Face to Face are playing The Novo on Thursday April 24 2026 in what is shaping up to be one of the most essential punk nights Los Angeles has seen this year. With Unwritten Law and Home Grown providing the O.G. main support and new comers, Ways Away representing a new generation of punks. It’s pretty stacked bill.
Buy tickets here or if your wallet is as beat up as your old copy of Don’t Turn Away- enter our giveaway below
Face to Face don’t need an introduction- but they deserve one anyway. Since emerging from Victorville in the early ‘90s, the band has been a cornerstone of melodic hardcore, delivering tight, hook-driven punk that refuses to age poorly.
Vocalist Trever Keith’s delivery still hits hard and as always, he backs them up with classic riffs that sound as good today as they did in the 90’s.
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The Novo is a room built for moments, and Face to Face are a band that makes them.
It’s hard to call this a nostalgia show. It’s hard to call any show a nostalgia show anymore with new generations harvesting old music and revitalizing it with fresh ears and as yet unbroken spirit. This is a band that still plays like they’ve got something to prove. If you’ve seen them before, you already know. If you haven’t, you have your chance on April 24th.
How to Enter the Face to Face Ticket Giveaway
1 Tag a friend or all of them on our Face to Face Ticket Giveaway post on our socials @jankysmooth – make sure you hit like on that post.
2 Make sure you are both following us @jankysmooth.
3 Winner will be announced on Monday April 21 at noon Pacific time.
One lucky winner will score two tickets- bring someone who actually appreciates a band that helped re-write the rulebook on melodic punk and get ready for a night that hits hard from the first chord to the last.
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About Face to Face
Formed in Victorville, California in 1991, Face to Face built their name the old fashioned way-relentless touring, uncompromising records and live shows that converted every skeptic in the room.
Albums like Don’t Turn Away, Big Choice and How to Ruin Everything remain touchstones of the melodic hardcore genre, influencing a generations of bands. Face to Face has gone through hiatuses and comebacks, but they always return sounding sharper and hungrier than the scene expects.
Their ability to balance melody with ferocity is what separates them from the pack, and their live show remains the definitive argument before Green Day was a blip on the culture sonar.
Mark your calendar for April 24, 2025 at The Novo in downtown Los Angeles. Enter now for your shot at two tickets.. Check back on announcement day to see if you’ve won and if you don’t, buy a ticket before they are sold out.
