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The Battle of The Bays: Obituary & Exodus Clash At Teragram Ballroom
Rob Shepyer
October 12, 2017
Thrash is the father of every form of extreme metal on the heavy metal family tree. If it wasn’t for Slayer there would be no death metal or black metal. There have always been bands that have teetered on the border of death and thrash metal, german thrash bands like
Take This: Win Two 2-Day Passes to Cloak And Dagger Festival
Janky Smooth Central Command
October 10, 2017
If you dress in black everyday and find comfort in the shadows, you’re in luck. Janky Smooth is proud to announce our Cloak And Dagger: Dusk Till Dawn festival giveaway. Goth, post punk, industrial, and more, converge into one monstrous 2-day lineup that will be taking place at both the
Andrew WK Preaches The Party Philosophy At The Regent Theater
Rob Shepyer
October 10, 2017
How can anyone not like Andrew WK? No matter what kind of music you’re into, if you go to his show, you will be moved to move, dance, shout, jump, and of course, party. That’s what AWK is a master of, getting everyone in a room on his side no
Video Premiere: Thee MVPs “US Airways” Exclusively at Janky Smooth
Janky Smooth Central Command
October 9, 2017
Thee MVPs have toured coast to coast, stopping off at SXSW to play with Janky garage favorites like Meatbodies, Dead Meadow, and Night Beats. Director Max Horn, whose worked previously with Frank Carter And The Rattlesnakes, was able to capture the kinetic intensity of Thee MVPs being their most vivid
Chelsea Wolfe: She-God of Luciferian Witches And Other Soul Harvesters At The Regent
Rob Shepyer
October 1, 2017
Chelsea Wolfe dresses in black. The color simply knows how to fall correctly upon her body. She feels comfortable in black and black feels comfortable on her. With her pale skin and thousand mile cold-detached stare, I don’t ever think I’ve seen a closer resemblance to a mythical siren grace
Front 242 And Severed Heads Bring Classic Industrial To The Regent Theater
Rob Shepyer
September 29, 2017
Cold Waves and Das Bunker joined forces to create one hell of a concert bill for a Wednesday night. Belgian innovators of EBM, Front 242 and Australian industrial icons, Severed Heads shared a stage for this incredible evening of dark, electronic music. Both groups are legends in the world of
The New Grass Sniffers: GrassFed and The Art Of Edibles Celebrate 50th Anniversary of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band with Ganja
Janky Smooth Central Command
September 27, 2017
At a pop-up gathering in Downtown Los Angeles, GrassFed and the Art of Edibles cosponsored an event celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The two boutique collectives displayed their cannabis finery from vape options and CBD oil elixirs to confectionery. The downtown space had the
Psychic TV Experiment With Auditory Alchemy At The Echoplex
Rob Shepyer
September 27, 2017
After Rebellion is Over‘s atrocious Regent performance for the Dais Records 10 year anniversary show, I felt that Genesis P-Orridge needed to redeem herself in my eyes. Up until that show, I had regarded her as a soothsayer, a psychic siren of sorts, a mystic… but that show, was fatally
Janky Exclusive: Rudy De Anda Premieres New 7″ “Abrasive” w/ Interview
Janky Smooth Central Command
September 22, 2017
Janky Smooth is proud to premiere two new tracks from the forthcoming 7″ ABRASIVE by the incomparable, Rudy De Anda and FREE DOWNLOAD OF THE TITLE TRACK- “Abrasive” (limited time only) “Think of Rudy De Anda as a lost diary. I learn secrets and private thoughts of this person but
Jawbreaker At Riot Fest: The Moment I Stopped Hating Pop Punk
Danny Baraz
September 21, 2017
Sometimes, a live music moment catches you off guard and hits you so hard that you are overcome with the feels- a band or a song that summons a moment in time, a relationship, a victory or a defeat- you are instantly transported to that time and place with a
