No More Censorship Defense Fund Benefit Show – Part II by Dennis Gonzales After the success of The Kennel Club, Dave Davis and I needed a large venue to support the same amount of bands Pow had covered in the South Bay. In 1987 The South Bay club circuit, were few and far between. However, a lot of bands said they’d be happy to help us provided we could find a venue. The legendary music club Laundry Works, which until closing in 1987, had a plethora of great alternative bands. Mike Trippett and Sean Galvin —add an extremely brief explanation on who they are— were running a temporary venue called…
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Clairvoid Fest @ The Bootleg Theatre (LA)
Clairvoid Fest featured lineup of local bands performing for the benefit of Meristem with 100% of the proceeds going to the center for young adults on the autism spectrum. Event date: August 27, 2017. For the INFO: https://www.facebook.com/pg/meristem.pro/about/?ref=page_internal Love Rites opened up Clairvoid Fest with a self described sound of new romantic post punk r&b. They scathe the surface of 80s diva bravado vocals with boisterous pop hits vocal style of the ’00-’10s with frenetic drum style and pensive paced guitar combo. Their songs had aspects of moody post punk, but the delivery of their set live was similar to an upbeat and faster paced version of George Michael’s ‘Freedom! ’90’. Related…
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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 Music Videos March 26, 2017
New videos from 2017 and we’ll have more in the next couple of weeks. So keep sending us your music video for Pow Magazine. This week, The Beatles, Ty Segall, The Asteroid No. 4, The Black Angels, Soviet Soviet, Dead Horse One, Daydream Machine, Ouzo Bazooka, Ulrika Spacek, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Chariots, Maya and The Revolutionary Hell Yeah!, Entrance Band, Spacepony, AUTISTI, The Green Door, False Priest, Jupiter’s Eye, The Raving Madd, Slowly, and Dark Web. [huzzaz id=”ow-magazine-music-videos-2017-part-tw” vpp=”12″]
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Pow Magazine Music Videos March 1, 2017
New videos from 2017 and we’ll have more in the next couple of weeks. So keep sending us your music video for Pow Magazine. This week, The Coathangers, Jesse E. James, Green Circles, The Risin’ Sun, The Higher State, The Prefab Messiahs, The Love Dimension, Lucifer’s Dream, The Call Him Zone, Moon Duo, Chain of Pink, Alma Fronterizas, The Dandy Warhols, Melt Dunes, Wish, Vallens, Vinyl Williams, Morning Face & Mellow Lizard, Mall Walk (Live Stream) and Music for Headphones. [huzzaz id=”pow-magazine-music-videos-2017-part-o” vpp=”12″]
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POW Magazine Reviews the Exclusive New Single from Joel Gion
POW Magazine Reviews the Exclusive New Single from Joel Gion Most POW readers will already be very familiar with Joel Gion– for over 2 decades he has been the eternally smiling, tambourine shaking member of The Brian Jonestown Massacre. However over the past few years Gion has established himself as a singer-songwriter capable of holding his own, releasing several singles along with a full length album in 2014. Gion’s anticipated sophomore album is set to be released in the Spring of 2017, but an exclusive, non-album track, “Tomorrow’ is available now as a digital single via itunes.