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Chiptune Leveling up at Freq. Fest: 8bitLA 6.0 at The Smell
Rob Shepyer
January 23, 2017
Video games, especially ones for the NES and SNES consoles, are near and dear to my heart. I even have the tri-force from The Legend of Zelda tattooed on my leg. And who could forget that game’s soundtrack? With its fuzz bleeps and boops and doo-doodle-ooo’s… not I, never. I
Best Coast, HEALTH, No Age, Ty & Bleached Help To Save The Smell
Danny Baraz
January 20, 2017
As yet another one of 4,397th “Save the Smell” benefits is in the books and we prepare to present to you the review of all the extraordinary talent that agreed to perform at the cavernous Belasco Theater, the throwback Los Angeles venue that cost more to restore and renovate than
Janky Smooth Top 25 Bands & Artists To Watch in 2017
Janky Smooth Central Command
January 18, 2017
We take a fanboy/girl approach to music journalism in that most of us will gush over the artists we love and speak with a jaded cynicism about everyone else. That isn’t what this list of Top 25 Bands & Artists to Check Out in 2017 is about, though. (see disclaimer
Ty Segall & The Freedom Band Blow Minds at Secret Show at The Griffin
Aria Silva-Espinosa
January 16, 2017
Wednesday night was standing-room only at The Griffin in Los Feliz, an unusual bar scene for a weeknight but a flyer posted to @grifinbarla on instagram yielded heavy traffic for the venue early in the night for yet another, little publicized Ty Segall, “secret show.” (check out the video
Reverend Horton Heat & Jello Biafra: A Punk Rockabilly Freakout
Jessica Moncrief
January 15, 2017
Last Saturday, The Reverend Horton Heat hosted the 2nd of a two night event at The Observatory. Friday night was “Psychobilly Night” and Saturday was dubbed “The Punk Night”. As much as the photo journalist in me wanted to come out and get the story on the contrasting evenings (and
Thee Oh Sees & Wand Back For Annual Holiday Food Drive at Teragram
Johann A. Ramos
January 13, 2017
Thee Oh Sees- AKA, the hardest working band in the global music underground in the past decade. I swear to punk rock gods that these guys are on a world tour 365 whilst simultaneously putting out consistently great records. How do they do it? The annual Panache Booking/LA Kitchen Holiday Homeless Food Drive
Redd Kross, OFF! & Melvins Commemorate Teen Babes From Monsanto
Danny Baraz
January 9, 2017
Even though I’ve been averaging 3 or 4 shows a week, every week of every month since November of 2014, I still get jacked up on performances more often than not. I might not always be AS excited before I get to the venue from one night to the next
Santoros Record Release w/ Cutty Flam, Cigarette Bums & Solar Sons
Aria Silva-Espinosa
January 5, 2017
The Echo was decorated with pinatas and streamers with the words “El Perdedor” in metallic mylar balloon across the top of the stage for the release party for Santoros 3rd Album. Initially, the crowd was thin and only about a quarter of those in attendance by the end of the
The Janky New Year Top 10 SONGS of 2016 Rated by Contributors
Janky Smooth Central Command
January 5, 2017
We don’t care what people say about you, 2016; Janky Smooth loves you. Sure, you skull fucked the country with a culturally divisive presidential election that scrambled our brains, pitted us against each other and made propaganda the norm. Yes, we were able to normalize the images of police gunning
Fishbone at The Observatory: The Return of Philip “Fish” Fisher, OG
Janky Smooth Central Command
January 4, 2017
2016 was coming to a close and I was finally getting a chance to check out a show at The Observatory in Santa Ana. As curious as I was, who the hell would get me to drive all the way down to Santa Ana from LA on a Monday evening?
