new album Changes, and their upcoming release show. Follow The Reverberations: https://thereverberations.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/thereverberations @thereverberations Buy the new album: https://thereverberations.bandcamp.com/ Videography By Sheena Salazar
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Discography Biography #4: Paul Kopf
It’s time for Discography Biography, POW’s monthly look into the mind, and the record collection of a various musician. For those who aren’t familiar with how it works, here’s a quick rundown: As any music lover knows, there’s a huge difference between “desert island discs”, favorite records, most influential records, etc. The ones that interest me the most are the ones that are the most personal- the albums that define who you are, the ones that could be called the soundtrack of your life. Every month here on POW, I’ll be talking to a different musician about the top 3 albums that make up what I’ve affectionately titled their “Discography…
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POW x Mantis, 1/13/2019
POW editor Sheena Salazar caught up with Portland’s Mantis about their newest member, and their upcoming (maybe) album release. Follow Mantis: https://mantis666.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/mantis-portland https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsBX… https://www.facebook.com/mantisportland/ @mantisportland
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Steve Courtney’s Album Review of Delta Spirit from Joshua Cook and the Key Of Now
Obviously, the blues is a genre defined by its limitations. Like a sonnet or a villanelle, there are strict guidelines in place that define the artform. There are roughly 25 ‘classic’ blues songs, and artists have been reworking those same forms for a couple of centuries now. If you go to any blues bar in America, you’re going to hear songs built on these same familiar songs, structures, and chord progressions. What makes modern blues interesting then, is when an artist brings something *new* while working within the form. The new record from Joshua Cook & The Key Of Now, “Delta Spirit,” is labeled in the “blues-psych” vein, but it…
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Discography Biography #3: Nick Saloman
It’s 2019, and it’s time for the newest installment of Discography Biography- POW’s monthly look into the mind, and the record collection of a various musician. For those who aren’t familiar with how it works, here’s a quick rundown: As any music lover knows, there’s a huge difference between “desert island discs”, favorite records, most influential records, etc. The ones that interest me the most are the ones that are the most personal- the albums that define who you are, the ones that could be called the soundtrack of your life. Every month here on POW, I’ll be talking to a different musician about the top 3 albums that make…
