Top Ten SHOWS of 2024 Rated by Contributors
Shows have always been Janky Smooth’s bread and butter. Our contributors are willing travel far and wide for the right […]
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Janky Smooth Top 10 ALBUMS of 2024 Rated by Contributors
2024 came and went with some of the most dramatic and tense moments in the country’s political and cultural history.
Devastation on the Nation w/ I AM Morbid at Belasco
When someone tells me there’s a death metal show tonight, I usually ask them what kind of death metal. If
Tyler’s Camp Flog Gnaw Year 10 Intersects w/ Chromakopia Number 1
A long hike up the hills of Elysian Park is a small price to pay for the view from the
Earth’s Crust: CY Fest 2024 at the Belasco
What does a typical LA punk want out of a festival? Given that Los Angeles is the most prominent live
Partying Like It’s 2004: IHEARTCOMIX 20th Anniversary
IHEARTCOMIX have established themselves as one of the most forward-thinking and distinct promoters in recent LA history over the past
Music for Trees: PJ Harvey at the Greek Theatre
PJ Harvey’s return to North America saw her playing songs off 2023’s I Inside The Old Year Dying, her most
HEALTH at The Grammy Museum- Making It In The New Music Industry
So here I am for the first time at the Grammy Museum in Downtown Los Angeles to see HEALTH perform
Dangerously Artsy: Geneva Jacuzzi at the Lodge Room
Geneva Jacuzzi‘s “Art is Dangerous” isn’t just the banger single from her most recent Dais Records full length album, Triple
Featured Song: Phantom Hound’s “From Boom Town To Ghost Town”
If you like your music equal parts moody and crushing, Phantom Hound’s latest release, “From Boom Town To Ghost Town”
Stone Age Swagger: Queens of the Stone Age at SB Bowl
This review is being written by a metalhead and punk. This review is not being written by a psych or
Cruel World 2024: A Legacy Forms in Year 3 at The Rose Bowl
It’s very rare for a music festival to have a storied legacy to live up to after just 2 years.