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Off The 405: Summer Concert Series at The Getty
Janky Smooth Central Command
May 24, 2024
One of Los Angeles’ most beautiful places to see a concert is The Getty museum’s mountain top vista sitting Off The 405 freeway between the Valley and the West Side. Soak in the summer rays and bursts of colorful sunset while surrounding yourself with art from around the world and
Summon and Purge: Swans at the Lodge Room
Rob Shepyer
May 22, 2024
Tasked to describe Swans to a friend and convince him to join me at this sold out Lodge Room show, I wasn’t able to pinpoint any genre to pigeonhole the band into an understandable phenomenon. With a little research, Swans is usually categorized as a noise rock band, but even
The Book of Revelation Records: Judge, 7 Seconds, Side by Side and Youth of Today at 1720
Rob Shepyer
May 17, 2024
Revelation Records is perhaps hardcore’s most iconic record label. With heavyweights like Gorilla Biscuits, 7 Seconds and Youth of Today in their lineup, the label has cemented their place as a necessary pillar of an entire genre. Even today, Revelation Records is still just as relevant, giving hardcore artists like
Gary Numan and Frontline Assembly at The Fonda: An Evening of Synths and Industrial Bliss
Saryn Christina
May 8, 2024
On April 7, 2024, The Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles welcomed the eager fans of Gary Numan and Frontline Assembly with a line stretching around the block. The atmosphere buzzed with anticipation as the doors swung open, revealing a packed theater ready to witness both artists take the stage. Frontline
Tonic Truth and Collective Consciousness: Kim Gordon at Ventura Music Hall
Rob Shepyer
April 6, 2024
In her latest reinvention, Kim Gordon deepened her trip hop digs and redefined her signature noise rock stylings into a pure avalanche of disruption to pull our eyes out of our phones, whether to pay attention or escape into a headbang, so we may listen to what she has to
If Anyone Needed A New Year, It’s Me: The Black Lips at The Lodge Room
Taylor Wong
April 5, 2024
New Year’s Eve; this is usually when you reflect on the year you’ve had and think about the year that’s about to come. Well my year was shit to say the least. Nothing beats losing a job, your dog getting cancer, and two break ups that bookend 2023. The year
Pro(n)g Rock: Voivod at The Fonda
Rob Shepyer
March 28, 2024
It’s a rarity that the Voivod UFO comes hovering over Los Angeles and to miss witnessing an event like this is simply a rookie metal move. Last time, the band came to El Rey opening for Revocation for an oddly mixed bill. Now, the band paired with Prong, who they
Ceremony Gets Their Flowers at the Hollywood Palladium
Rob Shepyer
March 4, 2024
As 2024 launches into orbit, I see our Los Angeles music scene and its veterans coming full circle as the year’s trajectory begins to take shape. Ceremony’s epic Palladium show celebrating the anniversary of 2010’s Rhonert Park EP was the biggest headlining show of their career, performing in front of 3,700
3Teeth at The Teragram: Industrial Dystopia
Danny Ryan
February 8, 2024
Love for gothic industrial and nu-metal aesthetics seemed nonexistent for a while, being almost universally seen as cringe and outdated as indie rock and trap music dominated the airwaves in the late 00’s and early 2010’s. With political tensions rising after the 2016 election however, angry and darker music came
Levitation 2023: The Catharsis of Heavy Music
Janky Smooth Central Command
January 11, 2024
Halloween weekend. Thickness in the air. Darkness in the world. I’m committed to a music festival far from home and it’s supposed to rain. Austin, Texas: despite having been there only 5 months prior for Austin Psych Fest, one of the most special community-based music experiences of my life, I
