Posts By Audrey Kemp
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2.3KFEATURES - JANKY SMOOTHLearning Blocks: Karim Shuquem on ‘Die Kunstkammer’
Karim Shuquem is always reaching for something: sometimes a trumpet or a microphone, other times a paintbrush or a black block. Far...
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2.5KFEATURES - JANKY SMOOTHDark Art Brings Levity: Body / Negative’s Andy Schiaffino Discusses “Fragments”
In a time that seems to fray the very fabric of our social lives, Andy Schiaffino finds comfort in the hiss of...
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2.2KSHOWSAt a Loss for Words: Explosions in the Sky at the Hollywood Palladium
Sometimes the songs that speak to us the most are devoid of words at all. In a time where we are incessantly...
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2.2KSHOWSDais Party: Drab Majesty’s Modern Mirror Record Release at the Fonda
Since 2007, Dais Records has illuminated artists that challenge the audiophile’s idea of post-punk, and the sold-out Fonda theatre’s guests on July...
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3.5KFEATURES - JANKY SMOOTHDeb Demure’s Modern Mirror: Drab Majesty Interview
David Hume once said, “Beauty is no quality in things themselves: it exists merely in the mind which contemplates them.” For Deb...
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3.1KSHOWSForty Years of Youth: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at the Forum
With forty years of innovation and grandeur, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds showed they can not only remain current, but pack...
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4.7KFEATURES - JANKY SMOOTHSoft Kill Interview: Addiction, Loss, Gloom, and Doom
A truthful and cathartic conversation with Tobias Grave of Soft Kill will open your eyes to the hardship of addiction, loss and...
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4.0KSHOWSTime Machine for Young and Old: Gary Numan at the Fonda
Gary Numan teleported his Los Angeles audience into his multidimensional universe for the final leg of his “Savage” tour on Saturday. It...
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3.1KFEATURES - JANKY SMOOTHGary Numan Interview: Art in the Age of Savages
I was fortunate enough to submit the probing questions of past, present and current audiophiles to synthesizer pioneer Mr. Gary Numan by...
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3.1KFEATURES - JANKY SMOOTHJames Chance Interview: A New York Original
Following the Contortions’ stirring performance at Zebulon in Los Angeles Friday night, I had the honor to sit down with one of...