Desert Daze 2015: The Festival for the 21st Century
It was 4:30am on Saturday morning. I pulled the Janky Smooth RV into a dusty parking lot. I had been driving this carbon spewing behemoth since 1am, after the hour
New Album Review: Metz II
Every time I think I’ve heard the best of what today’s rock has to offer, I get sucker-punched by a band like METZ. If you haven’t heard their 2012 self-titled
Camp Janky Smooth Open Jam Lounge at Desert Daze
Camp Janky Smooth will be presenting an after hours, open jam after party at Desert Daze this year. We are manifesting a creative environment where you can lounge, re fuel,
The Dead Milkmen Over Deliver at The Troubadour
Words: Danny Baraz Photos: Taylor Wong If listening to The Dead Milkmen doesn’t instantly put a smile on your face and get your foot tapping then you are completely dead
Win 2 Tickets to Jon Spencer Blues Explosion at Echoplex
Have you heard the new concept album released by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion this past March? “Freedom Tower” is quite a ride. It’s a deep dive on a New York
Fuzz Unleash Distorted Heavy Overdrive On El Rey
Words: Justin Thomas Photos: Taylor Wong Last night Ty Segall, and his longhaired trio, Fuzz headlined the sold out El Rey Theatre in West Hollywood with support from Endless Bummer
Faith No More Wind Up The Wiltern on Opening Night
Words: Danny Baraz Photos: Dirt Junior If I HAD to list one musical influence that could encapsulate my love of listening to, creating, performing, critiquing and obsessing on music, without
Coachella: No Sense of History in your Hate
Words: Danny Baraz It’s funny how hating Coachella is the cool thing to do now. Every year, almost everyone you know talks trash about the Coachella lineup, patrons and
The Replacements: Alt-Heads, Why the Palladium sucks and Whole Foods Blues
Words: Brent Smith Photos: David Evanko I typically bemoan the fact that kids and grownups are listening to the same music nowadays. Where that’s not annoying is in the case
Chet Faker, White People and Masturbation at Club Nokia
Words and Photos: Taylor Wong The other night I got the chance to cover a show that I normally wouldn’t attend but I was blessed enough to witness Nicholas James Murphy aka, Chet
Live Stream: Alabama Shakes Intimate Performance on Janky Smooth
If you close your eyes and listen to Alabama Shakes you feel as if you have been transported to another era. It’s the type of music that transcends genre. Frontwoman,
D.O.A Look to Fans for Funding Next Album
Canada’s punk pioneers D.O.A are returning to the music scene to add more hardcore sounds to today’s digital downloads. Hard Rain Falling, which frontman Joe Shithead Keithley says is heavily