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…
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POW Magazine Reviews The Small Breed
From the ashes of The Black Marble Selection have risen The Small Breed. After The Black Marble selection quit making music early this year after 6 years together, the members went on to form The Small Breed. The Netherlands based quintet are releasing their first 4 track EP today, December 7th. And brace yourselves, dear readers, because it’s the best release I’ve heard all year. The self titled EP opens with “Bellis Perennis (What’s In A Name)”, a madly brilliant mix of Sergeant Pepper and Syd Barrett with dizzying backwards effects, circus style organs, and loads of psychedelia. The slow, trippy verses paired with the sunshine-y sing along chorus is…
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POW x King Khan
POW editor Sheena Salazar sat down with King Khan of King Khan & The Shrines to talk about his upcoming projects, his Halloween costume ideas, and how the band manages to make every show such a party. [wpdevart_youtube]P3qJAZ36ZMk[/wpdevart_youtube] Stay tuned for lots of footage from the show! Interview filmed October 19th at Star Theater In Portland OR. Videography by Jonathan Moore
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Show Review: Charts, Michael Rault, Cut Worms
Tuesday nights lineup of PDX locals Charts, Canada’s Michael Rault, and Brooklyn’s Cut Worms at the swanky Doug Fir Lounge in Portland was so good the show deserves a full write-up. The night began with Charts, a Portland band I was not previously familiar with. Music snob that I am, I was fully prepared to just drink my beer and not cover the first band at all, but from their first song I was pulled in. Their sound is a rooted in what I’d call modern indie rock, but there were some surprising bits of psych, surf, and garage all throughout. The band also seemed super excited and happy to…
