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Dusk At Midnight: Converge At The Regent Theater
Rob Shepyer
January 27, 2018
Converge is not just a band to me, Converge is a concept. Fresh off the heels of one of 2017’s best releases in extreme music, the band embarked on a stacked tour with metal heavyweights Cult Leader and Sumac as openers. All three bands are worthy of headlining the Regent
The Janky Smooth Top 10 Shows of 2017 Rated by Contributors
Janky Smooth Central Command
January 19, 2018
Above any album or single releases, CONCERTS had to be the best thing about music in 2017. It wasn’t necessarily the dissidence in the air but rather the acts that chose to play in Los Angeles, that made the year so good. Bands like James Chance and The Contortions made
If Ever A Band Was My Home: Ceremony’s HOME SICK Festival At The Phoenix Theater
Rob Shepyer
January 18, 2018
I have been waiting for so long to write about Ceremony that referencing their performances in completely unrelated articles just became a habit of mine. If I was writing about hardcore punk moshing and stage diving then I’d compare the peaks of that violence to the bar set by Ceremony
The Janky Smooth Top 10 SONGS of 2017 Rated by Contributors
Janky Smooth Central Command
January 15, 2018
Low expectations for politics in 2017 made for high expectations in music and though this year saw revolution and protest turned into memes with albums like Eminen’s Revival, if you look closely, almost every genre had standout artists and a raising of the bar. Even hip hop, which was was dominated
Janky Smooth Top 10 ALBUMS of 2017 Rated By Contributors
Janky Smooth Central Command
January 12, 2018
Year end album reviews remind us at Janky Smooth why we’re so lucky to be covering the underground music scene in Los Angeles. Maybe, if there was no underground and all you could listen to was the chart toppers, then you wouldn’t even think there was anything special about 2017.
Rolling Loud SoCal 2017 Doses the Youth with the Latest Opiate of the Masses
Rob Shepyer
December 23, 2017
Whether you follow and enjoy hip hop or not, you cannot live in 2017 without encountering the sounds of “Trap”, hip hop’s newest anarchist misfit offspring and perhaps its most polarizing subgenre. As a punk and metalhead my whole life, a year ago, I would’ve never predicted I would go to a festival
Krautrock Nite With Malcolm Mooney of Can At Echoplex: To Outer Space And Down To Earth
Rob Shepyer
December 15, 2017
On the tapestry of world genres, that hangs in heaven’s music hall, one square is not quite like the others. Krautrock, is an enigma and maverick genre, it was when it was created in Germany and it’s still a mystery till this day. After the war and iron curtain, German
For The Children 2017 at The Echoplex: Hardcore is The Gift That Keeps on Giving
Rob Shepyer
December 15, 2017
The holidays are supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year, when you can be among friends and family and give and receive gifts as a sign caring and sharing and loving one another. That’s what it’s supposed to be but for far too many, this is not
Freak Style Booking and KXLU Throw Mexico Earthquake Relief Show At Top Space 2.0
Aria Silva-Espinosa
December 8, 2017
Consistently delivering stacked lineups and solid venues, Freak Style Booking in cooperating with KXLU, organized a benefit show with all proceeds going to earthquake relief efforts in Mexico. At a minimum donation of $7 at the door, the show generated over $1000 for Topo Brigada de Rescate. According to the
Millennial Matchmaking: Gary Numan & Ugly God At The Observatory
Rob Shepyer
November 22, 2017
Two artists from very different times and scenes played two different shows on the same Observatory stage. Gary Numan and Ugly God- rarely do you get that much musical diversity out of a night and I was interested to see how my brain would react to absorbing the contrast. Anyone that
