Janky Smooth

Take This: Win 2 Tickets to Black Moth Super Rainbow at Lodge Room

Rob Shepyer October 16, 2018

Are you guys ready to trip? The Lodge Room is waiting for you and their hall of Halloween horrors comes in the form of some of the craziest, most visionary psych rock you could ever hear. That being the music of Black Moth Super Rainbow. With two shows back to

Kick Out The Jams: MC50 at the Observatory

Maggie St. Thomas October 14, 2018

Words and Photos by: Maggie St. Thomas The innovators of punk were the Motor City 5, known for their high energy live performances, being aggressive revolutionaries of the 1960’s and the house band of the White Panther Party. The MC5 recorded their first album Kick Out The Jams live on October 30th

Don’t Slander Me: Roky Erickson at Teragram

Janky Smooth Central Command October 13, 2018

Photos by: Dillon Vaughn Very few performers have lived lives as hard as Roky Erickson. A godfather of psych rock and garage, Roky’s history is almost unbelievable. A musical prodigy from childhood to a genre defining songwriter at age 19, it’s hard to believe the scope and impact of his

Take This: Win 2 Tickets To Tune-Yards and U.S. Girls at the Mayan

Janky Smooth Central Command October 12, 2018

Goldenvoice and 4AD records have come together to bring you one of the best concert bills all year with Tune-Yards and U.S. Girls gracing the stage at the beautiful Mayan Nightclub. Having just collaborated on a few tracks, the two bands are sure to put on powerful and unique performances.

Return of the Old School: Kingdom Come at the Whisky

Rob Shepyer October 11, 2018

It’s my contention that if 80’s metal and grunge were to duke it out today, 80’s metal would come out victorious. I once read about a book called “The Pendulum” that theorized every forty years, people’s attitudes change from collectivist thinking to independent thinking. Grunge swung more like an axe,

Teen Angst Never Dies: Alkaline Trio at the Observatory

Dave Unbuckled October 11, 2018

There’s really no point in beating around the fact that the average age of attendees at the shows I look forward to has well surpassed their mid-20s hipster cred and are slowly blending in with the crowds of parents — most are looking for a safe night out that can

Goths Go Metal: Tribulation at the Lodge Room

Rob Shepyer October 10, 2018

You don’t usually see goth boys and girls embrace extreme metal but in the case of Swedish melodic death metal band, Tribulation, the goths have found a band that represents their heart and soul and lets their dark fantasies play out on a stage. Tribulation doesn’t really incorperate the sound

Cal Jam Blooms in 2018

Rob Shepyer October 10, 2018

The duality of Dave Grohl is something to ponder. Simultaneously Rock God and fan, perhaps the latter is a prerequisite to the former. After 30 years of piloting the Foo Fighters, not to mention a stint in a little band called Nirvana, his place in the annals of rock history

Soft Kill Interview: Addiction, Loss, Gloom, and Doom

Audrey Kemp October 9, 2018

A truthful and cathartic conversation with Tobias Grave of Soft Kill will open your eyes to the hardship of addiction, loss and triumph, and demonstrate what it takes and what it is to create music in today’s society. AK: Your atmospheric melodies hark back to post-punk and dream pop of

Time Machine for Young and Old: Gary Numan at the Fonda

Audrey Kemp October 9, 2018

Gary Numan teleported his Los Angeles audience into his multidimensional universe for the final leg of his “Savage” tour on Saturday. It was 8:00 p.m. The venue, called the Fonda Theater, has a capacity of 1200. By the time the I got there, around six, a dense line of fans