Janky Premiere: Dancing Tongues EP- Positions
Janky Smooth is proud to premiere Positions– the first EP from Los Angeles based, post-punk outfit, Dancing Tongues. The sound is a seduction of hypnotic droning and rhythmic incantation. The battery
October 2016
Between Enemy Lines- Hunter S. Thompson & The 2016 Election
What’s this thing you call me It’s scratching just beneath the surface It’s that thing that makes up everyone Every snowflake is unique until it melts And there’s no stopping
Janky Fest w/ The Dwarves & 15 Bands Celebrating 2 Years of Jankiness
It ain’t easy standing out in the sea of L.A. music blogs all looking for ad dollars, access and an invite to the after party. Janky Smooth doesn’t post ads
Patti Smith at The Teragram: The Influence of a Cultural Icon
As I entered the Teragram Ballroom last Thursday night, I thought to myself, “how do I review the performance of a prophetic artist like Patti Smith?” There is little pressure
Death Valley Girls in a Desert Daze Disneyland- Janky Smooth Sessions
Death Valley Girls front woman, Bonnie Bloomgarden aka Bonz Doomgarden is no stranger to the unexplained mysteries of what lay just beyond the logic of the material world. Death Valley
Watch Primus Perform Jerry Was a Race Car Driver at Desert Daze 2016
Primus. Love em or hate em, if you are over 30 years old then you already know. If you are under 30 then you probably associate Primus with South Park
Why We’re Still Trippin on Desert Trip
Now that the dust has settled, and we’ve had a little time to reflect and recover from the epic assemblage of music called Desert Trip, the memories keep flooding into
Desert Daze 2016: Quantifying the Physics Of A Good Time
It has been a common sentiment amongst those that I’ve questioned about their time at Desert Daze 2016, that it was the most meaningful festival experience they’ve ever had. Same question. Same answer.
2 Nights of The Julie Ruin at The Roxy: All Girls To… The Back Bar
The mood was light and the crowd was heavy on Friday night for the first of the two sold-out the Julie Ruin shows at the Roxy. Gender-bending, NYC comedian Murray
Janky Smooth Sessions: Beers, Buds & GnarBurgers w/ White Fang, No Parents
White Fang, No Parents and the Birth Defects have embarked on a tour for one of the first lineups of L.A. based bands that has made sense to me in quite
Watch King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard LIVE on Moshcam From Sydney
As a part of the buildup to Desert Daze 2016, we wanted to share a link to King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s performance caught by Moshcam from last night
Janky Smooth Sessions: Cosmonauts Interview By The Lake
It’s 4pm on a sunny Saturday afternoon and I’m running amuck at Echo Park Lake trying to track down Cosmonauts, Derek Cowart and Alex Ahmadi after all of our